Happy to Enjoy Snacks, Eight Points for Attention

When we, especially our kids enjoy snacks, we should pay attention to the following 8 points:

1. Time: Do not be too close to dinner. The best time for snacks is between meals.

2. Choices: fresh and easy digested snacks. Multiple choice of fresh, natural snacks, eat less fried or too much sugar or salty snacks.

3. Quantity: small and moderate.  The consumption of snacks can not exceed that of in dinner, and snacking on the premise that when children are hungry.

4. Frequency: no more than three times a day. If too many times, even though eating small snacks each time will adds up.

5. Methods: The snack is not a prize. Do not regard snack as a reward, punishment or a means of comfort to please a child. If that, after a long time, your baby will think that the rewards are good, and will be more dependent on the snacks.

6. Play: Do not eat snacks. When playing, the baby will often inadvertently excessive intake of snacks, or will be serious choked by snacks. Therefore, it is necessary to stop playing when snacking. After that, he can then go to play.

7. Thirsty: drink less sugary drinks. Whitewater is the best drink, the baby should be encouraged to drink plenty of white water and drink less sugary drinks. The baby should develop good drinking habits.

8. Before or after snacking, babies should pay attention to hygiene. They should wash hands before eating snacks, after eating snacks; they should mouthwash to prevent disease and dental caries.

As parents, we also should pay attention to hygiene. We can get a snack box to keep those snacks and we also control the quantity of the snacks our kids eating.