How many of you hear this phrase about an hour before dinner is ready? It's too late to give a snack, because then they won't eat their dinner. And dinner is too far off for them to survive without a snack (in the words of my son...he'll die if he doesn't eat something right now). Here's the perfect solution: Put raw vegetables on the table for them to snack on. Many times I wash and cut up whatever vegetable we're having for dinner and let them snack on that. Then if they eat so much they are full and don't eat dinner, you at least know they got their vegetable serving.
In the beginning you may get resistance, such as "But I want a cookie, or I want..." Stand by your guns and let them know if they want something before dinner, this is what is being served. Also, feel free to use the other techniques in this blog such as making up a story about the vegetable or have your child help prepare.
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