Does your DC eat 3 full meals a day?

xbrooklyngrl · March 2010

I wonder if I feed B too much reading what some other kids eat. Granted, she's tiny but the kid has 3 full meals a day.

Examply yesterday

Breakfast: grilled cheese mini bagel and strawberries

Lunch: Penne w/vodka sauce

Dinner: cheese quesadillas w/fresh pepper on the side and chicken soup.

She doesn't finish all of any of those but at least half if not more. This is a pretty typical day for her too. Do you think we feed her too much?

Oh and there are snacks in between like a cereal bar after nap or some fishy crackers and usually a snack before dinner while I prepar it.

kellilea · March 2010

I wish my kids would eat that well! I don't think you feed her too much whatsoever.

And now I want penne w/vodka sauce!

MrsStubbs · March 2010

As long as it's food she likes, she will eat a lot.

Oatmeal/yogurt/cereal for beakfast

chicken nuggets/hotdogs for lunch

whatever we are having for dinner. She can eat a full sandwich.

KrisBriMcBunny · March 2010

I'm jealous lol but seriously thats how my older kids ate...they were pigs lol. Michelle is more of a grazer so I tend to make smaller meals with majority of it being more like a snack.

omurray · March 2010

I think that sounds excellent! My DS typically eats a small breakfast, enormous lunch and a small dinner. You're feeding her healthy things and she's not overweight, so I'd say she's doing great.

DandelionMom · March 2010

Mine eat 3 full meals and a couple of snacks. Gracie's breakfast today was half an apple and scrambled eggs (probably about 1.5 eggs); animal crackers for snack; tomato soup, some tortilla chips, and a cheese stick for lunch; for her second snack she'll probably want popcorn; and dinner will be cheese turkey burgers (no bun) with baked beans, rice, and salad.

LanaM · March 2010

I think eating 3 complete meals is much better than constant snacking if she's hungry. She's growing and eating healthy. Nothing to worry about.

I try to have them snack on fruit whenever possible though....

p.s. today my kids are only getting two meals though because it's nice outside so lunch was just yogurt, cheese stick and apple on the bench by the library.

Breakfast was oatmeal.

Snack will be fruit and a crackers.

Dinner will be a meal.

xbrooklyngrl · March 2010

yeah she's not as big into fruit as she is with veggies. She could munch on veggies all day.

Maybe in the summer when there are more fruit options I can try and try and try some more.

elm1032004 · March 2010

my kids would eat that and more. DD has actually slowed down with how much she eats unless she is in a growth spurt but I think you are fine...

shouldbworkin · March 2010

No. DS eats breakfast and dinner and picks at lunch. DD eats lunch and dinner and barely eats breakfast. they both have a small snack in the afternoon.

stacynikki · March 2010

Yesterday DS ate a little bit of dry cereal, a cereal bar, yogurt raisins, fruit snacks, and applesauce for breakfast (the yogurt raisins and fruit snacks mostly shared with friends).

I'm not sure about lunch but he is offered a full lunch and two snacks a day at daycare.

He ate some cereal when he got him from school.

Ate a basil and cheese bagel type appetizer at the grandparents along with peas, spaghetti and meatballs for dinner.

He doesn't eat all of his dinner by any means. Most times it's a few bites and he's done unless he's dstracted. I don't think he eats a lot at all but he's always offered a good meal and it is three meals a day.

I think Brooke sounds about typical!

femmegem · March 2010

Ditto the poster who said I wish my child ate that well. DS eats a good amount, but he's picky and doesn't eat as nutritiously as I'd like.

Jaylea · March 2010

Some days she eats nothing, other days it's like she has a hollow leg.

I think that sounds fine. L generally eats two good meals and 2 snacks per day. Dinner is the real hit or miss one.

That said, I wish she'd eat more. She hasn't gained a lb. since her 2 year appt. and she's grown several inches.

Angela814 · March 2010

DD eats a lot too. This was yesterday.

Breakfast: yogurt (full 6oz), instant oatmeal

Lunch: full peanut butter & jelly sandwich, 1/2 banana, 1/4-1/2 cup corn

Snack: at daycare so ???

Dinner: 1/4 cup mixed veggies, a few bites of rice, 2-3 bites of chicken, 3 strawberries, 1/4 cup mandarine oranges

Snack: Christmas tree ice cream bar, pack of snack cookies (6 small cookies total)

She's 39 lbs now and I think just had another growth spurt since she's been complaining that her legs hurt. At this rate, she's going to be taller than me in a few years!

jlw2505 · March 2010

My older DD (4 in June) is a great eater and has almost always had a great appiete and sometimes eats more than me (and I never know where she puts it since she is tiny - only around 28 pounds now - very, very active). My younger DD is about to turn 2 and not the best eater in the world. When in the mood she does great but some days she just has no interest or is too busy to stop and eat. I would say she avergaes 2 meals a day. Both girls get a morning and afternoon snack plus a little something somedays on the drive home from daycare.

hopefulmom · March 2010

My DS eats 3 full meals a day (all of us do). DS eats cereal and milk for breakfast plus a yogurt or a scrambled egg and a yogurt and milk. Sometimes he has juice too. Lunch is usually something left over from dinner or on school days he has mac and cheese, ravioli, spinach pie, or something else that will fit in a thermos easily and isn't too messy. Along with that he has fruit, crackers, etc. plus milk. He gets a snack after nap if he wants one...usually raisins or fishy crackers. For dinner he eats what we eat. I make all kinds of things...chicken cordon bleu, lasagna, spinach pie, chop suey, chicken with potatoes. Plus a couple of veggies or a veggie and a salad and dessert. His dessert is his choice of candy (he has a small bowl and he gets to pick one thing...left overs from Valentines at school). lol He eats everything I put on his plate...but I know how much he'll eat. Sometimes he leaves some potatoes because he doesn't like those too much. He has to eat some though...like 2 bites. We keep trying.

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