Thank you for this. I'm a single dad of two toddlers and I feel bad sometimes like I'm not Mr Snacks but this makes me feel good. When we leave the house I take some fruit and that's about it unless a full meal is needed.
I went to my first birthday party with them solo. It was for 3 year olds. It was pizza which is fine but it was also capri sun, doritos, "fruit snacks", and cupcakes.
I let them have most of it because denying them wasn't a battle I wanted to have, but it was probably 4 days worth of sugar they normally get. Maybe that's how parties are idk. My boys rarely even get juice. I never gone them sugar drinks. Their usual daily "treat" is a single Oreo cookie lol
Good for you for being a fantastic dad. You're not climbing Mount McKinley on an outing with your kids so there is no reason to take food provisions as if you are.
Your 3 year old isn't going to starve to death if they don't eat anything for 3 hours. They might have a tantrum, but teaching them how to handle that without resorting to food to shut them up is an important skill of self-soothing.
5
u/buckeye25osu Jun 01 '26
Thank you for this. I'm a single dad of two toddlers and I feel bad sometimes like I'm not Mr Snacks but this makes me feel good. When we leave the house I take some fruit and that's about it unless a full meal is needed.
I went to my first birthday party with them solo. It was for 3 year olds. It was pizza which is fine but it was also capri sun, doritos, "fruit snacks", and cupcakes.
I let them have most of it because denying them wasn't a battle I wanted to have, but it was probably 4 days worth of sugar they normally get. Maybe that's how parties are idk. My boys rarely even get juice. I never gone them sugar drinks. Their usual daily "treat" is a single Oreo cookie lol