Do you worry that your kids will get fat?

I agree with your dietician. You should give her snacks. At 3 years old, they do not understand eating when they are bored. They understand that they are hungry and it is very common at that age to have growing spurts. These growing spurts require more calories. BUT!!! Just like the dietician, you need to feed her healthy snacks. Grapes, apples, bananas, carrots, cucumbers, watermelon (great source of iron), and other things that will feed her grown...not her sugar intake. My kids love apples and carrots or celery with ranch dip. Cheese is another great snack....fun for them to pull apart too. Do not worry about her getting overweight unless the doctor is concerned. One more thing...make sure she is drinking enough. Sometimes people and kids mistaken thirst for hunger. If you are not drinking and your body is still thirsty, it will trigger hunger to get you to eat. So, try some milk at times...or even juice. It just might do the trick too.

Kids are like us even at three years of age...they eat when they are bored or feeling stress or blue... Children learn that food is soothing, although most the time they may actually need the added calories of a snack, they burn calories much more effienctly than adults do. If you think about it, her small body can't hold much food at one time, it uses the calories to build muscle, bone, and growth. I think you'll find she will go in 'streaks' eating everything in site for a few days or weeks, then suddenly loose interest in food for a while. Signs of 'growth spurts'. Letting her eat what her body demands as often as it demands it is fine...she needs those building blocks to keep herself healthy.

Oh yes if it is a healthy snack there is nothing wrong with that. I know I feared also with my children but as long as they are active and not sitting in front of the TV all the time or on the computer all the time they will need that to grow. Good healthy snacks are good...

I am like you, I don't think giving them snacks all the time is good, even healthy ones, because if they just ate we know they are not hungrey, I try to give mine a snack about 10:00 and then lunch at 12:00 and then snack at 3:00, so they are on more of a schedule, but with toddlers that may be hard, good luck.

healthy snacks are good and hard ones strengthen the jaw of children, denying them the extra food needed in growth spurts is not good but feeding them to comfort them is worse

I think the doctor is right about this. Give her the snakc, but get her used to healthy snacks like fruit or raw veggies. This way, as she gets older, she have already become accustomed to healthy foods and may choose those over junk food for in-between meals. I always ate apples for snacks as a child, and, today, I would much rather sit down with a bag of grapes than a Snickers bar. Does she play a lot? She may have a high metabolism and her breakfast is gone in an hour. I was the same way as well. My body sucked up all the food I ate because I had so much energy so I was often hungry between meals.

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no,they are conscious about what they take

you should follow doctors advise they can understand better then us shez still young so she may get fat even if she gets it will be recovered as she grows..so dont worry and give her snacks when ever she asks

I sure do! I hope that my kids do not get fat so they will stay healthy. I don't know if I agree with never denying your child a snack, but I do agree with the healthy snack. Of course you have to give them something sweet every now and then.

No, bcoz my health is naturally slim. SO, my kids will born with same properties. I tried mmany times to eat alot and get some fat on my bones, but i was totally unsuccessfull :)

the healthiest way to eat is 6 small meals a day. having healthy food in your system keeps your metabolism going and gives you energy. as long as she's eating small, healthy meals, snacking is more healthy than not.

My opinion, based on genetics in my family, is that children 4 and under who are chubbier or on the fat side tend to be skinnier when the hit adulthood and vice versa. So no, I'm not worried. I like my fat kids ... I wish they were fatter!

yes, so u make them do sports etc.

Healthy snacks are a better alternative. Denying food to kids at that age may lead to them sneaking food, which sets up bad habits for later in life. She may be going through a growth spell and may need the extra calories.

no.......i don't have any kid.....

my 3 year old eats alot too, she's always asking for snack.its a good idea to keep healthy stuff on hand.

i have no child

no i am not woorry because i dont have child