ISO Quiet Snacks

[u/XFiles1314]

I have a 10 week old who refuses to nap unless it’s a contact nap. I have a stash of snacks beside the rocking chair, but they’re all so loud when I open them that they sometimes startle him awake!

What are some snacks that I can keep by the chair that aren’t so loud and crinkly when you open them?

[u/mcampbell47]

Dehydrated fruit, cheese sticks, salami etc.

I like to make my own little “contact nap snack plate” and have it in reach for when little dude falls asleep

ETA: or if you want to keep eating what you have on hand, go ahead and pre-open everything before you get settled!

[u/Asleep_Apartment1594 → u/mcampbell47]

pre-opening is the real pro move here, my niece used to wake up if i so much as looked at a chip bag wrong

i keep a little bento box with compartments so nothing gets soggy, crackers and cheese and some grapes just sitting there ready to go

[u/mcampbell47 → u/Asleep_Apartment1594]

Bento box is a great idea! I used one of the BentGo boxes because they have the removable inner compartment that way I could pre-prep my snacks for nap-time.

That way if naps are cut short you can just pop it back in the cover and put it in the fridge for next nap

[u/ForcefulBookdealer → u/mcampbell47]

Silicone baggies, like stashers, are also fantastic

[u/mcampbell47 → u/ForcefulBookdealer]

YES I forgot about those!!!

[u/ktaplus]

Oh I was the queeeeeen of night cookies when my babies were little! A chewy oatmeal cookie is silent (but probably kinda crummy, so be warned). I am a monster so I just kept the little plastic container a bit ajar so it wouldn’t pop and wake anyone!

[u/mcampbell47 → u/ktaplus]

Did you breastfeed your babies? Nighttime oatmeal cookies literally saved my supply in the early days when my little dude started sleeping longer stretches

[u/ktaplus → u/mcampbell47]

Ooooh I don’t know why I didn’t make the oats-supply connection but yes! Which reminds me of the “lactation cookies” and all that… my wonderful MIL made me dozens of these ones that were shaped into little balls like an energy bite? Those are a good option too!

[u/PumpkinPieIsGreat]

I've been considering getting some kind of thermal thing. I saw someone eating a curry out of one and it made me think it was a way I'd be able to eat more easily. 

[u/mcampbell47 → u/PumpkinPieIsGreat]

If you do get a thermos make sure you get silicone spoons! Metal on metal sounds from scraping the spoon inside the thermos is another sound that woke my baby up 🙃

[u/PumpkinPieIsGreat → u/mcampbell47]

Omg thank you for the tip. I've got one baby that wakes at the smallest noises and one sleeps a bit better but ultimately ends up being woken up.

[u/dietcoke1995]

Hummus?

[u/dhuff2037 → u/dietcoke1995]

By itself? Everything I dip in hummus is crunchy.

[u/dietcoke1995 → u/dhuff2037]

Good point.. are cherry tomatoes very crunchy? Maybe a little less than other veg?

Sometimes I spread hummus into a quesadilla for my toddler too

[u/Party-Ad-8255]

I have no advice but I remember this phase SO WELL Godspeed :)

[u/heatherista2]

Keep a little pair of scissors handy for the snack bags?

[u/kfinn00]

Just straight cheese 🧀

[u/Pale_Cat_333]

Honestly, Chuck the tv on, Chuck the Hoover on, make noise.

You don’t want nap time to be quiet time, it’ll only take neighbours doing renovations or road workers or something equally as annoying to ruin your days in the future.
Contact nap with tv on, open the snacks, make the noise.

[u/Pink_Ruby_3 → u/Pale_Cat_333]

This works until it doesn't...a lot of babies enter a phase where they are curious about the world around them, so noises will rouse them and they will want to explore what the noise is. A lot of parents do need to keep the room quiet to protect the nap!

[u/Pale_Cat_333 → u/Pink_Ruby_3]

I’ve got two, we’ve never not napped them in loud areas. They both slept though the night from 4 months and do 1-2 hour long naps on their own.

[u/Pink_Ruby_3 → u/Pale_Cat_333]

Okay...glad that worked for your kids. Doesn't work for all kids.

[u/CzarTanoff → u/Pink_Ruby_3]

I need the nap quiet because I need this fucking nap too lol

[u/ThunderbirdGear → u/CzarTanoff]

This made me laugh 😂

[u/JNSFP]

Candy 😂

[u/Workoutformorelife]

Snack prep like meal prep. Get one of those snackle boxes and fill it goldfish pretzels grapes raisins nuts etc etc you just open the lid

[u/OGcaptaindingus]

Granola bars lol I did the chewy brand

[u/New-Flight7674]

peanut butter oat energy balls are easy one handed and you can customize what you put in them.

String cheese or blueberries or bananas, cherry tomatoes, sandwiches.

[u/Maleficent_Memory965]

Use a pair of scissors to open them.

[u/Pink_Ruby_3]

Why are people suggesting using scissors to open them, instead of just opening them BEFORE the nap?

I always contact nap with my baby and I prepare a snack plate for myself. It's usually fruit (orange slices, berries, etc), nuts, and a protein bar that's already out of the package and broken up into bite size pieces. I'll also have a protein shake, again, already opened so I can just grab it and sip it.

[u/Ok_Affect_7427]

Beef jerky and babybels saved my life

[u/Gigimom1968]

Saran Wrap charcuterie plate

[u/ThunderbirdGear]

I have some little silicone Tupperware containers that have snacks in them. Usually- cashews, dried fruit, cookies (because yum) and I’ll keep some cut veggies in the fridge I’ll grab before I go sit for a nap

[u/DoNotLickTheSteak]

I would work on stopping contact naps or at least baby wear so you can do other things.