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To think my child can't be this hungry!!!!

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giraffes2021 · 29/10/2021 08:42

3 year old DD constantly asking for food! She is very slim but I think it's just habit now!
As soon as she opens her eyes she wants a snack goes mental until you feed her breakfast then she wants another snack she'll have breakfast before nursery breakfast at nursery and then lunch tea then she comes home and as soon as we see her she asks for a snack in the car on the way home!

Aibu to think that it might just be a habit now? Honestly I don't know how she eats so much!!! How do I deal with it do I keep just feeding her hahaha

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GiltEdges · 29/10/2021 10:09

[quote giraffes2021]@InTheLabyrinth yeah she is defo slender tbh we are all however we are all quite tall I'm 5ft8 and dad over 6ft

It's seems like we aren't the only one ! Haha I can't afford to feed these children her little brother is exactly the same and he's 18months it's probably cause we all are foodies! At least I'm not struggling to get her to eat I guess!
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This is probably part of the answer, DS is the same. Always hovered between 25th and 50th centile for weight, but is 99th for height. He's our little string bean at almost 3 and eats CONSTANTLY, but I just assume he'll take after his dad and be tall Smile

LindaEllen · 29/10/2021 10:28

So long as she's a healthy weight and the food she's eating isn't junk, there's not too much to worry about. Could you keep a sippy bottle of juice by her bed so she can have a drink when she wakes up? As other people have said, it's easy to mistake thirst for hunger (even as adults, to be fair) so if she has a nice big juice bottle with her that she can drink from whenever she likes, this is likely to help a lot.

Longdistance · 29/10/2021 10:37

My dd10 is like this. She can eat her way through loads. She’s slim too (didn’t get that off me). She’ll have cereal and toast for breakfast, lunch is massive. She’ll have a sandwich, pepperami, dunkers, yogurt, fruit, crisps. Dinner she’ll have what we have. If she has pizza, she’ll eat a whole one and ask for chips. Hollow legs like her dad.

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