Can a BLW baby over-eat?

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My dd is almost 1 yr old and over the last few weeks she is just eating and eating and eating!

I was led to believe that a BLWed baby will not over-eat, but my dd appears to just be eating for eatings sake. I'm getting a little worried.

We feed her a healthy balanced diet and she doesn't eat much of the 'wrong' food (although she does occasionally as she has two older sisters and being BLW she things she has a right to taste what everyone else is eating ) but that really is minimal and tbh i've even stopped dd's eating choccie and such infront of dd because i'm worried about the sheer amount that she is eating.

She wakes up saying 'yum yum' and given the chance would eat all day. I don't want to stop her from eating, but neither do i want to encourage continuous eating.

Help - what can i/should i do?

wouldn't have thought so. perhaps she's packing it on in preparation for a bit of a growth spurt at a year?

She is a big baby (91st centile) and appears to be getting bigger (rounder) so maybe she is ready for a growth spurt, i don't know ...

or she may just be getting teething mixed up with eating, iykwim? what happens if you give her something else to chew? tbh i wouldn't worry about it, dd definitely chubbed up and then stretched, that was her growth 'pattern'.

She's not teething Aitch, well not obviously so (has four top and four bottom) anyway.
Its not so much that she wants to chew or gum its just that as soon as food appears she wants it. She will eat all that is put on her highchair and then reaches out to swipe what is on dd's or our plates.

She even goes to the kitchen cupboards or fridge and opens them saying 'yum yum' even if she has only just eaten

I'm glad you don't think its anything to worry about. I'm prob a little paranoid with being overweight myself (size 16). All my daughters have been chubby babies and are average (well dd1 is prob a bit below average) weights now. But, they have never over-ate ...and they weren't BLW.

I guess i'm just starting to doubt myself ...

well I don't think it's anything to worry about but i can understand why you might, given your experiences. what about being super-sure that she's running around loads and burning off the energy, might that make you feel a bit more positive?

There is no lack in running about - she has been walking since she was 9 months old and is climbing and almost running now! She is never still!! Not ever!

Prob another reason to worry as i thought she would start slimming down now, but bulking up

sigh<

Sorry to sound so negative ...i do appreciate your advice

well then i think you need to start taking Proper Walks with her... best of luck.

So you wouldn't advocate cutting down the amount offered to her? By that, i certainly don't mean put her on a diet, i just mean give her what i consider to be a reasonable amount and then when its gone, its gone?

Or would you suggest to let her fill up on fruits and veggies rather than carbs like potatoes and sandwiches? Tbh this is the approach that i am leaning to ...

I'm agonising because I don't want her to create an unhealthy relationship with food

dd was like this. she ate and ate and ate. she'd go through chubby phases then slimmer phases. she's now 2 and has lost her pot belly and has a trim figure now. she eats mainly good stuff, with plenty of biscuits, puddings etc too. she's very active etc so it all evens itself out.

the podginess is to ride them out over times they don't eat like teething times or sickness.

I would probably still give it to her, as long as its healthy. If she is that active then she probably burns alot of it off.

Does she sit at the table to eat each time?

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Thanks for the reassurance ruddynorah chloemegjess - yes, she does sit at the table for main meals, but snacks are not eaten at the table so she is not always at the table when she's eating. I probably will continue to let her eat her fill and just make sure that its healthy ...

knickersonmahead - yes, that does sound like dd. Will take her along to the HV when i get chance (i work when clinic is on, but have a couple of weeks off in a few weeks time).

Thanks for all of your input