in which shop to buy cheap snacks for 12+month kid?

Roselilyjas

Hi All,

please advise that in which shop i can buy cheap snacks for 12+month kid?

or any offers or freebies currently in shops ???

Thanks a ton in advance

sarah1972

Roselilyjas wrote: »

Hi All,

please advise that in which shop i can buy cheap snacks for 12+month kid?

or any offers or freebies currently in shops ???

Thanks a ton in advance

Cut up vegetables and fruit would be my idea of a snack for a 12+ month child

VfM4meplse

Definitely not Poundland if you want to give your children a good start in life. Plenty of cheap snacks for £1, none of them what you would want to feed a young child.

I'd stick to Aldi for their fun size packs of fruit, dried fruit, cheese slices (not processed) etc. Kids of that age don't eat that much anyway!

maman

VfM4meplse wrote: »

Definitely not Poundland if you want to give your children a good start in life. Plenty of cheap snacks for £1, none of them what you would want to feed a young child.

I'd stick to Aldi for their fun size packs of fruit, dried fruit, cheese slices (not processed) etc. Kids of that age don't eat that much anyway!

I agree with the suggestions for your child.


I wouldn't encourage snacking though. It's useful to carry a Satsuma or a box of raisins and a small bottle of water in your handbag unless you get home late unexpectedly but generally it's better if children (and adults for that matter) have proper meals and don't graze in between.

meg72

It is recommended that a child of this age does need a little something between meals i.e. mid morning and mid afternoon. The thing to avoid though is the type of snack we adults usually grab i.e. biscuits, cakes, crisps etc but rather a piece of fruit, veg sticks, cheese stick, half a boiled egg.

There are lots of suggestions online if you google daily recommendations for 1yr old, sorry cant post links, you will find them.

VfM4meplse

Roselilyjas wrote: »

or any offers or freebies currently in shops ???

Some branches of Tesco offer a free piece of fruit to children, the box is usually at the front of the store.

I can't think of anything else that is free. Milk is still well loved by young children and needed for their growth, so don't discount that as an in-between meals snack.

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I grew up without in-between snacks as back in the 1940s-50s there were no such things If you were hungry when I was small my late Mum at most would give you a cream cracker with some jam and cheese on it to keep you going ,but as we usually had porridge for breakfast or at best cornflakes in the summer, or a boiled egg and toast she was of the opinion that a good breakfast kept you going until lunchtime I have never ever seen the need for crisps etc and just don't buy or eat them.If I am peckish mid morning I may have a couple of biscuits with a cuppa or an aplle but rarely snack between meals at all.My two Dds grew up without crisps as well as I jsut don't think they are worth the money for what is essentially a quarter of a potato fried in fat Not much nutrition there at all, but each to their own I suppose, probably better off with carrot sticks If you don't start a habit theyn the toddler won't need to give it up later in life
By the way I don't have sugar either on cereals or drinks as it was rationed until I was 12 so I never got the taste for it

kingfisherblue

My granddaughter is coming up to two. Her snacks between meals include sweetcorn, carrots, small pieces of lean meat, chopped egg, plain pasta twists. She does enjoy occasional pieces of chocolate, a biscuit, or a few Quavers, but in moderation. The bulk of her snacks are healthier ones.