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Toddler asking for snacks and not eating them
vincettenoir · 25/01/2023 10:41
My 3yo dd asks for snacks a million times a day and a lot of the time she doesn’t even eat them. I was previously laid back about the food she left but I’m starting to feel really annoyed about all the food I prepare that she doesn’t eat. Has anyone found a good way to deal with this?
QforCucumber · 25/01/2023 10:42
I just respond ‘not just yet dinner time soon’
or ‘there’s a drink and a babybel in the fridge’
if anything is left they are given it back again later
Seeline · 25/01/2023 10:48
One snack time morning and one afternoon. Equally spaced between meals.
You decide what and when. Any other time, just say no.
Are you sure she I not mistaking thirst for hunger? Offer her water if she keeps me asking at non-snack times.
SeaToSki · 25/01/2023 11:36
Keep offering the same snack
Say no its not snack time
Say after you have a drink
Distract with a book or other activity
NuffSaidSam · 25/01/2023 13:40
Stop giving her snacks all the time!
One in the morning, one in the afternoon. If something doesn't get eaten, put it away for later if possible.
ChildminderMum · 25/01/2023 14:01
I'd stop doing all the snacks, they don't really need them.
Breakfast, lunch, snack mid-afternoon if tea is late, tea.
Lcb123 · 25/01/2023 14:14
just say no? And offer water. If meals are adequate they shouldn’t need contact snacks. If you make snack and not eaten, just give it when asked again
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