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What do your kids have for a bed-time snack?
x-no-archive:yes David desJardins wrote:
Splanche writes: To me, a bed time snack is something small-- usually cheese or raisins-- maybe a banana. I'd be concerned that eating that much carbs (ice cream and cereal) that late could disrupt sleep patterns. Some people's sleep patterns are easy to interrupt and some are not. My dh can't eat anything before bed because of reflux. But that's recent. *I* can eat anything any time, and still sleep just fine. Is that really a problem with children - that carbs disrupt their sleep patterns? In what way does this manifest itself. I have been totally unaware of this possibility for my whole life. I mean it never even occurred to me. I took "bedtime snack" to mean anything eaten after dinner. My I took it to mean immediately before bedtime. So dinner at 6, and bedtime at 9, the bedtime snack would be about 8:30 to 8:45. Otherwise it would be just a late dessert. So if the dinner was eaten at 6 and the table was cleared and the dishes were taken care of, and then at 7 they had ice cream - that would still just be the dessert after dinner. 3-year-olds generally eat dinner around 6:00 or 6:30, and they don't go to sleep until around 10:30. That's a long time, and sometimes they want some pretty substantial food in that interval, which seems reasonable to me. Yes but the OPs children are 10 and 7+ IIRC. So a different eating pattern and schedule. School age children are generally in bed before 10:30 IME. grandma Rosalie |
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What do your kids have for a bed-time snack?
Scott Lindstrom wrote:
I'm just being curious. DS almost always has 3 scoops of mint chocolate chip ice cream, sometimes followed by a bowl of wheaties or cheerios. (I have *no* clue where he puts it all). DD is all over the place, sometimes ice cream -- one scoop -- sometimes an apple or banana, sometimes cookies. Scott DD 10.3 and DS 7.6 Does your son eat like that at all his meals? awestruck Usually my girls have a cookie or two or ice cream and a glass of milk. Lesley |
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What do your kids have for a bed-time snack?
"Scott Lindstrom" wrote in message ... I'm just being curious. DS almost always has 3 scoops of mint chocolate chip ice cream, sometimes followed by a bowl of wheaties or cheerios. (I have *no* clue where he puts it all). DD is all over the place, sometimes ice cream -- one scoop -- sometimes an apple or banana, sometimes cookies. We vary from popcorn from the microwave to fruit, to yogurt to frozen fruit juice, to crackers to the occassional icecream. DS can put it away and often ask for more, but we are trying to encourage more intake earlier in the day and less in the evenings. -Aula |
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What do your kids have for a bed-time snack?
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"Rosalie B." wrote in message news I took it to mean immediately before bedtime. So dinner at 6, and bedtime at 9, the bedtime snack would be about 8:30 to 8:45. Otherwise it would be just a late dessert. I took it the same way. My daughter is 8-3/4, and I try to avoid giving her a last-minute bedtime snack. For her, requesting something to eat that late is less about hunger and more about wanting an excuse to drag out her bedtime. A snack or dessert earlier in the evening is fine -- if it's not *always* a dessert-y dessert (e.g., cookies, ice cream). I don't want her to grow up thinking that eating dessert is mandatory; I'd rather she think of it as a small-scale special occasion. (I don't think this is working, though!) beeswing |
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What do your kids have for a bed-time snack?
Scott Lindstrom wrote in :
I'm just being curious. DS almost always has 3 scoops of mint chocolate chip ice cream, sometimes followed by a bowl of wheaties or cheerios. (I have *no* clue where he puts it all). DD is all over the place, sometimes ice cream -- one scoop -- sometimes an apple or banana, sometimes cookies. If they are hungry at bedtime, they are allowed rice cakes. Sometimes they have hot chocolate to drink. -- Penny Gaines UK mum to three |
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What do your kids have for a bed-time snack?
Never occurred to me to give them one and they never asked. Now, at ages 12,
14 and 16, they take what they want if they're hungry. Marijke "Scott Lindstrom" wrote in message ... I'm just being curious. DS almost always has 3 scoops of mint chocolate chip ice cream, sometimes followed by a bowl of wheaties or cheerios. (I have *no* clue where he puts it all). DD is all over the place, sometimes ice cream -- one scoop -- sometimes an apple or banana, sometimes cookies. Scott DD 10.3 and DS 7.6 |
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What do your kids have for a bed-time snack?
Scott Lindstrom wrote in message . ..
I'm just being curious. DS almost always has 3 scoops of mint chocolate chip ice cream, sometimes followed by a bowl of wheaties or cheerios. (I have *no* clue where he puts it all). DD is all over the place, sometimes ice cream -- one scoop -- sometimes an apple or banana, sometimes cookies. Our kids usually have some kind of snack after dinner. Most often it is popcorn or pretzels and cheese, they aren't too big on ice cream. They do like italian ice or klondike bars in the summer. A bowl of cereal was popular when they were younger, now they are more apt to just eat dry cereal. We never serve dessert with dinner and don't often have "dessert" items around. Sometimes I'll bake cookies, brownies or the occassional cake. I grew up with "bedtime snacks" and have continued the practice as part of our bedtime routine--snack, bath, brush, book, bed! Chris |
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What do your kids have for a bed-time snack?
Scott Lindstrom wrote in message . ..
I'm just being curious. DS almost always has 3 scoops of mint chocolate chip ice cream, sometimes followed by a bowl of wheaties or cheerios. (I have *no* clue where he puts it all). DD is all over the place, sometimes ice cream -- one scoop -- sometimes an apple or banana, sometimes cookies. Scott DD 10.3 and DS 7.6 We've never been bedtime snackers in our house. My nutritionist limits all my food intake to before 7:30 pm, so that kind of leaves my snacking out of the picture. DD eats a decent dinner and rarely wants anything more. But DS has entered the "hollow leg" part of puberty and he eats a meal, then a second meal, and mostly a third meal before bedtime. And he's infamous for sneaking a big box of HoneyNut Cheereos (I buy 3 of the biggest boxes every week) and eating that at night. He can pack in a half box easy sometime around 2am. He's on meds during the day that inhibit eating, so almost all his food intake is at night, and it's astonishing to watch. He inhales food. Both kids have a piece of fruit sometime between dinner and around 8 pm. Boy is an apple eater, girl only likes exotics like kiwi, melon, pineapple, nectarines, and plums. Thank goodness for our good farmers market. Marjorie |
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What do your kids have for a bed-time snack?
Scott Lindstrom wrote in message . ..
I'm just being curious. DS almost always has 3 scoops of mint chocolate chip ice cream, sometimes followed by a bowl of wheaties or cheerios. (I have *no* clue where he puts it all). DD is all over the place, sometimes ice cream -- one scoop -- sometimes an apple or banana, sometimes cookies. Scott DD 10.3 and DS 7.6 Just a tip on what a nutritional snack would be, I think peanut butter toast and a glass of milk is a good snack.Kids seem to sleep better on a full stomach than an empty one.My kids are all grown and I am now a grandmother, I still use the peanut butter toast and milk for a snack and it is a hit at grandmas house. |
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