I'm always looking for meal and snack ideas for my daughter. She's still kind of at an "in between" age when it comes to eating. She's 19 months old and has 12 teeth. She's not crazy about the texture of proteins like chicken or beef or even fish (but she'll take bites of our sushi when we get it or make it) and for some reason won't eat sliced meat (but she'll eat cubed meat). She's great about eating fruit and will eat most fruit but when it comes to veggies, it seems to depend on the day. As for sandwiches, she still doesn't really have the motor and coordination skills to eat a sandwich unless it's grilled cheese or PB&J where the sandwich essentially holds itself together. Even then, she sometimes takes it apart and will eat each piece by itself. When I give her sandwich rolls or burritos, she unrolls them and eats what's inside by itself.
Anyway, here are some more ideas for snacks for a toddler which I really like.
I'm not sure what the thing is on the right in the picture below, I think it's some kind of cookie thing so you can kind of disregard that part of the picture but the other two are great ideas.
Using an ice tray is a great way to give your toddler several choices and have the portions be appropriate.
Another variation on the ice tray is to use a muffin tin. The picture below is of my daughter with a muffin tin of "grazing" foods. I was a bit slim on choices so several things repeat but it gives another idea.
This idea might just solve the sandwich issue but I have a feeling my daughter would just take the top off and eat everything inside.
I hope this post has helped to give you some additional ideas for snacks for your little one.
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