My second oldest, Cam, went on hunger strike when he turned 15 months old and has been on it until very recently. Forever I have been worried about him not getting enough to eat because he would literally lick a piece of toast and say he was full. Now I long for those days.
All my boys are basically good eaters, but Cam is eating enough for all 4 boys combined. It doesn't matter how much he has at a given meal, 20 minutes later he is hungry. It's starting to drive me crazy. I don't have enough food in my house, EVER, to feed this one tiny little boy. Yesterday he had french toast sticks, oj and a banana for breakfast at around 7:30, but by 8:30 he was starving. A granola bar doesn't cut it either. He wants a granola bar, an orange, cheese and crackers, chips and string cheese. I try to only let him have half of that and then more at a normal snack time like 10, but it gets hard because by 10 he's starving again. Lunch consisted of mac and cheese, a hot dog and an apple with a glass of milk; by 1 hungry again. A little bag of chips and some cheese and crackers and trying to get him to have a drink. His words back to me on that? "I said I was hungry, not thirsty!" Sigh. I know that if he had more fluids it would help a little, but how do you get that across to your child? Dinner was a hamburger and veggies and a glass of milk and I'm not kidding but an hour later he was hungry again so he had another orange and a piece of cheese. I try for at least healthy meals, but the meaning of boys eating you out of house and home is not an exaggeration and he's only 1 child. Any tips on what to feed a forever hungry boy would be greatly appreciated. :)
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