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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At home, is she "overeating" the kinds of foods that she is served and that the family is eating? Or is she raiding the cabinets at all hours?

I think kids this age understand healthy and not healthy, but it can still be a little confusing to understand why they can't have more of the meal that is offered if they feel hungry.

For example, my DD will eat all the french fries in sight, when given the chance. So we limit the occasions when we have them - but when we do, we don't police what she's eating, since everyone else is eating fries and there's enough for everyone.  If I'm eating fries while also telling her to slow down, etc etc, that's confusing for her.

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She overeats the foods we are eating - she is definitely not raiding the cabinets as far as I can tell. Tonight for dinner we had chicken quesadillas, black beans, raspberries and raw carrots.  She had her whole quesadilla and a small bowl of beans, probably 10 raspberries and 5 mini carrots. She said she was hungry and asked for more beans. She probably had half a can of beans all in.

But that said, on Sunday we had some friends and their kids over and ordered in pizza. She had 3 normal size slices, and all the other kids just had one.[/quote]

You need some help. You have no idea what a normal 9 year old, who does not eat like a bird, should eat. The dinner is a nothing burger. The tell that you have issues is that you counted the raspberries and the baby carrots. A half can of beans is not that much for child who is probably headed toward puberty. My kids would only eat one slice of pizza because they don't like it. Also - was there other food besides the pizza?

PS - her caloric needs are more than your 45 year old perimenopausal ones

-a 44 year old perimenopausal mom[/quote]

Also, heed your mom on the below:

"At the same time, my mom is concerned that if we keep talking to DD reminding her to eat slower, to make healthy choices and stop eating when she feels full we are going to give her an eating disorder or make her keep sneaking food. We try to do it in a calm way and not confrontational or accusatory, but it is a constant conversation."

Please get help for your daughter's sake.[/quote]

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