Snack before bed

grbnik

At what age did you stop giving a snack/milk before bed?  We have noticed Kellen has woken up and when he sees his sippie of milk, begins shaking, so I am worried about low blood sugars.  We have an appt on Friday, and I am going to discuss with Ped, just wondering if we need to be giving him something before bed (we don't, and don't make different meals if he is refusing supper- we just keep trying to have him come back to eat).  Thoughts?

Mrs.Reem

We still do bedtime snacks for both girls. Especially if they were light on dinner. I try to make it something very protein or fiber packed so that blood sugars don't plummet overnight.

ETA: Obviously they brush their teeth *after* that snack.

Victoria6F

I like to do yogurt and puddings for bedtime snacks. Not sure on what age this would need to stop. But I don't see anything wrong with giving them a little snack.

lucylea

I grew up eating a snack before bed and DH and I still do so Sophia always gets one as well.  I guess I didn't realize that people *didn't* eat a bedtime snack as it is just what we have always done.  We usually let Sophia pick.  Lately its been popcorn and milk, but she also likes a bowl of cereal (my favorite), string cheese, fruit snacks, pudding, or fresh fruit.  She gets to pick if she wants milk or water with it.  

All-His

We have always done it and I don't see it stopping anytime soon. It is more substantial (cheesy eggs, etc) if they ate a poor dinner.  I don't need them waking in the night to tell me they are hungry!

J.Johnson-Smith

Man I feel terrible, we have never done a bedtime snack..unless weaning.  So when is it given? We eat dinner anywhere from 5 to 6? What are some ideas of bedtime snacks?

sydlc88

We don't give C snacks or milk before bed.  We have never really done this after the evening bottle was cut out.  He eats dinner and then goes to bed with nothing else to eat or drink (besides water if he wants it).  Sometimes he would shake when he saw something he really wanted to eat or drink but this was usually because he was so excited about it, not necessarily because he had low blood sugar.  He grew out of this sometime between a year and 18 months if I remember correctly.

pandabearlover

We don't do snacks either and really never have unless they didn't eat at all and then it's usually string cheese.  My girls go to bed at 7 so after dinner, it's bath, a tv show and then bed.  There really isn't much time to eat again. They both sleep until 6 am and I have noticed any odd behavior the mornings after they didn't eat much. They usually eat a big breakfast those mornings, though.

My concern would be that they would stop eating dinner if they knew there was a snack routine before bed.

jennylove1084

I grew up eating a bedtime snack and just realized other people think that's weird.