When your 3 year old has a sandwich, do you use/do they eat 2 slices of bread, or just 1 (folded over)?

Depends on how hungry they are!

It’s not really about being on a diet but how big their appetite is and what else is on the plate.
I will add that I give my 9 year old half a sandwich in her lunchbox for school. Fed up of waste.

I use 2 - she doesn’t always eat it, but I won’t restrict her. If she wants it, she’ll eat it. If she doesn’t, she won’t. I give her the choice x

When my niece was this age she wouldn’t eat the whole thing so I’d just do one and fold it in half. I wouldn’t say it was about controlling a diet so much as it was to not wasting food

My kids always deconstruct sandwich’s but his logic is weird

If it’s a grilled cheese, she eats the whole thing. Any other sandwich, she usually just eats half. I try not to waste food, so I stopped offering her a full sandwich if she doesn’t regularly eat it. I usually will use the same amount of fillings as I would for a full sandwich. I agree that it matters what else they are eating with it. If it was just the sandwich, she would probably always eat a whole one.

I use one slice but she has a lot of other things on the plate (veggies/cheese/crisps/crackers etc) and will nearly always finish it. I’d rather that and she gets the variety over 2 slices and not finishing it/not having as much of the other things. I’d happily make her another if she was hungry and asked and had eaten everything else though.

My 2 year old gets 2 slices for a sandwhich, but he's also a very hungry boy and almost always eats 3/4 or more of it. Plus he always has at least 2 other things available to him at meals and usually eats all of that as well.

We did a fussy eating course recently offered free by our local council. They did a lot around portion sizes and I was surprised that for 3 year olds, they said 1 slice is enough for a portion of carbohydrates for them. We used to make sandwiches with 2 pieces for our daughter, but have now gone down to 1 and give her a bigger variety of stuff alongside the sandwich. If she was still hungry after all that, then I’d give her a 2nd slice.

I wouldn’t consider it a diet and it’s definitely not motivated by weight, just trying to get a good balance/range of food.

But if your kid has a big appetite, is getting a balanced diet and is consistently finishing sandwiches with 2 slices, then that’s fine!! I don’t really think either of you are wrong, it just depends on the kid and their overall diet and appetite 😊 It’s more just avoiding filling up on just carbs. If your kid is getting what they need, then I think you’re good.