Does this sound like an ok diet/amount of food for 6yo and 4yo?

[blackbirdsinginginthenight]

I'm worried sometimes that I'm not getting it right with my ds' food. They ask for snacks a lot, and if I give them snacks they tend not to eat their meals. I'll give today as an example, which is a typical day when they're not at school or nursery:

Breakfast- 2 rounds of toast and butter and cup of tea

Snack- cherries, strawberries and cream cheese and crackers

Lunch- tomato soup and cheese toasties

Snack- crisps and dip / apple / cupcake

Dinner - roast chicken dinner with apple pie for pud

Before bed - sometimes a bowl of cereal

Thanks

More protein, less carbs would be my suggestion.
To start with, I'd consider:
Replace the tea with milk. Replace one slice of toast with an egg, or put peanut butter on the toast.
Ditch the crisps and cake at afternoon snack, given they are having pudding after dinner. Yoghurt with the fruit, or have dip and use vegetables to dip in.

On the surface, I think it sounds fine for a given day. It depends on if this is normal every day eating or not. I think a cupcake followed by apple pie, followed by a bowl of cereal is a lot of 'pudding' type foods in quick succession at the end of the day.

I think if you are having to offer a snack before bed, then dinner is perhaps too early or not filling enough. Could you offer dinner later or make it more substantial?

As afternoon snacks, I mean, mine certainly do eat rubbish too, but if they are extra hungry and it's not dinner yet (we eat dinner about 7:30pm - I have an 11 & 6 year old), they get more fruit and veg to snack on. I don't really limit it. If they want a whole carrot and dinner is in 30 minutes, fine, eat a carrot! They still eat their dinner. But that might get extra fruit/veg in but also allow you to buy more time with dinner.

You give them caffeinated tea?

I think you could do with getting more good fats in. Nut butters, seeds, avocado, olive oil etc.

Sounds fine to me! Breakfast could be better. Maybe peanut butter on the toast or add a yoghurt with it or scrambled eggs. Xx

I would make the breakfast a bit more substantial and nutritious, so add some protein, you could have nut butter, cream cheese or hummus on the toast? Maybe give them the fruit then too?

It sounds a bit light on vegetables too, maybe add some at lunchtime cucumber, carrot, pepper, cherry tomatoes or replace the crisps in their snack with some veg to dip.

I love how they like cups of tea already! How civilised!

I would get rid of the puddings except for weekends and replace with fresh fruit, yogurt or nothing.
Do they really need the cereal?
Otherwise sounds ok.

Nothing wrong with any of that, but your snacks seem kind of big, more like mini meals. In our house snacks are smaller (eg. Price of fruit or crackers, not both), just enough to tide them over to next meal.

Is there anything specific you are worried about? e.g. their weight/teeth/just generally them getting enough of all the different types of nutrients.

That might help people give more specific advice.

I am not much help as my 4 year old is super fussy and my eldest is 8 and sporty (and has decided to start eating like a teenager early)