My ds is 16 months old and is always eating. Ever since we weaned him, he never seems full. He eats until he's sick, then wants more. He sobs when meals are over. He steals other people's food even if he has some, goes in the fridge and helps himself (just caught him wolfing down blueberries). If I get up from the sofa, he rushes to the kitchen and points at the cupboard, whining. I've tried only giving him food when he isn't screaming for it, but as soon as I go to the kitchen, he screams for food so I'm just rewarding him! I genuinely don't know what to do. My first child had a good appetite but nothing like this. DS is a healthy weight for his height but at the top end of both so likely to be a big boy as he grows.
I don't think it's hunger, as if he doesn't see food or think it's on the cards, he's perfectly content. He's very active so probably needs quite a bit of food but this is ridiculous. Has anyone else had a child like this? With full on tantrums and hitting at the word no? How do I give him food without him thinking it's because he's cried for it?
I'd try the health visitors but I've had an awful experience with the ones at my surgery and want nothing more to do with them. I feel it's behavioural rather than medical.