I don't think there is a normal. My DS will go days eating very little and then suddenly eating more then me. Depends on how he is feeling and the weather and growth spurts. I just make sure to offer a variety of healthy foods through the day so what he does eat is good for him.
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My girl is a snacker so she's pretty much eating constantly. But I'm pg too and try to at least have a snack every 2 hours so we go hand in hand
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Let's see - we wake up around 7:30. She has a banana and some of my oatmeal. Around 9, we do an actual breakfast (usually breakfast burrito or some other egg creation). Snack (fruit and other small things) around 11, small lunch around 1, nap, lunch whenever we get up, snack around 5, dinner round 7ish. But like I said, she is constantly snacking. I feel like whenever we do an activity, it's always time to eat again right after.
Like a pp said, I don't think there is a 'normal'.
Let's see - we wake up around 7:30. She has a banana and some of my oatmeal. Around 9, we do an actual breakfast (usually breakfast burrito or some other egg creation). Snack (fruit and other small things) around 11, small lunch around 1, nap, lunch whenever we get up, snack around 5, dinner round 7ish. But like I said, she is constantly snacking. I feel like whenever we do an activity, it's always time to eat again right after.
Like a pp said, I don't think there is a 'normal'.
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I have the exact same problem,if you call it a problem, w/ DD. She ask for food all day long
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: She is not overweight and eats healthy for the most part, so I just give it to her. I think she does eat out of boredom though. She will be 22 months July 9th.
Originally Posted by trueblue4 My 22 month old eats almost as much as me! I am beginning to wonder if it's out of boredom or comfort which I think is a problem. She asks for food ALL DAY!! She's not overweight because she eats very healthy foods but my god, it's constant. I feel like I live in the kitchen. Does anyone else have to say no to food or do you just give it whenever it's asked for. |
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I think this is fairly common. DD used to eat EVERYTHING. And I mean EVERYTHING!! She ate any vegetable I put in front of her (including arugula
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. Sometime between 12 and 18 months, that all changed. She became super picky and turned her nose up at almost everything. It was SO frustrating! But after a while I just chilled out about it. I also realized that sometimes she wasn't being picky, she just wasn't hungry. I was used to her shoveling tons of food in, but I think their eating can slow down some in the second year, because they're not growing as fast (of course they'll eat more during a growth spurt).
So in our case, some of it was me understanding that some days she just wanted to eat less. I also came to realize that she's not "picky" per se. There are still a ton of foods she'll eat ... she just won't necessarily eat them all the time
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. And I can't really blame her -- sometimes I'm not in the mood for a certain kind of food either! It can still be frustrating because she is not able (or willing) to communicate her preferences, so it takes guessing and flexibility on my part. I offer up meals, but always keep stuff around that I can offer instead if she's not eating. My back-up foods are the same things I offer for snacks -- fruit, crackers, raisins, yogurt, etc.
She still nurses once in the morning, so doesn't eat too much for breakfast. I'll usually give her a few bites of my oatmeal; yogurt if she wants it; occasionally a different type of cereal.
If she starts getting crabby mid-morning, then I know she's hungry, and will offer up a snack. We always keep tons of fresh fruit in the house (strawberries, blueberries, grapes, watermelon, mango, kiwi, pineapple, etc. -- whatever I can get my hands on), so I'll offer some of that. If that doesn't go over, I'll resort to things like crackers and raisins, although I try to keep these to a minimum (I personally have trouble with wheat products, which I think is much more common than most people think, so I try to keep their presence in our diet to a minimum. DD has different ideas on that
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). She is not a big cheese eater, so that doesn't work as a snack.
For lunch we usually have leftovers from dinner. I try to make sure there's a protein in there, and possibly a grain, and more fruit. Veggie if we have some leftover from the night before. Sometimes we do PB&J, I used to do grilled cheese, but she got tired of it (I use sprouted wheat bread for sandwiches).
Mid-afternoon, same type of snack offerings as morning usually.
Dinner we do a protein, starch, veggie, and if that doesn't work, we go back to the fruit, crackers, raisins, yogurt, etc. After dinner we get her ready for bed, so there is no time/need for a bedtime snack.
Try not to stress about it. Keep a variety of foods on hand, and try to make sure most of them are fairly healthy. Realize that the amount of food he wants to eat is going to vary -- sometimes by a lot from day to day. I do my best not to make food into an "issue" ... I don't want it to turn into a power struggle. I've read numerous times that it's harder for kids to digest vegetables at this age than fruit. I've never researched it to see if it's true, but I really feel that as long as dd is getting some fresh, raw food every day, it doesn't matter if it's a fruit or a vegetable. JMO
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Oh yeah, for drinks we just do water.
Originally Posted by suprgrl Thanks. I just feel like we get stuck in these ruts with what he eats. Sometimes I think he needs more variety in his diet. Or at least more veggies. He never seems to want them. He used to eat anything.... but lately he has become rather picky and seems to live on crackers, zucchini bread, raisins and bananas most days. He doesn't like milk or cheese either. I try to disquise the veggies (in zucchini/carrot bread, or like last night we had pesto pasta so that had quite a bit of fresh-from-the-garden basil). But I'm not too creative. Sometimes he'll go for hummus, most of the time not. Ugh, I wish he was still breastfeeding... I wouldn't worry about all this. Ronna |
So in our case, some of it was me understanding that some days she just wanted to eat less. I also came to realize that she's not "picky" per se. There are still a ton of foods she'll eat ... she just won't necessarily eat them all the time
She still nurses once in the morning, so doesn't eat too much for breakfast. I'll usually give her a few bites of my oatmeal; yogurt if she wants it; occasionally a different type of cereal.
If she starts getting crabby mid-morning, then I know she's hungry, and will offer up a snack. We always keep tons of fresh fruit in the house (strawberries, blueberries, grapes, watermelon, mango, kiwi, pineapple, etc. -- whatever I can get my hands on), so I'll offer some of that. If that doesn't go over, I'll resort to things like crackers and raisins, although I try to keep these to a minimum (I personally have trouble with wheat products, which I think is much more common than most people think, so I try to keep their presence in our diet to a minimum. DD has different ideas on that
For lunch we usually have leftovers from dinner. I try to make sure there's a protein in there, and possibly a grain, and more fruit. Veggie if we have some leftover from the night before. Sometimes we do PB&J, I used to do grilled cheese, but she got tired of it (I use sprouted wheat bread for sandwiches).
Mid-afternoon, same type of snack offerings as morning usually.
Dinner we do a protein, starch, veggie, and if that doesn't work, we go back to the fruit, crackers, raisins, yogurt, etc. After dinner we get her ready for bed, so there is no time/need for a bedtime snack.
Try not to stress about it. Keep a variety of foods on hand, and try to make sure most of them are fairly healthy. Realize that the amount of food he wants to eat is going to vary -- sometimes by a lot from day to day. I do my best not to make food into an "issue" ... I don't want it to turn into a power struggle. I've read numerous times that it's harder for kids to digest vegetables at this age than fruit. I've never researched it to see if it's true, but I really feel that as long as dd is getting some fresh, raw food every day, it doesn't matter if it's a fruit or a vegetable. JMO
Oh yeah, for drinks we just do water.
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