What does your dc eat when they get home from school ?

[Lorie94]

My daughter is 4 and when she went nursery would have dinner there at 4 and come home and have a 'second' dinner around 6.30.
How do I break this as my daughter is coming home from school at eating a quick meal then another dinner with us at 6.
I tried a piece of toast with fruit but she cries and cries for a dinner.

I need a few ideas. I remember doing pinwheels and cheese twists when she was a baby and was thinking are these the sort of things I should give her

DD had a similar routine from nursery and then going into reception last year.

After school I'd go for things like cheese and crackers, soup and bread, hummus and veg/bread sticks- things that felt more substantial. Then a smaller portion of dinner.

They're starving when they get in from school.

Now she'll have some fruit or veg sticks and a rice cake, oat cake or cracker to keep her going til dinner with us at 6-6.30. At after school club I send some fruit/veg and then they have toast about 4.30.

Then there's night's like tonight where she had a snack in the car on the way home, more when we got in, then claimed starvation at 5pm so had an early tea! I blame tiredness and a growth spurt!

Pinwheels and cheese twists sound great. DD used to love a cheese twist! Some carbs, protein, fruit/veg if you can. Hummus or cheesy dips work well. DD also loved a scrambled egg so one on a slice of toast is always good.

My 4 year old is also starving after school.
He quite likes a plate of cheese/crackers/apple or pear slices or else of yoghurt, fruit, and a biscuit.

I've tried making savory muffins a few times but I'm the only one that likes them. I've had better luck with 'healthy' muffins made with grated apple.

Mine has dinner at half 5ish. He eats a lot, can eat more than me and then has a whole bunch of fruit after.

He never did long days at nursery that included dinner. And is never bothered about after school snacks either, he'll just wait for dinner.

Can you just go cold turkey on the snacks for a week but move dinner earlier then gradually move it back again? So dinner at 5 with no snacks earlier and then 10mins later every day?

Thank you,
I am glad I'm not alone and trying to make a transition. We live across the road from school which makes it worse as shes claiming starvation as soon as she gets In lol

This is my plan, but I do wfh from home till 4ish and I give in for that extra peace and quiet, last night she had fish fingers and chips about 3.30 then ended up eating another dinner at 6.30, clearly it's too much so I need to reign it in.
Luckily she does 3 lots of sport activities a week to keep her active

My 9 year old always wants a snack after school. If I’m busy working she’ll grab a malt loaf. If I’m not busy I make her a plate of little picky bits like cut up ham, cheese, grapes, peppers, tomatoes, boiled egg etc. there’s not loads on the plate but they’re all cut up so it takes her time to eat which I think she likes