Meals help for 5, 3 and 1 year olds

mummyroysof3

beckseven wrote: »

I know how you feel-i just feel like an unpaid dinner lady as i also cook a meal for me and DH after my two are in bed (which they get the next day warmed up!). I'm constantly hoovering up under the table and mopping up spilt drinks-and that's just for DH!

sorry but that made me laugh:rotfl:

Things seem to be better the last few days, have shown them on the clock when their next meal is so they havent been asking all the time, they have also got up a little later the last few days after me changing what time the heating comes on so maybe the noise of that was waking them(hubby gets up at 5.30 for work):T

wrenlegs

My son has just turned 4 and he is a big eater (big portions). I admit to only having one child (and we are fish eating veggies - no meat) but what has helped is routine with food. He has am nursery so we get up at 7.45, wash and have breakkie. This is usually weetabix with chopped banana and raisins/dried apricot and honey. Some mornings I let him have a slice of toast with marmite and a banana. Bananas may be your friend here - they are filling, give out good levels of energy and there's no clearning up. We eat lunch when he is back from nursery (around 12 ish) and he eats the same as us - so today was fish with rice and spinach, youghurt with blueberries and strawberries. Then a snack of fruit and a biscuit and a drink at around 3 ish. We eat our main meal at 6 on the nose. Then its story and bed.

You could go to meet your son from nursery and take a banana for each of the children with you. Chuck peel in the bin before you get home. This is a quick, and filling snack that will tide them over until their dinner with no clearing up from you. Also, are you able to move dinner until a little later (half and hour?)

Good luck!