Does anyone else’s kid survive on snacks and snacks only?

[chukwuemeka]

@strengththroughchrist

basically made pancakes or chicken nuggets for every day care lunch

He didn’t have to know those exist.

 

[strengththroughchrist]

@chukwuemeka Thanks, I’m not looking for advice or censure. I was just offering commiseration and fellowship with the OP

 

[rpdphil]

@chukwuemeka Can we just not with the parent shaming?

 

[jaeschke19]

@chukwuemeka But he does. Unless you can go back in time and prevent him from learning of their existence, keep comments like this to yourself. It's at best unhelpful and at worst a deliberate attempt to make another parent feel bad for giving their child food they'll eat instead of forcing them to eat food they don't want.

 

[katrina2017]

@chukwuemeka Why though? Nothing about them is inherently bad.

 

[d002sw]

@strengththroughchrist They trick you early on. Mine loved anything I gave her. She’s almost 3 and the last 9 months EVERYTHING is Yuck! Even if she likes it.

 

[bolestansvet]

@ruanddrew I stopped calling meals by their names. I make “snack plates” and put a bunch of small portions of things in all the slots. Carrots, yogurt, cheese, apple sauce, & corn. It varies what on what I have in hand and then I add the “main” thing that’s protein. Pb, chicken nuggets. He (3.5 yr old) rarely eats everything mostly picks but thats that only way I can get him to eat anything! I don’t call it lunch or dinner, it’s a snack plate. With a whole ass peanut butter sandwich.

 

[thegra]

@bolestansvet My 3 year old likes a charcuterie board (aka I don’t feel like making anything) and bonus, it’s adorable to hear him say charcuterie.

 

[tony2bible]

@bolestansvet We call them surprise plates here and he loves them. He’ll devour that but heaven forbid I give him larger portions of just 2 or 3 of the items.

 

[bolestansvet]

@tony2bible Each slot has to contain something, even if he won’t eat it!

 

[harldav]

@bolestansvet Mine loves snack plates! But he resists changing the content of the snack plate so it’s been crackers, cheese and a fruit pouch I feel like...it’s one of each food group so it’s not that bad

 

[elsieba]

@bolestansvet Yup I give mine snack plates all the time cause they actually eat more doing that instead of a big meal

 

[lambie]

@ruanddrew Mine snacks all day but they are mostly fruit, cheese, pickles and things that I wouldn’t consider too unhealthy. I stopped buying junk food because then it’s just not an option. Easier said than done since mommy has a sweet tooth but it’s the only way for me to make sure my kid is eating well.

 

[steelcityd]

@lambie Second the not buying junk food method. If it’s not offered and not available it’s not an option

We really strived to only offer healthy snacks from the get-go and now that’s all she knows so she’s happy to partake. She asks MIL for the junk food, so we know better than to send her over there lest she lose her good eating habits…

 

[ccr9017]

@lambie We have more junk food in the house now than before my kid was born. My husband does most of the grocery shopping and he is the biggest pushover when it comes to finding sweet/salty snack foods and candy to feed to our daughter.

She isn’t too picky except about meat. Sometimes her only veggie in a day is frozen peas, but I think that counts. Haha. She definitely eats more sugar in a day than I’d like. But if a little extra candy and sugary cereals in my child (and a pleased husband) is the price I pay for not having to do groceries, I’ll pay it.

 

[lambie]

@ccr9017 Oh I hear ya! I’d probably let more slide too if I could just get a break from grocery duties

 

[simplyconfused]

@ruanddrew The only way I got my 2.5yo to eat proper meals was to cut out the snacks entirely. It worked for a while and then he'd go off his meals so I would resort to snack supplying to just make sure he's eating. They go through growth spurts where they lose their appetites and I'm constantly having to reassure myself that he will tell me if/when he's hungry, childen won't starve themselves.

 

[bootsyb5205]

@ruanddrew Mine eats apples and bananas when we play, and only when we play, Super Simple Song's song about apples and bananas.

 

[jaoking]

@bootsyb5205 Mine will get "hungry" for certain snacks depending on the song! The super simple PB&J song comes on....I know I'm soon gonna be making a PB&J! Lol

 

[janie1242]

@ruanddrew This thread made me feel so much better. My almost 2 year old lives on snacks. He will throw any meal I give him on the floor but will snack throughout the day.