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Children that are allowed to eat/graze constantly?
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I feel like I'm starving my son now lol
He is 15 months and all he will eat for breakfast is either 1/2 a bowl of porridge (if that) or a slice of toast.
I've tried giving him lunch around midday but he won't have none of it
And for dinner he'll have 1/2 a jar of baby food. Half a small bowl of what we're having or on the odd occasion fish fingers/chicken nuggets and smilies (the only meals he will actually finish)
For snacks he'll eat maybe 1/2 a biscuit, he won't touch fruit.
He drinks around 3-6 bottles of milk a day.
I just can't get him to eat. Although he is quite chubby (91st centile).
I think I have the opposite problem to everyone else/
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I feel like I'm starving my son now lol
He is 15 months and all he will eat for breakfast is either 1/2 a bowl of porridge (if that) or a slice of toast.
I've tried giving him lunch around midday but he won't have none of it
And for dinner he'll have 1/2 a jar of baby food. Half a small bowl of what we're having or on the odd occasion fish fingers/chicken nuggets and smilies (the only meals he will actually finish)
For snacks he'll eat maybe 1/2 a biscuit, he won't touch fruit.
He drinks around 3-6 bottles of milk a day.
I just can't get him to eat. Although he is quite chubby (91st centile).
I think I have the opposite problem to everyone else/
This may not help you much but if your sons food intake is concerning you please get a referral to a dietician. My daughter displayed total food refusal and would only drink neonate prescribed for dairy intolerance. The dieticians began a programme of reducing formula feeds which effectively starved her into eating food. It was a very long and at times painful process but totally worth it. I would never have implemented such a programme without medical supervision though.0 -
my son 4 arrived 18 months ago to us and had constantly been allowed to graze all day in fact fed food to keep him quiet.
Food seems to be the only thing that quietens and keeps my sons concentration (and I am so soarly tempted myself to feed him all day). However I dont. He comes to me asking for food all day weekends. But he has breakfast normally fruit and yoghurt. A mid morning snack of more fruit or raisans. Lunch time is a sort of healthy finger buffet. Again he might have a small chocolate bar or couple of sweets in afternoon (only weekends though) and then has to wait for tea when we all eat a cooked hot meal at around 5pm. Then nothing more til the following morning.
My son is on the go all day every day and burns it off, he is very thin and still wears age 2 shorts as everything else is too big around waist.
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pinkladyof66 wrote: »my son 4 arrived 18 months ago to us and had constantly been allowed to graze all day in fact fed food to keep him quiet.
Food seems to be the only thing that quietens and keeps my sons concentration (and I am so soarly tempted myself to feed him all day). However I dont. He comes to me asking for food all day weekends. But he has breakfast normally fruit and yoghurt. A mid morning snack of more fruit or raisans. Lunch time is a sort of healthy finger buffet. Again he might have a small chocolate bar or couple of sweets in afternoon (only weekends though) and then has to wait for tea when we all eat a cooked hot meal at around 5pm. Then nothing more til the following morning.
My son is on the go all day every day and burns it off, he is very thin and still wears age 2 shorts as everything else is too big around waist.
You might find that a bit more protein for breakfast will keep him satisfied in the morning for longer, something like scrambled eggs or boiled egg and soldiers, or a couple of cubes of cheese or a slice of ham or bacon. Fruit and especially dried fruit tends to cause sugar spikes and when this wears off the child will feel even more hungry. Lean protein is a good food for small growing kids, things like cold cooked chicken breast cubes (no salty flavourings), a cooked sausage, small omelette strips or frittata, toasted cheese etc are all fast foods for lunches and will help keep him full. Or beans on toast, or (if not allergic) smooth peanut butter on wholemeal bread sandwiches.Val.0 -
peachyprice wrote: »Mine neither, sugar on cereal was never presented to them as an option, what they've never had they don't miss.
Same here although when I was growing up sugar was chucked on everything from cereal to strawberries! No wonder my teeth are bad :rotfl:
We do the same kind of thing as the OP, main meals with small snacks although I am a bit less strict at weekends. We do have two very picky eaters but they are both aspie's so it is not pickiness for the sake of it.0 -
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Any more than 5 sugar attacks on the teeth can lead to caries. My children aren't allowed to snack.0
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And that doesn't include sweets. There is sugar in lots of things. Fruit, drinks, main meals.0
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My siblings and I always were always allowed to snack on whatever was available, whether that was fruit, cereal, biscuits, crisps, toast, or anything else in the kitchen. We did generally ask, but don't remember ever being told no.
Imo, the result was that none of us are particularly keen on crisps or biscuits etc. They were never a treat so we can take them or leave them. We're all still quite skinny.
It was only cheap stuff like apples or multipacks of ready salted though. Rarely anything that would get the food bill up that much.Saving for deposit: Finished! :j
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My boys can snack when they like but they can only eat what's in the house. They need to learn to understand they're appetite themselves, not have me dictate it for them.
I know the food is healthy. I bought it so I know what's there. They cannot gorge on rubbish if it isnt there.
If it runs out before I do the weekly shop that's tough. This way they learn to control it. My 14 year old used to eat yogurts like they were going out of fashion but he soon slowed down when he'd eaten all his by Monday and I wasn't shopping again until Friday.0
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