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Deli meat is another good protein for him. Put a slice of turkey on the bagel, or just roll it up with a slice of swiss and a lettuce leaf.

We keep hard boiled eggs in the fridge for easy snacks, too. Also nuts.

My 10yo always eats two enormous plate-fulls of dinner, always with protein, and then proceeds to devour two or three more pieces of fruit with peanut butter. And he is very slim. They need it.

My 9 year old eats that much easily.

Protein and healthy fats. Hard boiled eggs, almonds, cheese sticks, hummus, avocados, guacamole.

Protein is what fills kids up and stays with them. What you described has almost really minimal protein. I would either plan to increase protein offerings at meals or in snacks.

Protein! Put peanut butter or sunflower seed butter on the bagel. Add some seeds, nuts or granola to the yogurt. Meat if you eat it at dinner. If not--beans, tofu, eggs. And don't skimp on the healthy fat--olive oil, coconut oil, avocados...

We don't do second dinner, but we do provide healthier snacks--every week I cut up a big tray of carrots, celery, etc and make bean dip or hummus or guac so that even if they just grab what's easiest the "easy" thing is filling and nutritious vs carbs that burn up quickly and leave them hungry again. I also keep a pile of frozen peanut butter/whole wheat sandwiches and they eat those as a quick snack (microwave just a little and dip in jam).

My 7 yr old eats a full dinner at 5pm -- protein, veg , and starch. Then goes to swim practice from 6-7. At 7:45, she eats a second pasta dinner and dinner. This happens 3x per week. I now just keep a container of cooked pasta in the fridge at all times.

sounds like a growth spurt, I would feed him.

Sometimes.

Yes. My skinny mini gets second dinner. We try to keep it healthy ish or cereal or pbj. She just has crazy metabolism.

That kid needs more protein. Lots of carbs and veggies in his diet, but little protein and fat to provide energy and help him feel full.

The kid needs more food.

DS-10.5's appetite has increase tremendously in recent months, and it now seems he's always asking for something to eat. For example, yesterday when he got home from school around 4 he had yogurt and half a bagel with cream cheese. shortly before 6 he's so hungry we had to start dinner early. he had a whole plateful of curry rice with extra servings of steamed broccoli and veggie soup. he then went outside to play some Frisbee with his brother. at 8 he's asking for snack. so we gave him a banana. at 9, before going to bed, he got himself a pack of crackers and a glass of milk.

I know this is not out of the ordinary for this age, and at 75 lbs he's between 50% to 75%-tile in weight, so no concern there either. But I just wonder if he'd be better of having a second dinner instead of snacks or whatever item he could get his hands on. is this a good idea?