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January 2011 Moms
Crackers
Ok, so reading around, I've realized why my daughter seems so hungry all the time..I don't think I am giving her enough even though I feed her 3 meals a day and snacks. Maybe this is why she isn't sleeping through the night.
My question is--Crackers. What kind of crackers if any for snacks do you give? I had gotten some whole wheat Ritz crackers for a meal, and reading the ingredients to see if I could give it to her, of course there is high fructose corn syrup in it. I know this isnt a huge deal, but I'm hesitant to introduce her to that early on.
So what do yall give for your snacks? (of course along with fruit/veggies)
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Re: Crackers
I give her these:
https://www.earthsbest.com/products/product/2392320210
And these (as a treat once in a while):
https://www.earthsbest.com/products/product/2392320208
Also Cheerios, puffs, and yogurt melts
Mine loves whole wheat saltines... she's not fond of bread so I make her cracker sun nut butter & jelly sandwiches. She also really likes waffles as long as I toast them long enough to get crispy. And she also loves chex... basically anything she can crunch between her chompers.
I thumbs down Ritz because they use lard. Barf. But I don't think the HFCS in them by itself contains any more sugar than fruit preserves on a sandwich, or even fruit on its own. Most of the nutrition books I've read say to avoid 'excess' sugar, so I buy crackers without. If you're set on Ritz, try looking for a low salt or low fat version... they tinker with the recipes, so they may omit the HFCS. I buy Premium brand saltines, and the Whole Wheat doesn't have HFCS but the regular ones do.
Thank you all. I had been looking at the Earth's Best snacks. I do already give her puffs and she eats yogurt, haven't gotten yogurt melts yet for that reason, but maybe I will since yogurt is expensive and she can alternate.
I will look at the saltine crackers too..those are good because they melt a little in your mouth kind of like the puffs which I like.
JT has been loving the Toasteds whole wheat ones. I never checked the label though so I don't know the sugar (yikes - or salt) content. I tried Cheerios a bit back and he choked on one so I've been scared to introduce them.
I just realized from lurking on 12-24 that I need to give more snacks. I'm consistent with 3 meals per day but I have to figure out how to get snacks in there. Puffs and Yogurt Melts I do give, as well as those cheese doodle looking Gerber snacks, but I think he needs more substance and consistency. So to that extent, I also think that's contributing to him not STTN also.
I cut up a bunch of fruit the other day so I'm trying to incorporate that a bit more. And cheese is always is a great and easy snack. I buy the shredded packages (mozzarella or cheddar) or give American cheese slices broken into pieces.