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How do toddlers survive on so little food?
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Post Wed, May 11 2016, 4:51 pm
amother wrote:
In a good day, my toddler eats:

- Small bowl porridge made with milk, a small banana

- A yogurt and half an apple

- A few slices of cucumber, some hummus and maybe a rice cake

- A few bites of whatever is for dinner.

- Half a cup of cow's or goat's milk 30 mins before bedtime.

He isn't thin at all, although not terribly chubby. Healways seems to say he is hungry but doesn't eat more than a bite or two of whatever he's given, unless it's yogurt or fruit which he would eat unlimited amounts of if I let him.

Normal?

Well, mine eats less... but I do find that it averages out over a week.

I wouldn't worry too much. My job is to make the food available, not to force him to eat it.

One thing that may help is that when he throws non-perishable healthy food on the floor, I leave it there for the rest of the day and he often eats it over the day off the floor. I

I know, very hygienic, but he does eat way more healthy food off the floor. I think he may just get bored being on the high chair.
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