I am after some assistance. How much food should preschoolers be eating? Am I feeding my children enough or could they be as starving as they make out? How do I fill these bottomless tanks?The girls have 2 weetbix for breakfast, fruit for morning tea, a sandwich for lunch (in the lunchbox also goes a small amount of cheese/fruit/dried fruit), a banana smoothie and something else for afternoon tea and then dinner. That is at a minimum but generally they will have a few other bits and pieces like apples or carrots.
Yesterday MiniMe was hungry soon after breakfast and I managed to distract her and then she didn't ask for anything till lunchtime - we even missed morning tea! Which leads me to think that they are boredom eaters. Which doesn't surprise me as I am the same. If my mind is empty then I will think of eating and generally eating something sweet. The girls definitely have my sweet tooth too!
Goofy seems to be a grazer as by the time we get to dinner she is suddenly not hungry and that starts a whole other story.....
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ReplyDeleteOn the subject of food, I'm raising the world's fastest growing boy, so we are in food mode constantly. I find 7 smaller intakes a day helps all 3 of mine along. Generally about 7, 9.30, 12, 2.30, 4 and then 6 for dinner. I find that a protein snack in the morning helps to tide them over until lunch - so maybe some yoghurt? In the afternoon, a couple of rice cakes with cream cheese and cheese sticks plus a piece of fruit and a smoothie / milk with sippa straw does the trick. If I've baked I add a muffin or a slice or something. I also serve cheerios or nutrigrain in a cup as a snack. These are not appropriate breakfast foods in my opinion, but they make a great snack. They can munch on fruit as much as they want, but I try to restrict treats as it can get out of hand really quickly.