Would you cut him off? Will this become the new norm?

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Is he skipping lunch? What is breakfast like? Make sure he gets lots of protein for those

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don't cut him off - that could be the start of food issues. just have healthy choices available - which it sounds like you do.

his body is a better guide of what he needs than you are.

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Will it become the new norm? Well if my boys and my brothers are any indication, you have a year or two of intermittent non-stop eating periods with some normal eating periods interspersed. But, when they hit 12 or 13, then it's non-stop eating for years. If I had not grown up with brothers, I would be having a heart attack with how much my boys eat and how much I spend on groceries. And restaurant bills. Ugh! Everytime we decide to go out and they ask to stay home and make a pizza, we jump at the chance. Bill drops to 25% of what we spend when they go with us.

Right now, we're working on teaching our oldest about the costs of food and choices that you have to make when grocery shopping because he's soon going to be on his own and I can't imagine how he will afford to feed himself.

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Anonymous wrote:
My 9 yo dd is 5 feet tall. a 5'4 10 year old would not surprise me overmuch.

But how many 5'4" 10-yo BOY have you seen? I've seen zero yet in my neck of the woods.

I'm the PP with the 5'4" 10yo. He's always been off the charts for height. He's about a head taller than anyone else in his class even though he's a year younger than they are, with the exception of one really tall girl who is 5'6". I don't know where his height comes from. My husband and I are pretty average at 5'11" and 5'7", and his little brother is tall, but still well within norms for his age (80th percentile). Anyway, keeping him fed is a financial black hole. Not only can he pack away enough for four adults in a sitting, he's got food allergies that make his available options more costly than the norm. Buying him clothing is a nightmare, too -- try finding men's pants in 24 x 30.

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Anonymous wrote:cut the goldfish and the whip cream

This. It's junk.

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Anonymous wrote:He will end up fat eventually. I would allow no eating after 7pm.

Sigh. Don;'t listen to this.

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Its completely normal. It will continue off and on until he is 18 or so. Stock up at Costco.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
My 9 yo dd is 5 feet tall. a 5'4 10 year old would not surprise me overmuch.

But how many 5'4" 10-yo BOY have you seen? I've seen zero yet in my neck of the woods.

I'm the PP with the 5'4" 10yo. He's always been off the charts for height. He's about a head taller than anyone else in his class even though he's a year younger than they are, with the exception of one really tall girl who is 5'6". I don't know where his height comes from. My husband and I are pretty average at 5'11" and 5'7", and his little brother is tall, but still well within norms for his age (80th percentile). Anyway, keeping him fed is a financial black hole. Not only can he pack away enough for four adults in a sitting, he's got food allergies that make his available options more costly than the norm. Buying him clothing is a nightmare, too -- try finding men's pants in 24 x 30.

DS went to camp with a 5'10" 10 YO. Dad is 7'1".

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Anonymous wrote:

I'm the PP with the 5'4" 10yo. He's always been off the charts for height. He's about a head taller than anyone else in his class even though he's a year younger than they are, with the exception of one really tall girl who is 5'6". I don't know where his height comes from. My husband and I are pretty average at 5'11" and 5'7", and his little brother is tall, but still well within norms for his age (80th percentile). Anyway, keeping him fed is a financial black hole. Not only can he pack away enough for four adults in a sitting, he's got food allergies that make his available options more costly than the norm. Buying him clothing is a nightmare, too -- try finding men's pants in 24 x 30.

I'd call that tallish, not average.

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yes

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Again, how much does he eat earlier in the day? Does he have a full breakfast with protein and healthy fats in the morning before he goes to school?

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Some teens are just like this. My husband, in his teenage years, would eat a half a turkey on thanksgiving. When pizza was served, he would eat two whole large pizzas. If sandwiches, 5 sandwiches. And he was still skinny as a rail.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's normal, but maybe you should focus on making it one snack (after school) and dinner. Not the constant eating. I don't think the quantity is as much of a problem as the constant eating, which can be a bad habit to develop.

I'd let him have a bigger snack right after school. (2 apples and 2 string cheeses isn't much.) I'd make sure that the snack includes fruit and a protein, though, as yours does. Then I'd see that there are at least 2 snack-free hours before dinner, and that he eats a good dinner. I think letting him have 3 paninis is better than following dinner with oatmeal and hardboiled eggs, etc.

Actually, I'd also make sure that he eats a real serving of vegetables between each serving of the main entree (ie, you can have seconds after you finish your broccoli. You can have thirds if you eat some more broccoli.) Vegetables are filling.
If the kids are really resistant to veggies, i serve them raw veggies right before dinner, when they are really hungry. They always disappear.

+1. A mother cutting him off isn't doing him any good. She already has decent choices in the house. Just maybe limit The "snack food" a little more. But I think it's normal when kids are hungry. They just dig
At what's available. I would rather feed him a proper meal.