We've never done supper. I honestly think its not necessary. And don't listen to anyone about sleeping through, food doesn't make kids sleep through its just something they adjust to. Sometimes people should keep their comments to themselves
Yeah Cai, I know exactly what you mean about people's comments. It's really bloody frustrating when they go "ohh she's not sleeping through yet?" and then you see their face like hrmmmm. But what more can I do? I'm trying my best but they just make me feel like crap. Before Ava I didnt' care what people thought. But now I'm a mum anything people say about her or me with her I get really upset about .. Dam this mother thing is hard lol
mmmm I've never done supper. Only if they aren't eating much dinner and its right before bed & DD1 says "I'm hungry" than I give her 1 weetbix in milk.
Take those supper recipes and use them for morning tea.
BTW: neither of my girls slept through the night last night, or the night before. It wasn't due to hunger, it was due to not sleeping through. I agree with Cai, people should keep their comments to themselves.
just wanted to say we don't do a supper but if sd asks for food he can have it (but only if he ate all his tea)
my ds is over 2 and wakes every night at about 12.30am to fill his sippy cup with milk. some people say its bad but who cares what others think. and this is why my ds will stay in a cot for as long as i can otherwise he would be up all night.
hi there,
at 1 year of age, my dd was eating dinner with us and eating what we were eating...
mind you she has never been to bed early. At that age she was in bed around 8.
Dinner was around 6.30 - 7. Before going to bed she could have milk if she asked for it.
She used to wake up during the night, but I guess it was a stage... nothing to do with food.
Don't worry about comments... people are full of them... sharing experiences is another issue, but nobody can tell you what to do... you are the mother, you know your baby, not them!
lots of love
We give Mackenzie dinner at 5.30 (give or take) - she's 19 months old. She then has bath and jamas. While reading a book or after she has a cup of milk so no supper. Occasionally if we are eating tea when she's up she might have a nibble but I agree that if you start offering snacks a fter dinner then it's just anothe rmeal and they may not eat all their dinner. Mackenzie gets offered 2-3 things for dinner: meal, yoghurt and fruit. If she doesn't want them I figure she's not hungry!
Hey darl, haven't BTDT, but it seems to me like offering supper would be an awful lot of food. What you are doing sounds pretty much right.
I'm sorry for you guys that Ava-Jayde isn't sleeping through, but for my own sake I'm glad to hear it. Peter is still up once a night for a bottle- bad nights even two times. I get some funny looks at mothers group too and I HATE it. I've been feeling like a bit of a failure as well. Sucks how we feel judged by others opinions, doesn't it?
I think books from the UK and UK webistes refer to dinner as supper from what I can ascertain. I would just make sure she has enough at dinner to keep her going. Although a pain, it is not unusual at all that she isn't sleeping through. I got those comments too but they were ignored like many other comments that went in the not useful/annoying basket.
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