Full plate at 4, barely touches dinner. Do I just flip our meals around for him?

violet_violin_15707 Oct 2026

son, 11. breakfast, tiffin, school lunch. home by 3.45 and straight to the kitchen. not snacks. rice, dal, whatever's there, full plate. then at 8.30 he barely touches dinner and I get the 'he didn't eat' look from my partner lol. make 4pm the real meal and keep dinner light? or is this a phase

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umber_piano_65639 Oct 2026
I have no experience with this age; my daughter is one. But this is how my mother ran our house growing up: rice at four after school and a light tiffin at night. I don't recall anyone suffering for it. It may be less a phase than his body choosing its own timing.
- violet_violin_15709 Oct 2026
  light tiffin at night. tell that to my partner 😂 ok, trying it for a week