Quote Originally Posted by SummerLuvin View Post
Wow, I'm impressed by all you ladies.....for me a snack is something small to hold you over 'till the next meal, so A piece of fruit. Like a banana, or an apple, pear etc.......That's it. Is that too little? Some of the pp included multiple items in a snack...maybe I need to revisit my menu.....
I think you do what works for you and the children you care for SummerLuvin. I find that snack time can really back fire and lunchtime comes around and they dont eat as much, if any. I also hear that people give a protein at snack times???? Not sure why. The only thing I can think of as to the large snacks people give is that they are following the Canada Food Guide. I do not follow the guide as IMO and through research, the guide is not good. 8 portions of whole grains a day!!! Are you kidding me, thats 8 slices of bread/pasta/rice.... I make sure that the snack isnt to big at all and just tides the little ones over until lunch time. I have an early lunch at 11/11:15 so morning snack is small and then afternoon snack is much more substantial as they likely wont have anything for about 3 hours after that snack.