My daughter is constantly eating!!

[MrsFabuloso]

my girls eat ALL day!!! DD2 eats more than me

Ok that's reassuring! She is such a piglet!

I am always amazed at how much food my boys can put away. My 4 year old ALWAYS comes back after a sandwich and tells me he is still hungry, then he has a museli bar, then some fruit. After they get home from daycare they eat like horses, even though the book at daycare says they ate everything offered to them during the day, which I assume should be enough for a 'normal' child .
I wouldn't worry if she is not overweight. Just keep providing good food when she is hungry and not junk food.

Mine are the same after day care. But I don't mind so much then! I know they've been busy and running around alot more than they do at home. At home they don't do so much, plus I run out of healthy options of food to feed her! I try to give her something different each time so she gets variety, but she eats so often, I run out of options!

So far she's eaten, 2 slices of toast, banana chips, whole apple, milk, 8 rice crackers, a whole cup of water (and 1/2 of her brothers!), 3 corn thins with peanut butter, a small tub of yogurt, a slice of cheese, a slice of ham, some small pickled onions and a small blueberry muffin we made together. Me on the other hand have had some water, coffee and 4 corn thins with low fat cheese, avocado and tomato. Oh and a cup-a-soup! Where on earth does she put it all!

[Heaven]

I wouldn't worry, my DD is the same. She's having a nap now but by midday she'd eaten two pieces of toast with a glass of milk, a bowl of ravioli, 22 grapes (yes I counted ), a packet of mini rice crackers, calamari and chips, and a sandwich

[minimatron]

If I ate as much as Olivia and Rebecca I would be huge! I assume its pretty normal for growing bodies! If youre feeding them healthy food then it shouldn't matter

[~Kim~]

Kell, Darcy eats more than me too. She's been really bad lately but I have noticed her pants are shorter (again ), so I'll put it down to that. But even regularly she eats a lot.

[mbear]

Mine eat all day too - but more so when they are bored. When they are heavily involved in something, they will not ask for food for an hour or so...
Maybe experiment...do an activity with her, take her outside, look at the flowers, play hide n seek etc...see in that time span if she asks for food ...more often than not i reckon its just coz they're bored.

[Little Chicken]

I have always thought DD1 would be at her happiest if I set up a las Vegas style buffet and just kept refreshing it all day.

[MrsFabuloso]

Ok so it sounds normal. I mean I know it's normal for them to graze alot, but she just eats and eats! And yes, when she's busy, she doesn't eat so much, but I can't occupy her all day! It's usually when I try to sit down myself, or when I'm feeding DS2 that she's asking for snacks. I will give her her meals, and then in between she will just constantly want more!

LOL, Little Chicken, I actually thought to do something like that, well kind of! Just put a heap of food in a box for her to munch on all day so I didn't have to always be making stuff for her. I feel like all I do is prepare food!