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3-4 snacks a day for 1 year old?!

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TheRookieMum · 23/08/2023 16:18

Currently my 11mo DS eats no snacks. Just 3 meals which he does generally well at + milk feeds. Days after he turns 1, he'll start with a childminder who has asked that as well as providing lunch (fine), we also send him with 3 to 4 snacks each day (three to four?! Is that normal?!). I'm struggling to even think of 3 or 4 snacks he'd eat, nevermind making it varied day to day! Banana... plum... yogurt...?

He doesn't like eggs, hummus, cream cheese or cheese, although we're working on it as I'm determined he just needs more exposure to some of these.

What snacks, and how many a day, do your 1yo's eat please?

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SiouxsieSiouxStiletto · 26/08/2023 18:19

Where have you got the amount 400ml from please

It's been the recommendation for a couple of years at least I think. People were taking the "food is for fun until they are one" a bit too literally so they changed it to 400 ml between 10 and 12 months changing to 300 ml of full fat cow's milk at 12 months.

This guide from the Caroline Walker Trust is good as it gives sample menus and suggested portion sizes. You'll probably need from page 77 Wink

YukoandHiro · 26/08/2023 19:42

Clefable · 24/08/2023 17:29

We have fish fingers, beans, etc in this house too but this thread isn't about that is it? It's about snacks, everyday things, and I do think it's weird to give a baby crisps and chocolate every day because it's just so unnecessary. They aren't old enough to demand those things, so I suppose I don't really understand why you would give them daily. It's just needless. In an older child who asks for things and who cares what peers are doing then that makes more sense.

DD2 is 14mo and she from time to time has a little bit of chocolate if there's some on the go or cake or shares a packet of crisps with DD1 on a day out, but absolutely not every day. I don't think I'll have anything to fear about her refusing to eat junk food when she's older though Grin How I wish it worked like that. I still don't understand how a baby can have crisps AND chocolate every day yet still have far more healthy snacks unless they are eating like 6 snacks a day, which is probably another issue entirely! I think that it might be one of those cognitive dissonance things that if you actually looked at what they had in a week, that stuff would be higher than you thought.

But anyway OP has received plenty of healthy snack ideas that aren't crisps and chocolate and I've taken a few ideas from it too Smile

This approach is easy to take with child 1. But child 2 is already told about all the best stuff by child 1. The joyful stage of pure ignorance is lost.

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TheRookieMum · 26/08/2023 20:42

SiouxsieSiouxStiletto · 26/08/2023 18:19

Where have you got the amount 400ml from please

It's been the recommendation for a couple of years at least I think. People were taking the "food is for fun until they are one" a bit too literally so they changed it to 400 ml between 10 and 12 months changing to 300 ml of full fat cow's milk at 12 months.

This guide from the Caroline Walker Trust is good as it gives sample menus and suggested portion sizes. You'll probably need from page 77 Wink

Brilliant, thank you I've not come across this one before, will give it a read Smile

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NuffSaidSam · 26/08/2023 22:04

YukoandHiro · 26/08/2023 19:42

This approach is easy to take with child 1. But child 2 is already told about all the best stuff by child 1. The joyful stage of pure ignorance is lost.

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So true.

If you have several DC close together the last one is essentially weaned on crisp and biscuit crumbs the others have left behind.

Also, true with bad language 🤦

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