so for whatever reason yesterday Lorenzo did not eat dinner for me and when DH got home- he tried to get him to eat some and he just didnt want to- fine, we dont force the issue-but last night he woke at 1, 130, 230, then 3- we took turns going in comforting, he'd settle then wake- so DH says maybe he's hungry- so I gave him a bottle of milk, rocked him to settle, and put him down..he stayed asleep.{ Now obvs he couldn't really tell me what was going on- it could be teeth- he could havebeen hungry- we're just guessing...I was trying to get him to sign what he wanted but by the 3rd wake up..I was tired}So if your LO has a light dinner- what do you do? do you offer a snack before bed? (I really dont want to get into THIS habit- but if we stick with fruit or crackers or something- it wouldn't be too bad)thoughts?
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Re: Xp: Hungry in the night?
We used to give DD1 a healthy snack before bed, for a little while.
DD2 has woken up the past 3 nights and the only thing that would get her back down was some milk...so I'm thinking she's waking up hungry too. Guess it's time for a before-bed snack for her as well.
I don't think it's a big deal or a bad habit or anything
If anything, it's expected for kids to snack throughout the day. 3 meals is unrealistic with such a tiny tummy (read that in Parenting this month
). It's actually healthier for everyone to eat 6 smallish meals a day...heck, I often snack before bed (apple or cereal or something healthy) so why not them 
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I don't see a problem with this as long as they aren't skipping eating dinner entirely because they're banking on a snack later on. My kids walk this line. But we eat dinner at 6 and they go to bed at 7:45 so they really shouldn't be hungry only an hour and a half later.