Does BLW make for a great eater?

[rosealbie]

Have posted this on CHAt topic but probably better here. I didn't BLW with my dc as hadn't heard of it but am interested to know if children who are BLW are more likely to be good eaters later in life?

why do the growth rates slow? is it more that they've been ridiculously fast in the first year and are becoming more normal, or is it for a reason?

isn't it funny that there's not much in weaning books etc warning you that they'll not eat as much as they used to? i wonder if that's where people start to get a bit neurotic about their children's intake? if i weren't so profoundly lazy i'd have been starting to get worried.

I do remember reading something about how toddlers propotionally eat far less then babies. It said something like:

'It's normal for your one year old and three year old to have similar sized portions.'

It also said that while a baby will triple or quadruple it's birth weight in the first year, in the second year it will only put on 2 kgs or so.

I think it was a LLL book.

i absolutely LOVE the australian attitude to things. so sensible and non-patronising. when i was pg i always looked at the aussie public health sites first.

so i'm still not clear on the not poisoning reason for fussiness, though. what is that about? if we're not supposed to have another child til no1 is 3, is that when fussiness starts? might we extrapolate that the fussiness starts when a new baby comes, not because of control issues but because they are being left on their own more and reasonably seek to protect themselves?

I think toddlers chose foods based on their body's individual needs of that particular day/week/month. For instance, if they need potassium, they will want to eat a banana.

Pyscho babble - your post illustrates how differently different parents perceive things. You describe your ds as a 'fussy' eater but he sounds very similar to my dds, whom I describe as 'great' eaters.

sorry, yes, that's what i meant. exploring without someone hovering over them. i always think that's what you see on Tanya Byron etc, parents who are stressed about food hovering and getting everyone more stressed. but am lucky, dd eats well. particularly as i only 'add up' her intake after a few days or so.

lol belgo i was reading psychobabble's post and thinking yup, yup and yup. soundslike dd.

our bodies do crave salt, sugar and fat, even though we don't really need that much of these things.

What I find fascinating is so many of my very skinny friends give birth to large babies, who then pile on the weight. Compared to me, I've never been that slim, and my babies are tiny, and stay tiny for two years or so.

I BLW my 10 year old son and he will eat anything, pretty much

He enjoys trying new foods and isn't very faddy or fussy.

Don't know if that's just him or because he was introduced to a wide variety of foods from an early age.