Ds 4 always hungry!

[Mama1980]

Hi not sure if this is the right board sorry pretty new here :) ds is 4 was a very prem baby, not sure if that's relevant anyway genus always hungry and eats for England! I have seen the gp who is amazing and said there is nothing wrong at all he is a slight thing and light for his age and is very very active. Anyway yesterday for example he ate: porridge and strawberries, 2 bananas, whole meal toast, apple, veg stew and rice, cheese and crackers, yoghurt, carrots, pepper sticks, fish pie and veg, fruit salad and raisins/seeds/nuts, toast. It is getting ridiculous though clearly he needs the food he literally ate everything I had in the house last week. So I'm just wondering if anyone had a child similar? Or if you know any really filling meals that might help? Thanks in advance :)

DS is exactly the same at 6. His idea of a light snack is a round of sandwiches! He is very active, very tall and not an ounce of fat on him. He was also prem, though I'd never thought of linking that to his appetite.

I've taken the view that if he needs the food, I have to give it to him, expensive as that is for the food bill. Sounds like you're feeding yours a great diet, I think you carry on as you are!

Glad it's not just my son yes the prem thing was something I didn't think of but sometimes according to the dr with micro prems especially, my son was 26 weeks, they can develop a very fast metabolism as they need to process everything quickly to enable organ development etc. It just seems a relentless battle sometimes to feed him half an hour after a huge dinner, bigger than mine, and he needs a snack! Thanks for posting its reassuring to know its not just me

That's very interesting. I have a premmie who is just 20 months, so younger than yours, but eats for Africa! I think as along as he is eating healthily....

i was going to suggest worms! ill get my coat