Is this normal?

My daughter had a tonsillectomy and an adenoidectomy on the 20th. We’ve had a slow recovery, she’s been back in hospital with an infection but we’re back on the mend now. Anyway, since Sunday of this week, she has been non stop eating. And I’m talking like 8am-10pm eating. I’m not encouraging the night eating but because she spent so long getting back to it I’m then concerned that if I don’t feed her, she’ll be hungry. So it’s an endless cycle. Is this normal? She’s eating 3 meals a day so I can’t see how she can be hungry and that’s with 2 snacks aswell and drinking. Help me!
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Was she off food from the surgery and sickness? She could just be getting back to her old self and realized she needs even more calories as she was off but can't do bigger portions to help fill up for night. Look up high calorie foods as it can help get her back on track

@Chrissy I didn’t think of that! Yeah she was very much off of food and drink, and we got readmitted 3 days later because of dehydration and an infection no matter what I tried. She’s definitely eating more, which is nice to see but I didn’t think of the calorie thing x

I think it's normal from what I've read. They can suddenly eat without discomfort too so making up for it I guess too. Hope she's doing ok, we're waiting for a surgery date for my son! X

@Charlotte they never warned us about the constant eating in the second week! 😂 Thankyou so much! Fingers crossed it’s soon. If you have any questions feel free to message me, it’s been a tough couple of weeks I can’t lie! X

We’re on the waiting list too! I’ll have to stock up on food before by the sounds of it 🤣x

@Liv good luck! I hope it’s soon for you too. Honestly it’s mental! She’s always been a good eater but this is silly 😂 x

@Jess thanks lovely! We’ve been put on the emergency waitlist so hopefully it’s soon! 🤞🏻 Least she’s recovering fast, eating you out of house and home 🤣 xx

@Liv how old is she? My girl was put on the emergency list a year ago November 4th and I got the call just after she turned 3 x

@Liv we're on an emergency list too and been told it's 30 weeks at our hospital 😩

@Jess she’s 3 in January, ah okay they said if there’s any cancellations etc she’ll be at the top of the list so I’ve just been on edge 🤞🏻 @Charlotte really? they never said how long it’d be, they just said she’s at the top of the list because of the size of them so I’ve been anxiously waiting for that call now 🥲

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