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Didn't I Just Feed You

The After-School Snack Problem Solved. Sorta.

Didn't I Just Feed You

Stacie Billis and Meghan Splawn

Kids & Family, Parenting, Arts, Food

4.9608 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

The hellish few hours between school and dinner, marked with relentless begging for snacks, might break us! Figuring out snack time is hard enough — how to keep our pantry stocked with healthy, kid-friendly options that work at home and on-the-go without breaking the bank — but also walking the line between keeping the kids sated, while not ruining dinner is enough to drive you mad. So we go over ALL the tips, ideas, recipes, and products to help you figure snack time out once and for all.

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0:00.0

Most experts will probably tell you, like, if you establish the same routine around an afternoon snack,

0:10.8

whether it's after school or whether you, like, have your kids at home and it's just snack time,

0:15.7

that, like, from this time, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. is the snack window. And you can eat whatever you need to in that hour. And then there's like a clear cutoff. That will help you in the long run if you establish that routine.

0:30.8

Welcome to didn't I just feed you. A podcast about feeding us kids.

0:36.9

Hi, I'm Megan.

0:38.6

And I'm Stacy.

0:40.3

And today we're going to complain about snacks.

0:43.9

We're literally going to complain about like, didn't I just feed you.

0:48.5

Wait, yeah.

0:49.5

Oh, I didn't even really make that connection when we planned this episode.

0:53.1

This is where didn't I just feed you really came from.

0:56.5

Is this time these like three hellish hours between school pickup and dinner where your kids are like, I'm so hungry.

1:07.7

I need a snack.

1:09.0

Actually, I think we might have recording of both Ella and Oliver saying that. I need a snack. Actually, I think we might have recording of both Ella and Oliver saying that.

1:13.6

I need another snack. Mom, I want a snack. Can I have another snack? Can I have another snack? I'm so hungry. What do we do about this time? I find it the most exhausting, the most trying on my patients.

1:31.1

And I'm a food professional. So I can't even imagine, like, how other parents feel. And, like, do you give your kids a big snack at 3 or 3.30 when you get home or even probably you guys get home at little later, your guys, your guys.

1:45.8

Yeah.

1:46.1

Yeah.

1:46.1

Yeah.

1:47.1

Like 4, 15.

1:47.7

And then like, do you give them a big snack?

1:49.9

Because dinner's not that far away.

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