I’m struggling for ideas for snacks for my 12 year old who forever seems hungry.
It’s usually very apparent by his (bad) mood when DS1 is hungry.
He usual day is
Breakfast- cereal, milk, glass of orange juice
Biscuit bar at break
Lunch is a wrap with a variety of fillings (some days cheese, ham or Nutella), crisps, second biscuit bar, apple and kiwi.
Most days he will also take a banana to eat, sometimes with a yoghurt.
Occasionally he will take noddles or pasta instead of the wrap
He’s usually complaining of being hungry as he arrives in from school, and then will do relatively quickly following tea.
We normally have a pretty healthy tea with at least 2/3veg options, though he is a terribly picky eater and will ensure he never has more than his 5 a day if he can get away with it.
What can I feed him as he arrives in from school, and after tea?
We have a 3 biscuit rule in this house, so he often will have one more biscuit, I usually suggest fruit or veg but this is usually denied (often resulting in him going hungry and getting moody), especially if he think he has/will meet the ‘5 a day quota’. Toast is only occasionally acceptable.
Unless I give in and say he can have more biscuits he will usually ignore his hunger needs, and then we suffer with his bad mood.