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[quote=Anonymous]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.

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