We're just back from a holiday visiting family and I've been getting more and more concerned about dd over the time we've been away. I know it could just be holiday/ grandparents/ change in routine etc, but her food related behaviour is really worrying me.
Every time I look at her, it seems like her face has got bigger and rounder. She's always had the chubby cheeked look, so maybe I haven't noticed a gradual change. At her 2.6 year check, she was 9th centile for height and 50th for weight. She was born on 95th and had dropped to 2nd by 6 months (all checked out by paediatrician and said to be fine). EBF and continued BF until 20 months.
Increasingly, and more noticeably this week because her same-aged cousin did not do this, she has been demanding sweet food and 'treats' and having long, outrageous screaming tantrums. These have been sometimes brought on by seeing the food (eg at grandmas) but at other times it's just been a constant refrain of 'I want something to eat'. If offered fruit or something plain like a cracker, she tantrums. She always wants 'more' of everything. For example, I've just given her tinned peaches. She screamed when she saw the bowl, shouting 'that's not enough, I don't want just a few'.
Needless to say, we haven't 'given in' to tantrums (although relatives might have). I know what foods I should be offering and mostly do. We don't use food as a reward or punishment (again, this language is used by family a lot though). We did 'baby led weaning' and thought we were encouraging a healthy attitude to food.
There's lots more to say. It's the change in her appearance that's really bothered me. She doesn't look right.
Is this a GP issue? Or is it something the HV would support with?