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Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
Food at playdates
I wanted to share a pet peeve of mine and see if I am being unreasonable or not. It seems that every time we go out with friends, whether it be the mall playcenter, a walk around the block or whatever, my friends will bring snacks for their kids. This leads my son to beg and throw fits bc he wants food too. I give him 2 snacks a day and always have snacks in my diaper bag for emergencies but it bugs me when friends bring out food for no reason. I understand the emergency situations where a snack is needed to get through an errand or something. But as soon as we sit down at the mall playcenter, hey whip out food and their kids arent even asking for it. Their kids may eat a small snack and then go on playing, but meanwhile my son will keep screaming for more and won't play, which defeats the purpose of that playdate! Am I being unreasonable in thinking that kids dont NEED snacks to go anywhere?
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Re: Food at playdates
It sounds like your son is hungry when you go to playdates, especially if he's screaming for food.
Toddlers are good self-regulators when it comes to eating (and stopping when they're not hungry anymore).
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See thats what I thought too, but my son would eat ALL day everyday if I let him. Which he did one day when I left him with grandpa! At these playdates, even if he just had breakfast, he will eat all my snacks in my diaper bag, mooch off his friends snacks too and still scream for food. He sees food or knows that its there and he cant concentrate on anything else.
i think you are being unreasonable. i always give my dd snacks before she asks and i think most other parents do too.
maybe your dc would do better with 5-6 small meals during the day?
yah, i don't see the big deal - just give him some healthy snacks. even if it's not your normal routine, a couple hours 'off schedule' w/your friends shouldn't hurt.
but btw, i can't think of any playdates i've ever been on when snacks weren't involved.
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ITA
Addison, I actually can relate to your frustration. My DD is the same with food, she will not stop until it is gone. Once we were at the indoor playspace near our house and a nanny of another child offered DD some of her child's Cheerios. I was like, "Thank you, but its ok, she just ate snack" but the nanny insisted. I was so annoyed. For the next half hour Maya just kept pointing at her and saying "wo wo" (cheerios) and then started crying if I said no more.
However, this was a total stranger. I used to be unnecessarily sensitive about her snack times but now I have llosened up. When she is around kids and parents she knows I just let everyone share and do not make an issue of it.