Am I starving them???

Ok, my girls are almost 15 months old and weigh 23 lbs, so I am pretty sure I am NOT starving them. But.... they are constantly begging for food when it is around. Is this normal? I cannot crinkle a wrapper or open a cabinet without them begging for food.

Do your 15 month olds act the same about food? How often and what do you feed them on a typical day?

Thanks as always!!

 

Ok, my girls are almost 15 months old and weigh 23 lbs, so I am pretty sure I am NOT starving them. But.... they are constantly begging for food when it is around. Is this normal? I cannot crinkle a wrapper or open a cabinet without them begging for food.

Do your 15 month olds act the same about food? How often and what do you feed them on a typical day?

Thanks as always!!

 

I'm sure you're not starving them. By reading your post, the first thing I thought of is that they may just want what you're having. I know I can't even have chocolate breathe without my daughter picking up on it. Do they ask for food when it's not out in plain sight?

 

It's probably just out of curiosity more than it is hunger. Mine do the same thing. I give them one bite, they try it, and they're usually satisfied.

Jamie

 

My 15 months olds do the same thing. If I eat something different than they are eatting they have to have a little bit.

 

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Originally posted by AKD
By reading your post, the first thing I thought of is that they may just want what you're having.



I was thinking the same thing. Mine do that too.

 

Mine can have full bellies and food in front of them and they'll still want some of whatever I'm having. Totally normal. I think it's a positive, actually, that they are open to trying things.

 

It sounds like you are talking not so much about them begging for some of what you're having, as that they beg for food whenever they see or hear something that reminds them of food (even if no one is actually eating, and it's not mealtime). I think this is a testing-boundaries thing. They are curious whether they can make you give them food. So I would not give in if you can possibly avoid it.

I can't get their lunch or dinner ready without them begging and whining, even if they were playing happily until they saw me open the fridge. (Of course it's probably worse in that situation because they actually are hungry, they just hadn't realized it until they saw the food.) I still try not to give in until I'm actually ready to feed them, although if they're making a huge stink, sometimes I will give them their sippies or a cracker to start working on.

 

toddlers LOVE to eat, they're happy to snack ALL day everyday.
It's normal.
In fact, mine snack a lot. They are so busy I think they really need it.

 

We can't even walk through the kitchen without them going nuts when they see the box of crackers. They could have just eaten, and they still want them. I think it's normal.

 

At 15 months I used to think mine couldn't possibly eat another thing and then as soon as I had something they would want it. I swear they ate all day long and a lot.

However, wait a couple of months when they go almost a whole week on a couple of crackers. You will be obsessing about how they could possibly survive on no food. Right now they are growing a lot and will eat anything they can get their hands on, then the growing will come to a complete halt and they will stop eating. It is all a normal part of toddlerhood.

 

LOL, I have one that runs when i start the mixer! He wants to lick the beaters, no matter what it is! I try my best to mix things with a whisk to save the all out rush for the beaters!

 

I think all of my kids have hollow legs! And they don't have bellies to show for their eating either! No worries!

 

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the first thing I thought of is that they may just want what you're having.

my thoughts too.

I give them a little bite then they get satisfied and go do something else.