My 10mo boy ate a whole baked potato for tea.

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Hi, DS is about 85th centile in height and Weight so is admittedly big. He's actually the same size as my friends 18mo boy.

DS eats A LOT. We're pescetarian.

I cook rather than buy babyfood. Every morning he has porridge made from normal Sainsburys oats and he'll have a small adult sized portion. He'll often have a whole banana after his lunch.

AIBU in worrying about leading him into obesity so young? I don't over encourage, or stop him eating. He just eats so much more than all other 10mo babies I know...

Hahahaha since when did I say his opinion made my point valid Koala? Its used simply to demonstrate a big bloke thinks that is a lot of food. As for the rest of your ranting Lurked like I say your child, what happens as a result of them eating huge amounts of not the most healthy food is entirely up to you.

With the height thing it's actually that over feeding can cause an early spurt in height, however it doesn't effect adult height, the over fed child just gains height quicker before puberty than their peers. And it's not the tall beanpole kids, it's the tall fat kids. Over feeding is not the reason behind tall slim children who become tall adults, that's genetics. A quick glance about any public space will show that being overweight doesn't mean also being very tall.

Dd will be 6' like me I reckon as so far she resembles me at every stage. So pretty bloody obvious she isn't going to be an average height kid.

minecraft protein takes longer to break down into energy. And thats what she's eating all those carbs for, because they break down to glucose much quicker.

sharon pray tell me what will happen, is ending up a tall skinny adult, with body fat as low as possible before you get into the actual realms of being seriously underweight (rather than just on paper) something I should be avoiding? Are you seriously suggesting I should be trying to head her towards an adult size of dangerously low body fat?

Blimey, my 12yrs old DS eats that and more, Lurked, so I wouldn't worry. And I don't think he's going to be genetically tall as dh is only 5"10 and I'm 5"5. Neither of us are skinny by nature although not overweight either. But ds1 does a huge amount of exercise in the week. 3xP.E a week at school plus swimming plus rugby and hockey outside of school. Never off his bike etc. He'd pass out if I attempted to control his portions! I do try to keep his protein high and not go overboard with fat. But he still snacks furiously just like most other boys his age. Luckily he loves fruit so we keep a large stash of fruit but he'd happily sit and have seconds at most meals. He's never gorged and he's not remotely overweight so I just figure his calorie intake is matching his body's requirements at the moment. Ds2 is heading the same way. But then dh says he remembers being constantly hungry as a teenager.

goodasitgets Mayo indeed contains eggs and oil - but RAW eggs including egg white which no 10 month old baby should eat ... Unless of course you want to risk catching a salmonella. Also other hidden ingredients in mayo are lemon juice and salt. Just saying ...

I'm not worried m4 just amused but thankyou anyway

My 6'3 builder husband doesn't eat that much in a day lurked

I doubt he is still growing and that his body is getting ready for periods though.

I remember watching a documentary about a woman who is classed in US as 'super sized' she gives talks on weight, weight issues, how people become her size. He talk includes a picture of her aged 10 months when she was put on her first diet.

OP your DS sounds fine, he is growing and is also big for his age. You are not stuffing him with McDonalds and as for baked beans being full of sugar well so is pure orange juice. Weetabix is about 4% sugar, baked beans about 5%.

I don't care what anyone says, that daily food consumption for an 11 year old is just shocking. At that age I played a sport at a national level and was in intensive training every day and wouldn't have eaten a fraction of that. It's insane.

And when these kids who eat massive amounts stop exercising, which let's face it most do in their teens, they are going to get fat

Where did I give specifics of what exercise my dd does xici I didn't. I just mentioned doing a lot. It doesn't particularly matter exactly what she does, but suffice to say her extremely high level of fitness and strength mean she gets into entry level teams/ does pretty well at sports she doesn't have more than average ability in and doesn't do any training in. Exactly like I did.

I'm still waiting for someone to come up with a solution as to how you reduce the calories of a skinny child without causing weight loss. Not that I plan on following up on it, I just want to see if anyone can provide any logical explanation for their dodgy conclusions.

And you're wrong on the stopping exercise. Apart from the fact I never did, and the fact dd doesn't do sport because it's good for her, she just enjoys it, not to mention stopping exercising in your teens shouldn't be anyone's acceptable norm. The huge factor you appear to be missing is that a healthy attitude to food is eating the correct amount and type for your needs without having to think about it. Not ridgidly sticking to some predefined diet that works for someone else.

When i stopped the level of exercise/sport i did as a teen my appetite reduced as well. I had a terrible accident at 18 and have had to have extensive knee surgery over 10 years with months of being immobile. When that has happened my appetite has disappeared and i have got really thin and my muscles atrophied.

I agree with Lurked, you eat for your needs at the time not in case something happens in the future. That would seem quite dangerous to me.

goodasitgets Mayo indeed contains eggs and oil - but RAW eggs including egg white which no 10 month old baby should eat ... Unless of course you want to risk catching a salmonella. Also other hidden ingredients in mayo are lemon juice and salt. Just saying ...

The eggs in shop bought Mayo are pasteurised. Just saying....

What's wrong with lemon juice?
And if you make your own (stick blender, takes seconds) and use lion stamped eggs they are vaccinated anyway
The amount of salt in a teeny bit of Mayo to add to tuna is nothing

Why can't people understand that they and their husbands are not the blueprint for 'normal' that we should all strive to reach?

This is so good, MrsK, and so appropriate to about half the threads on Mumsnet that I may have to save it as auto-text [win]

Haha, perhaps I'd better auto-save as well!

Gosh, yes! I'm not going to feed DS1 less now because he may need less when he's 28 and sat in an office all day and doing half the weekly exercise he does now. That would be plain ridiculous.

I don't care what anyone says, that daily food consumption for an 11 year old is just shocking. At that age I played a sport at a national level and was in intensive training every day and wouldn't have eaten a fraction of that. It's insane.

Have a look at what Olympic level swimmers eat - that is insane. 10 000 calories a day

www.webmd.com/diet/20080813/the-olympic-diet-of-michael-phelps

I don't care what anyone says, that daily food consumption for an 11 year old is just shocking.

You haven't given a suggestion as how Lurked's DD should reduce her food intake without becoming dangerously underweight.

Some of the posts on this thread are frightening.

My 16 month old would eat a whole jacket potato and more so I don't see the problem. He only has 160ml of cow's milk too