My mother in law suggests giving dinner after school and snacks at ‘dinner time’. That way they are eating all the healthy filling food when they’re hungry and can have a snack, fruit, yogurt, dips before bed to fill their tummy’s before bed! It’s a great idea!

To me it sounds like you need to look at what’s for dinner if that’s what she is not interested in. My main suggestions are diced chicken breast, or organic grass fed sausages chopped up for protein. My 5 yo can eat a full chopped up chicken breast, doesn’t like sauce etc, she loved nuggets but knowing the ingredients I felt bad letting her eat them regularly so I just stopped one day and told her I’m not buying them anymore and we would make our own chicken instead. It’s even faster than cooking nuggets. Just keep trying and introducing new healthy/nutritious foods, there will be something she will eat. My 5 yo usually has strawberries and blueberries when they get home, cheese corn thins, sometimes a muesli bar, banana muffin, then will still eat her dinner not long after of a full chicken breast with Olives or mushrooms or sausages with Olives or mushrooms. Increasing protein sounds like a good way to fill her up more. Best option is red meat, if cooking a steak etc cut them up some tiny squares as they likely won’t eat it otherwise because of how much they have to chew it. Reward the positive food changes with dessert if needed for eating dinner.

I think you are doing the right thing in giving her a variety of options in her school lunch. It is important to give her foods that will fill her up earlier in the day like wholegrain options, bananas and other fibrous fruits, etc. Things like rice or corn cakes are also healthy and wholesome. Then offer something smaller for an after school snack – maybe vitabrits and some cheese, vegemite, etc?

My daughter of 5 years old and she only wants 2 minute noodles or party pies when she gets home from school. Not super healthy but in all honesty, she’s such a picky eater, I’m just happy for her to get something in.

I find my miss 4.5 will keep asking for after school snacks just because she’s bored. So she can have something but then I give her early dinner if she’s wanting more. I’ll quite often give her dinner before we eat as my husband doesn’t favour eating early.

I don’t know how your circumstances are but you could move dinner forward

healthy snacks they normally get a piece of fruit or yoghurt and a sweet or savoury snack. It’s something light as we do dinner at 5.30/6 every night.

We do healthy snacks they normally get a piece of fruit or yoghurt and a sweet or savoury snack. It’s something light as we do dinner at 5.30/6 every night

We do a box of healthy snacks that they can have any time, once the snacks are gone then they wait for dinner. Might be worth doing the same so they have a visual of what they can see they can have wether it’s fruit and yoghurt and they can portion it or eat it all at once but they get used to them having to wait until tea if they scoff it all.

Is she actually eating what you’re providing? She could be giving it away, throwing it away or other kids could be pinching it. Reduce the after school food if she’s unable to eat tea tho

I can totally relate to your situation. My oldest used to come home absolutely starving too. One thing that worked for us was offering a high-protein snack right after school, like a piece of cheese or some nuts. This seemed to keep him satisfied until dinner time. I also agree with the others about limiting snacks and trying to move dinner a bit earlier if possible.

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I’ve found the ravenous hunger being portrayed is actually them being bored. Offer a piece of fruit or yoghurt, that’s plenty to last til tea time. You’re giving either too much or feeding her too late (too close to tea time)

Personally I’d just say no to snacking after school. Sounds like you are giving her plenty for the day. She either waits until dinner or she has dinner early. We have dinner early so my kids never snack after school. It’s what you get them used to.

Exposure is key, however, they have to be ready for a new change. Her sensory and physical threshold is at breaking point, so it might just cause more issues and work for you right now.

Is she maybe sharing her food with someone else? I agree with other comments about setting a limit to the snacks after school and bringing dinner time forward.

My friend had a similar issue with her daughter. At this age they are not able to regulate when they are actually hungry to when they think they are hungry. Unless she is underweight, it sounds like you are giving her plenty of food. Could it be a boredom thing? I know it is hard, i watched my friend go through it with her daughter but she had to put her foot down and only allow her one snack after school. There were meltdowns and tears but after a couple of weeks this went away. Have you considered a bit of tough love and seeing if this could improve the feeling of wanting to eat?

Maybe increase her protein intake at school. It sounds like she’s already getting a decent amount but offering more could help. Some homemade chicken tenders, your quiche idea would be great. Or maybe a smoothie in the mornings.