Can they eat too much?

Hi Guys,

Jacob eats SO much, he'll have double that of what Eli eats for lunch & dinner. Eli has a good amount & then he wants to be put down to play whereas Jacob will stay in his highchair happily for another 1/2hr muching away (if not longer out of choice). Then when we put him down to play he just goes for the food that's been dropped by Eli & continues to eat that until he either goes to bed or we put him in his room to play. I don't want to discourage it as at the moment I can't see it doing any harm but It's continuous eating and he never stops out of choice.

I'm not too concerned as yet but wondered if anyone has a piglet too? Can't find anything on the net to show concern, most info. is about infants not eating.

ETA: just realised my ticker has a pict. of Jacob reaching out for what Eli's trying to eat - funny hay!

Edited by Twinboys2b

some days I swear Natalie is going to pop! Yesterday, the longest she went without food all day was about 15 mins, and she spent the whole day either grazing on food, or sitting down eating 'meals'. Other days she doesn't eat nearly as much. I figure my job is just to offer as much as she will have, and let her figure out if she's hungry or not.

Spencer was like that, still is some days but he also now has his fussy toddler moments. Although having said that i think he would eat rice crackers non stop given the chance.

Jackson eats a lot. I have been meaning to post something like this for a while!

For breakfast he will eat a peach, or a banana, as well as two pieces of toast and a weetbix. Half an hour later he is in the cupboards asking for crackers or biscuits. He also poo's after he's eaten so I'm changing him up to 5 times a day

He's not overweight so I'm not too worried about him, I just wonder sometimes whether I should be limiting his food!

Thank god it's not just me, i thought Alex must have a tapeworm! He eats all his food and any others he can find lying around and then will be crying at the cupboard door an hour later for more.

Today i put out afternoon tea for 3 children and he ate it all bar 2 rice crackers. And this is one hour after having a whole museli bar which would fill me up. Then 45 mins later ate all his dinner, every single pea and bit of broccoli even. And then had a 250 mls bottle of milk. What on earth is going to come out of him tomorrow!

The little worms you can see in their poos and they scratch their bums a lot, but the big worms you never know. Sometimes if a child is losing weight but eating well it can mean a worm infestation. Not the case for my little fatty!

A friend grew up in Papua New Guinea and they were riddled with worms. She said when the worms die they leave you. They would cough and cough and feel this thing come up and then could pull it out. Big ones. How gross is that?! Oooo, and they also come out the other end too when dead.