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My DDs diet

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slightlyconfused85 · 08/07/2014 20:40

My DD is quite a big girl, extremely tall (off the chart in fact!) and heavy, although I don't know how much as I don't have time to take her for a weigh in until the holidays. She is 20mo and a typical day looks like this:

Breakfast: 1 weetabix, 1/2 slice of toast with marmite. She doesn't normally eat all the weetabix at the moment.

Midmorning snack: she's always hungry at 10am so I offer her a banana before we go out and do something.

Lunch: substantial portion of cooked lunch. This is typically fish, pasta and broccoli, stew and rice, 2 small meatballs with couscous etc. 1x small yoghurt (petit filous size)

Snack in the afternoon: small packet of dried fruit (kiddilicious ones - she loves them!)

dinner: sandwich made with one piece of bread, with cheese and cucumber or chicken. A couple of times a week she has 1 egg with chopped tomato and a slice of toast. 1x piece of fruit - half a pear, a satsuma or a handful of grapes.

She has about 5oz full fat milk in the morning and evening.
She doesn't eat sweets or chocolate, but if we are at a friend's house or there is a little party she will be allowed something small.

Does this seem appropriate? I am mindful that her lunch is quite big but her other meals are smallish and this is when she is hungriest. She just seems so much bigger than her friends, but this is height as much as anything (for example she is 3-4cm taller than my friend's average height 2.2 year old) so perhaps I am over-worrying.

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NoodleFace · 08/07/2014 20:46

Sounds like your doing a great job.

I would stop worrying! My DS who is just over two eats much more than that... He doesn't seem to stop, but he does when he has had enough and this isn't just when a plate is clear.

Try not to make food an issue as soon enough I'm sure you would start to worry when she isn't eating! She knows what she needs so let her be your guide.

slightlyconfused85 · 08/07/2014 20:52

Thanks noodle. I am blessed with a good eater, and I never make a fuss over what she has or hasn't eaten. I think she's perfect and I try really hard to make sure that she is eating appropriately. However, if I had a pound for everyone that asks me her age followed by 'isn't she big?!' I would be very rich so I hope they don't mean overweight..

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NoodleFace · 08/07/2014 20:59

It really doesn't seem like a lot of food to me, it's so so easy to compare to other children of similar age, a lot of toddlers we know are fussy eaters so I stopped a while ago Smile

NoodleFace · 08/07/2014 21:02

We get 'isn't he a good eater' so much, I know it will probably change so I am enjoying the ease of things now haha!

animaniac · 08/07/2014 21:07

My DS is 18 months and I think he eats much more than you've described for your DD so doesn't sound like you're overfeeding her!

minipie · 08/07/2014 21:47

Sounds like a totally normal amount of food, my 19mo dd eats the same if not more. If your DD is tall then she should be heavy! honestly doubt there is an issue and I expect the commenters just mean she is tall (if they thought she was fat they probably wouldn't say anything iyswim!)

slightlyconfused85 · 08/07/2014 21:53

Thanks everyone. Does anyone know if she should be having this much milk at her age?

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minipie · 08/07/2014 22:03

my dd has about 5-6 oz in the morning and more like 9-10oz in the evening (hadn't realised it was that much, only just added it up tbh!)

minipie · 08/07/2014 22:09

just googled and apparently 24 oz of milk per day is the max recommended amount that toddlers should have (any more and it can mean they're not having enough solids). so your dd is nowhere near that.

slightlyconfused85 · 08/07/2014 22:18

Oh thanks minipie. She drinks nothing like that much. I feel reassured from your replies. Minipie I also remember you from a year or so ago when we both had early rising girls I was brightonbythesea then!

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minipie · 08/07/2014 22:22

ah I remember your old name! dd is still a terrible sleeper... sigh.

slightlyconfused85 · 08/07/2014 22:26

I've still got an early riser. But hey at least we have good eaters!

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minipie · 08/07/2014 22:45

yes, small mercies I guess!

we "fixed" the early rising by moving bedtime to 8.30 (she wakes at 6.30) but she still wakes in the night at the slightest thing - teeth, cold, too hot... ah well!

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