Comments on: But how do they all fit?

By: Dear Health Care Provider « Raising My Boychick

Dear Health Care Provider « Raising My Boychick — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 07:31:31 +0000

[...] But how do they all fit? [...]

By: Anji

Anji — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:17:27 +0000

If you ask my four-year-old where his food goes, he replies “Down to my toes!” ;)

By: Anji

Anji — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:16:30 +0000

I wonder the same thing about Orion. He puts away so many plums, apples, bananas and grapes during the day, and still manages breakfast, lunch, dinner and sometimes supper. He’s like an eating machine!

By: Courtney

Courtney — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:34:46 +0000

We have a basic rule about food – you don’t have to eat anything you don’t want to, although one bite to taste is recommended. And we happily cook what the kids really like eating. And they have a really healthy, well-balanced diet.

I was telling one of my students this, and she looked at me wistfully and said, “I wish I’d grown up like that.” She struggles with a variety of food issues, and was clear that being forced to finish food she didn’t like in quantities she didn’t choose was really damaging to her.

I’m sure things will change as my kids get older, but for now, I’m very happy with their food choices and their healthy little bods.

By: Arwyn

Arwyn — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:16:33 +0000

Ah yes, the hollow leg theory. I recall that was popular around the dinner table back when my older brother was a teenager. I suppose I thought it grew with the adolescent hormones, though — who would’ve thought it came in a toddler model?

By: Amber

Amber — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:33:35 +0000

At times like that my mother-in-law says the kid has a hollow leg. I’d believe it, because there’s no other explanation that makes physical sense. Trust me, I’m an engineer, I’ve taken A LOT of physics. ;)

By: Marcy

Marcy — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:08:16 +0000

It amazes me how toddler hunger comes in such waves. Sometimes he eats and EATS, but most of the time he might take 3 bites and seem fulfilled.

I’m also trying to go with his wishes if/when I can, which is getting easier now that he’s started talking and so I can understand what he means when he asks for a cracker or cheerios or avocado. But he also recently discovered chocolate… and he LOVES chocolate… and I’m having to put my foot down on chocolate a lot these days otherwise I swear it’s all he would eat. lol

By: Wendy Hawksley

Wendy Hawksley — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:16:36 +0000

I’ve wondered that too. When my son goes through these non-stop eating phases, I figure it’s a growth spurt, and it’s all going into his legs. ;)