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Does anyone have a toddler that wants to eat constantly?

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PuppyLoves · 04/08/2009 22:52

DD,21 months old, has 3 meals a day (obv.) and she is allowed healthy snacks in between meals. But she seems to want eat all the time. She is starting to tantrum if we say she isn't allowed any more snacks.

On a typical day she will have:

Breakfast: Shredded wheat/porridge/Oatibix and fruit (usually mixed berries with a bit of yoghurt)

Then a snack. I grab something like a flapjack if we are out, or maybe pitta and houmous if we having a day in.

Lunch - scrambled egg on toast/soup/cauliflower cheese/a sandwich, followed by a yoghurt.

Then another snack after her nap. Normally a biscuit and milk to give her a sugar levels a boost.

Dinner is whatever we are having. Tonight she had salmon fillet with broccoli and new potatoes, followed by bannanas and custard.

This sounds like more than enough to me so why does she want to always eat? Its driving me crazy!

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lovely36 · 11/02/2019 23:07

My son is this way. Today he had porridge, a banana for breakfast
Snack:raisins,
Then wanted another snack so he had a few Cheerios
Lunch: carrots, chicken, a few sweet potatoes chips.
Snack: slice of watermelon
Snack:some crackers
Snack:yogurt
Snack: cucumber slices
Dinner: pasta and meatballs

A cup of milk and biscuit and still wanted more snacks!!!
I worry that he just wants to eat. Like if it's becoming a habit. Sometimes I feel like he eats just to eat not because he's hungry.
I worry he's eating too much. But his weight seems fine. I'm there with you though.. my son would eat a full horse if I let him.

Antonija · 12/02/2019 09:12

@TigerQuoll that's what I'm doing I'm never giving anything sweet to her, but I don't want that constantly eating becomes habit to her.
Because that's a bad habit to develop

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