Hungry before next meal

[monkeymama]

I have a little one like this. She doesn't arrive until 15/20 mins before snack and has just eaten. I offer snack and if she doesn't eat, I bring some milk when we are out. That usually holds her over and I put her in the high chair and feed her lunch first. I recently pushed my morning snack back a bit because the kids were watning to stay outside longer but were getting hungry. A couple times a week I also do snack in the backyard or at the park and the kids love that. Allows them to graze a little while playing but they are still ready for lunch time.

[sunnydays]

What about having snack outside? I used to do this a lot as my snacktime used to be 9am...I would pack it all up and they would either eat it at the park or in the back yard. I serve snack at 8:30 now, but that's because I serve lunch at 11 and if I serve snack too late, they are not hungry for lunch. What time do you serve lunch? Could you move that up a bit as well?