ds is saying hes hungry even when hes eating

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ds keeps saying hes hungry all the time, he just wants food constantly imnot sure what to do, hes saying it 3 or 4 times + in 1hr. its a sudden thing he never did this before, not sure whether to give the GP a quick ring tomorrow or to wait till jes at the hospital on the 31st? he is saying it all the time, i honestly dont believe its a growth spurt hes never done this before

yes im in the same position so will be watching your replies,
ds is 7 and keeps wanting food,but......when i open what he wants or cook it,he doesnt want it!!! arrrr.....he has gone threw phases of eating alot tho,those phases have lasted around a week or two,so im sorry,i dont know,im sure someone will come along soon who will know more xx

DS did this for a while too, until when I was sure he was full I'd offer some vegetables for him to snack on - I'd the find out if he was actually still hungry or just wanted sweets or to eat out of boredom

ds2 does this all the time we have worked out it is worse when he is anxious or unhappy with a situation.
We are yet to work out if he says it because he needs to say something IYKWIM or if he ahs a nervous tummy feeling but cant distinguish between feeling of anxiety & feeling of hunger.

im not sure why he is only 3, he seems to eat when given the food, tried distraction but ds is very one track minded so when he says hungry he expects food there and then i would say boredom but hes saying it so much, he will break from an activity and say it...

we've just moved out so stress could be behind it but i worry that its going to be a hard habit to break he is saying it constantly at me, i think it could be stress its the only thing hes done since moving, i expected tantrums and i got a human bin lol x

ds2 has a water bottle & we make him have a sip when he says he is hungry, it seems to distract him for a brief time & he is slowly learning that he doesnt always need food but he's 9. So maybe you have a few more years of the human bin first!

ive tried the drink but ds he is so bloody stubborn, might still take him to see GP tomorro just to get him checked over, somethings just niggling me that its not right

DS is 6 and he asks for food the moment he gets up till the moment he goes to sleep. I pick him up after he has had a full dinner at school and he will usually say what have we got to eat and thats on top of dinner!

He loves food and used to like any food but I am getting concerned now as he is starting to get particular on things he used to love. He seems to be reverting back to the plainer the food the better it tastes.

I just keep bags of carrots in the fridge as he eats them like apples and loves the job of peeling them so that delays things a bit. Also fruit. He loves crisps but they are a last resort and I prefer to give him a small bowl of cereal to snack on instead.

But I have got to say he eats his breakfast, dinner and tea on top of his every 15 to 20 min snacking. I put it all down to the excessive amount of energy he has. Constantly figeting, jumping, running charging and thinkng. Also I am off the mind it is a sensory issue like he has to have something in his mouth if he is sat still. Everything he does is with force and so I think he uses up so much calories as even with constant eating he is not overweight.

my ds was always hungry i was told it was to do with asd and adhd, he would tell ppl he was hungry as i hadn't fed him all day, my friend believed him, so i invited her to spend the day with us, she saw him eat breakfast, then we went out and he ate again at the cafe, he had lunch at home, then he went next door to play with a friend, had lunch with him as well, came home and had a snack, then had a full cooked dinner, friend invited us to her house and he had another meal, 10 mins after this he told her i'm hungry mum hasn't fed me all day lol.....he still eats loads but he can't put weight on.

We went through this with ds1 and it turned out he had excess stomach acid and reflux due to anxiety and he was misreading the physical symptoms as hunger.

He eats a lot anyway, his meals are twice the size of dh's and he's a tiny, skinny little thing. The paed has been running tests to check if he's not digesting his food properly, but so far everything has come back normal. I had to laugh when he went on a school trip last year and three teachers came up to me to comment on how much he eats. I think they thought we must never feed him at home!

DS2 is like this. Always always hungry, but very skinny. When he is ill and off his food you can literally see the weight fall off him, it's scary. We do steer him towards fruits and vegs when he is nibbling.

i'm leaving it over the weekend and getting him to the drs monday.... hes not been so bad today but still heard it alot, he was late having his dinner today (30mins) and we had major meltdown, my fault totally but he actually ate something he didnt like... i think it could be anxiety with us moving house, even reflux because he had that severe as a baby

thanks for all the posts, he seems fine in himself... he was poorly before christmas and the weight dropped from him, you could see his ribs, he doesnt look over weight but on the charts he is

DS usually has a very small appetite but this week we have all comented on how much hes eating,he never seems to stop.however he had flu over christmas and lost so much weight he looked awfull.
My instincts are telling me hes having a growth spurt but im going to have to keep an eye on him cos hes eating loads,and fruit and veg are a no no to him so its all rubbish.

Worms? Seriously, this can make them feel hungry all the time. About 60% of kids have worms at any time! Nice eh.

Or it could just be an oral sensory thing, liking the stimuli of chewing.
My two are the same; both Fragile x syndrome, par for the course with their condition.

well, hes still saying his hungry but hes not eating much at all today so im thining its stress from the house move. waiting on a dietician referral and hes at hospital on the 31st so thinkimay try hold out till then x