greediness - how do you deal with it?

[Kelly1978]

dd is embarassingly greedy. If we go to a party or any function with food she will not stop eating. If I leave her alone with my bag she will take any food out of it. She has jsut woken her brother up, after being told not to, because I promised ice lollies when he woke. It really annoys me, and I'd hoped she would grow out of it, but she is nearly 6 and it is getting worse! She eats well, and is a good weight.

[ButterflyInGlassMaze]

Maybe she's going through a growth phase. I love to see children eating well and as long as she's a good, healthy weight, I wouldn't be too concerned about it.

[kipper22]

As long as she is eating a good balance of stuff I would have thought she'd be fine - maybe give her unlimited access to the fruit bowl but only occasional sweets, etc?

[Jasmum]

I have the same problem kelly1978 and I'm feelign a bit concerned. My DD1 is nearly 4 and is greedy aswell. She thinks about nothign but food, will cry & cry and say I want something to eat, mainly when she's bored. I can't eat anything in front of her that I don't want to share. If anyone else has food she'll hang around them almost begging for some. I find it very embarrasing. I think she's very slightly overweight, so will check this thread with interest.

[Kelly1978]

It isn't a growth spurt, as she is constantly like it. I know what you mean, ds is actually in a growth spurt now and eating loads, but it usually passes for him after a week or two, however dd never stops. If I was to let her help herself from the fruit bowl she would finish it.
Sweets are very restricted anyway, maybe once a week, but she doesn't particulary crave sweets, she will eat anything, even if it has gone off.

[colditz]

Check for threadworms.

[saltire]

I know the feeling kelly1978, my 8 yr old DS is like that. If we go to a party/BBQ?wedding we end up leaving early cos he just eats and eats and then gets a sore tunny and starts crying. If we go out for a wlk and stop to talk to someone in their garden he constantly syas "I'm hungry", he goes on and on until we either say our goodbyes , or the person we are talking to gives him a biscuit. He eats constantly, he has 4 weetabix, 4 slices of toast, a bowl of fruit and a yohurt e ery day for breakfast, he eats all his lunch at school, i have to take 2 slices of bread made into a sandwich and a piece of fruit for him to eat on the way home, he has more sandwiches, fuit etc when he gets ome, then eats an adult size protion of food for his evening meal, However, he "crams" his food, he shovels it in as though every meal is his first in days, then cries for hours afterwards cos he has a sore tummy. I've had him at the GP cos i am so concerned and just keep getting told that he'll grow out of it. As he has got older, my shopping bill has gone up!! He also hangs round anyone thats eating begging for some. He is not over weight at all, in fact is very skinny, and is 8 years old but is the height of an 11 year old.

[Kelly1978]

saltire, that sound exactly like dd! I have to physically stop her, or she will get ill. Although, she isn't skinny, and so if I let her eat as much as she wanted she would get very fat, I'm sure of it. I hope dd grows out of it, but I'm not hopeful.

Def not worms, she has always been like this, since tiny. Even at mother and toddler groups she used to sit until all the food on offer had gone.

[Kelly1978]

One of my worries is that if she doesn't grow out of it, she will get completely out of control once she has the choice of what she eats.