I'm just wondering when you introduced "supper" to your dd / ds ? I seem to be seeing it alot like in recipe books etc for toddlers. And quite frankly I am sick of being told that I'm doing something wrong because Ava-Jayde isn't sleeping right through yet. So I'm trying anything atm. She only wakes once around 10.30 and sometimes we'll give her a bottle other times she can be put back to sleep without. And then there are the odd occasion where she doesn't wake up during the night. So I've put her bed time a bit later (she was going down between 5.30 and 6.00pm) to around 6.30 - 7pm. And she has dinner around 5.30pm. So I'm just wondering, after dinner we usually give her her bottle and then she goes to bed. If we introduce supper, how do we do it? Say give her her dinner at 5.30 and then like what 6 or 6.15 give her some fruit or something? And then 6.30 give her her bottle? I don't know just sounds like a lot of food. But now she's a toddler it's getting more and more confusing as to whether i'm giving her too much or not enough kwim? I know when she's full she just won't eat anymore, but that could also just be her being difficult lol. So any ideas would be great girls .THanks
i give a snack to my dd after dinner but thats often because she will have dinner around 6pm, and then often doesn't go to bed until 8-8.30pm, so thats a good two plus hours, she she'll usually get cheese and bickies, sultanas, a cookie, an apple or sometimes if i'm feeling generous a teeny tiny ice cream cone...
you could try offering her something and see if she is interested, but i just wanted to say, i sort of wish i had of introduced 'no food after dinner' type of rule, because sometimes i wonder if my 2 year old doesn't eat ALLLLL of her tea, knowing she can have a snack later - just wanted to raise that before you start offering!!
if i didn't give her snacks after tea, i could be saying at dinner time 'better eat up all your dinner or you'll be hungry later' or something to that effect.
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm its so hard knowing what to do isn't it!!!!
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
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