Literally the above. On 3 nights we get in from at 3.45ish, I do a light tea for around 4.30pm; sandwiches, or crackers with cheese and cucumber, toast etc. She rarely if ever finishes what I give her (Sandwiches will be 1 slice of bread with a filling folded over cut in half, she’ll eat about half, crackers will be 2 buttered with spreadable cheese and about a ¼ of a cucumber, again only eats half) the less food I give her the more likely she is to leave half.
She goes to bed at 6.30pm Sunday – Tuesday and 7.30pm on Friday and EO Saturday (the other Saturday she’s with her dad and I have no idea what time her puts her to bed). Wednesday she goes to After School Club until 5pm and is in bed by 7pm, Thursday she’s with her dad until 6.30pm and is usually pretty wired after that so isn’t usually in bed until closer to 8pm.
She has access to fruit and vegetables at all times (I keep Apples, Bananas, Pears and Oranges on the dining table, and theres always cucumber, tomatos and those big bell peppers in the fridge) she never wants it. At ASC I’m told sometimes she doesn’t eat at all, I always offer food when she gets home but she never has it, so sometimes on a Wednesday she goes from 12.30pm until 6.30am Thursday morning with nothing to eat.
She’s a healthy weight, a little small height wise but nothing overly worrying. She is learning well at school and her teacher has no concerns regarding her. No known medical conditions but she does wear glasses to correct a minor issue with her eyes which affected her ability to focus but she’s doing well and has had them since aged 2 so is used to them, they’re checked and changed regularly.
The lunchtime supervisors say she eats all her lunch at lunchtime as she has the hot meal, she was originally having a packed lunch I provided but she still didn’t eat after school so I wanted to ensure she got something into her. If I offer a hot meal after school she just picks at it and then leaves it after a few mouthfuls.
She was the same in Reception, I suppose she must be ok? But I worry after seeing how many kids on here seem to eat a snack at 4pm then a main meal at 5.30pm. She eats a good breakfast, usually porridge or wheetabix followed by toast and then she takes a banana or apple for breaktime snack (she prefers my fruit as she says it’s less bruised/more fresh than school) which her teacher says she eats.
Weekends she eats a normal 3 meals with me and her dad hasn’t reported any problems with feeding her there so assuming she’s similar there.
Is she normal? Or should I be worried?