Food

I'm a big believer in "I provide, you decide" when it comes to food. It means the parent provides what is available at each meal and snack time and the child decides what and how much they are hungry for at the time. If you aren't forcing them to eat more than they are hungry for or comfortable with, then they will learn to listen to their body's fullness cues and grow up to have a healthy relationship with food

So kids this age burn off a lot of energy through playing, running and learning so they need a lot more food throughout the day. It all sounds healthy too what you have given him. Let him eat when he is hungry, would be different if was all processed junk food all day long.

Thanks guys! I’m overweight so I’m scared for him to become that way! So I focus on what I give him if he’s gonna eat lots. But at the same time was worried about HoW much he was eating. Like he eats more than me 😂 And he’s very scheduled too, like he still needs and I mean NEEDS both his naps a day. And he will tell you and it’s always around the same time. I don’t know this kid shocks me. And the thing too is you heard how much he eats, but when it’s meal time if you’re like one minute late he will stand there and scream at you to hurry up and get him his food. And I know he’s NOT starving!!

Yes that is totally normal feed them till they don’t want food

Sounds like my 1 year old lol. I'm a big believer in little kids can't be "fat" they are doing SO MUCH growing in the first few years and they need a lot of food. Is he's hungry and wants it then feed him. He will stop when he's full

That’s normal. They go through growth spurts where they need to eat a lot and then they hit a certain point where they don’t eat much. My kid was a little chunky at 16 months and eats a lot. Now he has days he eats and days he doesn’t. He is growing well though and is healthy so that’s all that matters. And lol I just read your comment about scheduled meal times. My kid is the same. 6pm comes along and if he doesn’t have his food ready to eat in front of him the whole neighborhood will know 😁

They are constantly growing xx I would say it is normal. Any concerns you can call up health visitors and ger advice xx

@Rema omg literally!!! Like loses his mind 😂😂 I feed him I swear the kid cleans out the fridge!

His stomach is the size of his fist. Until it becomes stretched through overeating. The problem with a stretched stomach is that if they don’t keep eating increased amount of food they will genuinely feel like they are hungry even if they have had the amount their body needs. Most children (unless they are fussy eaters) don’t have a stop , meaning they will keep eating if they like it. It’s good you are caring about this for your son. If you do realise he is eating too much I would say try to cut addictive things out of his diet like refined sugar, processed foods etc. Allow him to fill himself up on healthier things that are not so detrimental. And slowly reduce his portion sizes (slowly giving his stomach time to shrink back to size)

@Rochelle thank u So u agree that’s a lot of food?

My daughter goes through phases, there was a phase where she is a bottomless pit and eats everything. There are phases where she barely eats. Biggest thing I've noticed for us is to 💯 not give her sugary and/or highly processed foods for breakfast. They tend to make us more hungry throughout the day and cause us to eat more. As long as you are focusing on Whole Foods, I think it's fine.

@Ashley he generally eats really well other than some days we do easy meals like Kraft dinner 😂 but that’s not often enough to be an issue Other than that yeah he eats wholesome meals just in excess LMAO

Yea…. I wouldn’t make a big deal around food. If you’re giving him healthy options then you good and it sounds like you are.

Okay I just didn’t want to be over feeding 😂

I think the actual food is good, but just be mindful of the amount you are giving. Once belly is stretched you will either have to keep overfeeding him or allow him to go through the pain of always wanting more food because he’s still hungry ( and that is horrible for a child).

@Rochelle just hard to not give him more cuz he has always enjoyed his food and I always thought kids would stop if they’re full 😂