DD always hungry

[baldrick133]

My DD is 5 years old and always seems to be hungry. She no sooner has a meal when she is wanting more food. I feed her quite a good balanced diet, but if I am busy say tidying up in another room by the time I come back into DD she has been in to the kitchen and raided the fridge and ate maybe a packet of dunkers or 2, 1 or 2 yogurts and maybe a bag of crisps. I have made an appointment to see the doc in a few weeks time and am keeping a food diary, have been told there could be an underlying medical problem but also I know could just be greed. She weighs 4st 2 lb at minute and is average height for her age. She also sometimes would eat a dinner go and be sick then come back and finish the dinner, when I know she has ate too much but if I take the food away she throws a full on tantrum. Some people say to me she is a growing girl she will grow out of it and loose the weight when shes older, Am I over reacting?

is she overweight?

Yes slightly over weight she was at school nurse a few weeks back but all she said was that she didnt want her to loose weight just grow into her weight

it'ws def worth keeping a food diary.
do you thikn she could be lacking in anything in her diet? I only ask because when I had ds2 I had to basically go onto a vegan diet b ecause he reactd to stuff in my milk
anyway, I was hungry ALL the time, i just kept eating constantly. Then I figured out that I wasn't getting enough protein in my diet, so once I upped that I ddin't feel so hungry all the time

also boredom is a great one for causing "hunger" and it's easy to jmistake thirst for hunger too
So, it might be worth when she says she is hungry, to first get her to have a big glass of milk or water and then do something with her. play a game, go outside (while the weather is nice)...

Three things strike me here. The first is:

"if I am busy say tidying up in another room by the time I come back into DD she has been in to the kitchen and raided the fridge and ate maybe a packet of dunkers or 2, 1 or 2 yogurts and maybe a bag of crisps."

It shouldn't be up to your dd to decide whether she has a bag of crisps or not- the only way to keep this firmly under your control is not to keep snacks where she can get at them, even if this does mean not keeping things like crisps in the house at all.

"She also sometimes would eat a dinner go and be sick then come back and finish the dinner"

This does not seem healthy to me. I think your bottom line should be "if you have been sick, your tummy needs a rest until the next meal". But I also think you need to look into why she is eating like this. It's not really normal. Is she upset about something and comfort eating? Are there general issues about food in your house? It might be worth having a chat with her GP.

and thirdly:
"but if I take the food away she throws a full on tantrum."

myesss, but this shouldn't really stop you from sticking to something you have decided is for her good. Ime 5yos often throw tantrums about things that you still have to decide for them.

very good post cory

op i hope you sort this

agree with thisisyesterday about boredom. DC4 is like your dd always 'begging' or asking what the next meal is. I put it down to boredom sometimes and divert his attention . DS LOVES food and eats an awful lot but interestingly aa a tall 7.5 year old he weighs the same as your dd

my dc s are the same, but dd is 3 and weighs 4st, ds is 8 and weighs 4.5 st.
gp says they are both within normal weight range for their age...how?