Does my 6 year old eat too much?

[Anonymous]

Here is an example of what he eats a day:

Breakfast - two hashbrowns and a bowl of Greek yogurt with granola

Snack - fruit and some pretzels or goldfish

Lunch - school lunch (changes daily)

Snack - banana with peanut butter or cheese stick and pretzels

Dinner - chicken, potatoes and broccoli plus some fruit

Snack before bedtime - yogurt with granola or fruit or cheese stick or

[Anonymous]

Op - he will also eat things like full bowls of frozen blueberries or yogurt smoothies or chocolate protein shakes.

He is 4’4 and 60 pounds. I feel like he never stops eating.

[Anonymous]

He's 6. Give him a break and don't pass on your eating disorder.

[Anonymous]

A six year old shouldn't need THREE snacks a day. You're giving too many carbs and not enough fiber and such. Hashbrowns aren't healthy. Give him two eggs instead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A six year old shouldn't need THREE snacks a day. You're giving too many carbs and not enough fiber and such. Hashbrowns aren't healthy. Give him two eggs instead.

OMG. He's not a premenopausal woman. He eats fine. Kids can eat terrifying quantities of food, but this kid sounds pretty normal.

[Anonymous]

Yes. He does

[Anonymous]

I dont get why people want to impose adult eating standards on kids. Your kid is fine.

[Anonymous]

That's a lot of food but hers growing. My kids eat less but they are girls and under 55lbs at 10 years old. Everyone's metabolism is different.

[Anonymous]

Souds pretty normal for an active growing kid. You should know if he is healthy overall. Is he active and moving often and fueling himself or is he spending his tie on the couch stuffing his face.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That's a lot of food but hers growing. My kids eat less but they are girls and under 55lbs at 10 years old. Everyone's metabolism is different.

Well, that is hardly normal.

[Anonymous]

I would try and change up the breakfast slightly. Yogurt and fruit are fine, but try eggs instead of hash browns. More filling and more nutritious. Unless he has a late lunch at school he should be able to go breakfast to lunch without a snack.

[Anonymous]

https://www.cdc.gov/bmi/child-teen-calculator/index.html

His BMI is fine.

He's unusually tall for 6, like 99th percentile. A kid who's that tall is going to eat a lot. It takes a lot of calories to be that tall at 6.

[Anonymous]

That's about what my kids eat and they are a lot smaller than him. I think it's fine. And what's the alternative, OP? Not feeding the kid when he is hungry?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A six year old shouldn't need THREE snacks a day. You're giving too many carbs and not enough fiber and such. Hashbrowns aren't healthy. Give him two eggs instead.

Somewhat this. It feels like he's always eating because, with three snacks, he is eating a lot of small meals. *If you want that to change,* add in more protein and fiber.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would try and change up the breakfast slightly. Yogurt and fruit are fine, but try eggs instead of hash browns. More filling and more nutritious. Unless he has a late lunch at school he should be able to go breakfast to lunch without a snack.

WTF?

This is an example of a solution without a problem.