Do you limit your toddlers food?

[2020firsttimemum]

So just a question in terms of toddler food. I'm talking like children aged 18m plus.

So for context my little boy had chicken curry with rice for dinner followed by about 10 grapes, a whole banana and 2 yoghurt pots and was still asking for more!

He gives me his bowl or plate when he's done with his main but anything fruit related or yogurt etc he always asks for more.

Now I've started having to limit what he has because he would just keep eating and I'm worried about all the sugar in the fruits etc.

Do you think at this age they know that they're full? 😩

I should add my son is 2 years 1 month

I’ve never limited the total amount of food but I limit the amounts of some
foods.

I agree never limit amount of protein/veg etc but would limit fruit & yoghurt to a certain extent as it is quite sugary. I would offer a cup of milk if still hungry or distract with something else. Now my DC are a little older I also limit the amount of snacks otherwise they eat all day then don't eat dinner.

Agree with PP.

Don't limit the amount of food, but limit the type. In that scenario I would have offered him more curry rather than more fruit and more yoghurt.

Or if there wasn't more curry, some cucumber sticks or similar.

Like the others, I don't limit food. My son is 2yr & 2mths and seems like a bottomless pit at the moment. I limit the amount of crap he has (chocolate, Ice cream, etc.) But that's it. If he's had a bowl of grapes and asks for me then I'll offer a banana. If he asks for another I'll offer an apple or cheese or something. I wouldn't refuse him food if he's asking for it.

Yeah if I didn't he would eat nothing but bananas all day

Don't say no more food but do say "just one yoghurt, and you can have more grapes tomorrow, there's (something he'll eat but doesn't love as much - plain rice cakes or a plain breadstick toast with just butter or vegetables like cucumber and carrots or even apple instead of very sweet berries and bananas maybe) if you're still hungry "

You could also buy plain yoghurt and offer that if you currently buy the "children's " yoghurt, which is very sweet and desert like.

Yeah I've probably worded it wrong!

I don't limit him on his dinner and I always give him more than I think he'll eat so he doesn't run out

And luckily he's a very good eater in terms of variety and doesn't often refuse any veg / meat / carb type things. Eats fish and would rather eat fruit than chocolate so i shouldn't complain about that!

I think he would just eat fruit and yoghurts until he turned into one if I'm honest 🙈

Agree with giving plain natural or Greek yoghurt instead of the pots, they're so high in sugar.

I restrict sweet treats like cake and biscuits. I also don't do more than 3 small portions of fruit a day because they'd be a disaster in the nappy area if he eats too much! Only give plain Greek yogurt so don't mind if he wants an extra bowl of that.

Both of mine would have happily eaten 2 or 3 small plates of curry & rice if they were hungry at that age.

One of the ways we got around this with DS was to buy a sectional plate and give him all his food at the same time, including any fruit/yoghurt or similar he was having for “dessert”. Typically, he’d eat those first, but would then come back to his main and eat most of that too. Or at least, far more than he’d previously have eaten when he knew dessert was still to come.