Mine has a snack tea at 4pm e.g a chicken sandwich wrap and fruit.
I give her a proper tea when she gets home e.g Spag Bol with fruit when she gets in at 5:30 and she eats nearly all of it. Perhaps a wheatabix later if she’s still fussing and asking for “more”.
She’s really small. We see a dietitian and she only lands on the 3% percentile so I don’t know where she fits it all in.
Reason I ask also I hear some people give just a crumpet, or yogurt or toast when they get home from nursery and now I’m curious.
Thanks
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Mine’s a bit younger but we offer a proper dinner around 5.30/6pm after nursery. His is also a snacky, light tea there about 3.30pm. Sounds like she’s following her hunger cues in a healthy way, maybe just has a higher metabolism? X

Proper dinner, just the same as you x

When ours was that age we did the same as you, a full meal. And who would eat all of . Now he is three, he doesn’t eat really anything when he gets home it might be just a fruit salad.

Mine got 2nd or 3rd breakfast, snack, main meal (like spag bol, chilli etc) snack, light tea (sandwich, wraps, jacket potatoes etc) so when he's home he tends to have like a snack or big supper.
Now he goes to school and he's starving when he gets home so we tend to eat tea at 4.30

My LO only goes to nursery till 1 but she’ll have food at home prior to going in, then has breakfast, snack and lunch there (hot meal) then she’ll still come home and eat the cupboards! And dinner on top 😂😂😂 she’s a 9th centile 2 year old.
I honestly don’t know where she puts it either to be honest but she seems to be a bottomless pit as they say.

I pick mine up at 5:30 after shes had snack there so I dont often give anything. But if shes after my dinner then she gets some fruit or breadsticks. She has three meals and two snacks at nursery

Mine has always had fruit and snacks after nursery whilst he waits for dinner at around 6pm. He eats a full dinner with us at that time.
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