suitable tea - supper for 1 year old

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ds has just moved rooms in nursery to the 'toddler room'.The routine there is slightly different. I pick him up at approx 4pm. I arrived today to find he had just had his tea (which today was spaghetti followed by a pud of some sort)

When in the baby room I picked him up at 4 so he wouldn't have had tea at nursery, so he would have tea at home at 4.30 - 5pm (usually something quite substantial! - he is a big eater)

sorry for telling you the life story but wanted to set the scene...

anyway, now that he is having a lighter tea, earlier. What can i give hime as a supper type meal before bed? i gave hime philadelphia on taost tonight because i couldnt think of anything else!

rice pudding with a bit of dried fruit in, cereals, yoghurt and fruit, porridge or ommlette? those are the types of things i give my dd1 but she is nearly 4 now cant remember what i used to give her for supper i think it was just formula milk as she isnt a good eater

in an average day ds has

7-8am cereal (weeabix etc) + 6 (ish) oz milk
9am toast
11.30 nursery lunch and pud
2.30pm fruit snack and milk
4pm ish nursery tea + pud
need supper
Milk before bed.

when not at nursery he is fed every minute of the day by his nanas!!!

He takes after his mum and loves to eat!

i assume the tinned stuff as he was orange when i arrived.

They do have a big lunch/dinner. Usually raost meat and veggies, they do have butternut squash bakes, quorn curry etc. The lunches are quite impressive imo, although i do agree about the tea! Which is why i wanted ideas for a supper. He would be starving if i put him to bed without something stodgy (sp)

At home he would have stew/hotpot, lasagne, meatballs etc. I have tried really hard to make a variety of healthy home cooked meals for him. (i dont 'do' cooking usually- thats dh job )

that sounds great. I was just a little worried that it would be too much stodge before bed thats all, if i give it to him around 6pm ish, an hour should be enough time for it to settle before bed shouldnt it?

Thankyou for the advice, i really didn't have a clue what to give him (hot/cold, snack/meal, something like a cereal or a main meal etc)

Anybody any more advice?

Porridge! With fruit/honey/milk. My dd who is four ("and a HALF actually mummy") still gets it for tea when I am too stressed/busy/tired/hungover to cook. It is fab as oats contain some sort of sleep-promoting chemicals.

Reading this now makes me think I am starving my DS .

He also eats his tea about 3.30-4 at nursery (and it is always something a bit lighter like soup, sandwich, baked beans etc as they have their main meal at lunchtime).

It never occurs to me to give him another meal when I get home (which is usually around 5.30) - I tend to give him a snack like a couple of mini ricecakes, a banana etc - but certainly not another meal.

But I know my DS is not as big an eater as yours is he??