13mo always wants food - normal behaviour, right?

[Jennie13]

My DD is exactly the same, you could have been writing about her! Brekky is a bowl of porridge, a peice of toast and a banana, morning tea she gets fruit, lunch is what every 1 have, and the same amount! afternoon snack more fruit or steamed veg, and dinner is whatever i have. and thats not counting everything in between!!! Sultanas is a good one to keep her busy for about half hour, she eats them one by one, or a cruskit, fruit, arrowroot biscuits, those hinze bars, she always is eating something! she is about 11kg, dunno how tall tho...

Sounds very similar to your little man

[angelaartsstudent]

My DD has been an eating machine since she started solids - she eats insane amounts! She's 13.5 kilos @ 19 months but is the height of the average 3 year old and there's not an ounce of fat on her (still has no bum!)...so yeah, they're just growing! I wouldn't worry about it at all.

You'll find his eating will settle down then start up again as he has growth spurts, that's the way DD goes.

[AndiE]

Thanks gals - I guess I didn't think there was really anything seriously wrong with DS2, but hearing all of you say your tots are the same kind of normalises it.
As I said in an earlier post, DS1 is such a picky "eater" (I use the " " cos some days he'll barely eat anything) it really shows up DS2's appetite. We even have to keep the dogs in a separate room to DS2 in case he thinks they look tasty Yeah, I'm joking.

[Just Me]

My DD2 is a little foodie (that what we call her) - she loooooves food of any kind. We took her to Macca for dinner once when she as 13 months old and she polished off nearly a whole cheeseburger happy meal by herself . My other two (who are 2 and 3) wouldn't even eat a whole Happy Meal between them. Needless to say, we haven't been in a hurry to go back.

I figure with DD2 (as with all my kids) - as long as I am giving them good food choices, then they can fill up on as many carrot sticks, celery sticks, raw green beans and fruit pieces as they like (DD2, who is now 15 months, has decided that she like eating WHOLE peaches and can finish one in about 5 mins).

She weighs a little more than my other 2 kids at the same age, but she is a baby still, she eats well and drinks plenty of water so I just leave her with it. If she was eating junk - like chips and lollies, then I would probably be uncomfortable about it but I don't give her those choices so I am okay with it. Her body obviously needs it if she is eating it.