Snacks

How We Eliminated the Snack Habit (and Taught Other Life Lessons Too)

How We Eliminated the Snack Habit (and Taught Other Life Lessons Too)

Something wasn’t right. And it wasn’t his fault. As parents, we’d gotten lazy about evening snacks. Almost nightly he was requesting (and getting) a little bowl of chocolate bunnies or crackers or peanut butter-filled pretzels. I was concerned about the habit …. this almost Pavlovian experience where he thinks that upon showering, he needs a snack — even if he’s not hungry.

I started thinking … How can we rein this in? How can we teach a 4-year-old that no, he doesn’t need a snack every night?

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9 Allergy-Friendly Snack Ideas

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9 Allergy-Friendly Snack Ideas

When you face a number of food allergies, some things are slightly harder (like dinner) while other things are a lot a harder. In our case, the egg and dairy allergy has put a real damper on our breakfast options. The other thing that allergy families understand is that snacks and convenience foods can be a challenge. 

So, I thought I'd share a few favorite allergy-friendly (depending on the allergy, obviously) snack options.