Is my 14 month old daughter eating too much?

Question

My daughter (14 going on 15 months) eats just about everything. She likes her fruits, veggies, breads, cheese, and even meats, such as sausage, porkchops, steak, chicken, and so on. She only has about two milk bottles a day, but one thing she will not touch is baby food. My daughter has about four (large) meals a day, and two snacks. I feed her because I think she's hungry, but I don't know if it's too much?

Answer 1

Hi,You can still feed her as often as you do, but maybe try cutting down on portion sizes, that way she wont be hungry but not overeating., just because that does seem quite alot for a 14 month old to be eating on a day to day basis.

Answer 2

Yes definitely! i am 24 and dont eat that much. SOme kids just like the idea of eating and enjoy it, taht doesnt mean we dont have to put a stop to it

Answer 3

I would say that if she eats, she must be hungry.  I think that's great because my daughter is 18 months and we have a tough time getting her to try many textured foods.  She eats a lot of fruit and bread.  I always fight with her to get her to eat meats and veggies.  If she's eating those foods she has no need to eat baby food.  It's better for you because you can just feed her whatever you're eating, rather than have to make something separate for her or sit and feed her messy baby food.  

Note:  You might be able to cut out the snacks, unless she's asking for them.  Try giving her 3 meals a day with you and then healthy snacks if she wants them.

Answer 4

You shouldn't feed her that much food. When she will be 5, she would be weighing in 95 pounds! You wouldn't want that to happen, just dont feed her that much food.

Answer 5

yahh thats a little 2 much....u should give her 3 large meals a day and for a snack u should give her fruit snacks or cheerios

Answer 6

Four large meals a day plus two snacks sounds like a lot. I'm not sure what you mean by feeding her because you think she's hungry -- is that the same as feeding her because she IS hungry? You need to be able to let her eat but not make her eat. There's no reason for her to be eating baby food at this point but there's also no reason to load her up on eating large amounts. Generally, 3 meals a day and 2 snacks is considered appropriate. The snacks should be significantly smaller than the meals. The snacks should still be made of generally healthy foods. There's no reason to give a child of her age junk food. If the foods you are offering her are healthy, I'd be less concerned about her overeating than if you are offering her high sugar and high fat foods. The other thing is that I have no idea what her weight is and even though I would say that generally doesn't matter -- it would certainly be relevant to the question if she happens to be really tiny or really big, and I would modify her food accordingly. Try to not bring emotional issues to the food. Let her eat when she is hungry and let her stop eating when she is full. Do not "make" her eat just because it is lunch time or snack time. Let her choose how much to eat. Do not give her loads of sugary juices or junk foods.

Answer 7

no your daughter will be fine. I would be careful if you see that she is beginning to get overweight, but i think that she'll be a happy healthy little girl!

Answer 8

whoa!hold up there.you introduce those bad eating habits now,it'll get worse later on in life.

only 3 meals(small but packed with nutrition)

no snacks

Answer 9

Instead of feeding her.  Why not take her out for some little exercise.  

pass the ball, go for a little walk  

Hopefully she will see and learn an activity to enjoy.   Go to the public library & introduce her to books.  (sometimes they have puppet shows)