Is my 15 mo. old eating enough?

a child's stomach is only as big as their fist. they don't need much to fill them up. they will never starve themselves. they will eat when they are hungry and don't over eat cause at this age they don't eat for pleasure. i think she is doing good. my daughter eats a lot and is super skinny too. she is 3 and in 6 months she's only gained 2 pounds. the doctor says she is still really healthy so i woulnd't worry too much. just start introducing some new foods and give her a big variety. good luck.

i dont think you should get worried about your toodler as she is in growing stage right now and whatever she will eat will not transform into weight.i dont think your focus should be on weight gainning just consult doctor and conform that wheteher she is fit or not.if she is fit then i think just relax and if she have some problem just consult dietian and make food chart for her.that will help.

I'm sure your daughter is eating enough. When children reach 12 months of age, their growth slows down considerably. They don't grow as much therefore they do not need to eat the same amounts they did as an infant. As long as she is eating portionable amounts of food everyday, I'm sure she's eating enough. She will stop eating when she's no longer hungry. She knows when she's full.

A mom of 6 is going to weigh in on this one. Children grow at different rates and don't always grow in proportion. You said she's been getting taller, so all her "energy" is going into putting on inches not pounds, that's normal. My oldest daughter is my best example of that. She's never done height and weight at the same time. She's even been "at risk" of becoming overweight because the pounds would come on so much faster than height, but then a few months later she'd shoot up a few inches and balance out again. I'm sure you feed her more than you listed off but you should get more variety. With children that age, you have to consider their overall diet not just each individual day. If their diet over a week is balanced then that's good enough. My son is an example of that. One day he will eat only scrambled eggs, the next macaroni and cheese, the next maybe only fruits. It gets frustrating sometimes to feed them the same thing at every meal but as long as they're eating and getting enough of everything overall it's fine. You should also try 6 small meals plus snacks. Her stomach isn't that big so her meals need to be spread out more to make sure she gets enough. I'm trying to think what mine could eat at 15 months (my youngest two are 22 months and almost 4 months which is a big difference). Mac and cheese (add a little ground beef for an extra meat serving), yogurt (better option than pudding especially if you tell them it is pudding), vienna sausages (like hot dogs without the choking risk), soft veggies and fruit, fish sticks, cottage cheese, oatmeal (made with milk for extra calcium)...I think that covers the basics pretty well. Another thing to remember is how big you and your wife are now and at that age if you can find out. Smaller people usually have smaller children. But small children can also become big adults so it helps to know if you or your wife were small then. We have both extremes. I'm small now but was a really chubby baby(rolls everywhere). My s/o is average to big now but a very small child right into his teens (5'3 120lbs at 16. One of our son's is just like him, at age 4 he's 38 inches tall and 33 pounds (after he's eaten, with his clothes on) Our other son is like me, 22 months, 33 inches, 30 pounds. Two boys, same parents, same diet, different genes. It happens. If you're doing everything you're supposed to do, your daughter is probably just fine. Usually babies have a check up around 15-18 months so you can always ask your doctor then but s/he'll say the same thing. Yes she's smaller than "average" but she's probably supposed to be. If she's healthy, she's fine.

My son (25 months) does not eat very well at all. He won't eat most of the foods we eat. He only wants to eat apples, raisins, toast and cereal. If you're worried about her growth, speak with your pediatrician. To me, it sounds like she's eating enough. After the first year, weight gain drops dramatically.

My 3 year old is the pickest eater. I feel a lot of times that she is not eating enough. I have brought this up to the doctor and they have told me that she will eat when she is hungry. Her favorites are chicken nuggets, chicken noodles, and pizza. I don't like to feed her the same stuff over and over. She doesn't like bread or vegetables. Sometimes I just give her fruits which she loves and as long as she gets something in her system the doctors say that she is fine. There have been times where she will eat a whole can of peaches. Hey peaches are good for you. I try and try to get her to eat other foods. We tell her to try stuff and she is getting better. Your little one sounds to be doing ok. If she will eat more off your plates let her that way you know she is eating. Plus I'm guessing that with her age she is very active so give her a little time and she will soon gain some weight.

All kids go through growth sperts. That is atime when they eat a lot. Pretty soon they stop growing for a while and do as I call resting from growing. She knows how much her body needs. don't push her too much or you will have her develop bad eating habits and she could become over weight when she is older. She may rest for a couple of months then really take off again. as long as she is eating you have nothing to worry about. You should feed her more vegetable and fruit though. Delie meats have a lot of sodium in them and really are not good for her. I have raised 4 kids and 2 grandchildren.

I have a similar problem with my son, I had even talked about it in mylot earlier, he hates food, he will drink little juice or milk but even that is little, i keep trying new recipes to attract him, sometimes he takes little or not at all, i even gave him a multivit to improve his appettite, now i have given up , dont know what to do

It's true what they say that a toddlers belly is about the same size as his/her fist. She can eat whatever you want to feed her (within reason of course, no rum balls please) (: My son ate spaghetti, chicken, pork, steak, veggies,pasta, all of those things at that age. He has been gaining weight pretty consistently. I do believe he plateaued around that age though, and I do believe that that is quite common. As long as your doctor isn't worried, I wouldn't worry. (I know, easier said than done). My oldest would go through phases where he would eat really well for a couple of weeks and then barely take a nibble for a while. It's normal. Don't worry. (:

a toddler's tummy is about the size of her fist. quarter to half a cup of food is fine, and if her doctor says she's fine, you just have a slender, petite girl who knows when she's hungry and when she's full. i'd keep healthy snacks, like fruit, veggies, whole grain cerials accessable, as toddlers often 'graze'.

Try not to worry about her too much. My doctor told me that your baby will eat when they are hungry. That really didn't help much at the time with the worry, but he was right. Mine were all eating just what we ate...table food at that age. I know with the first child, I worried about so much more than the other two...poor girls. But you just don't know these things. I still believe they should hand out instruction booklets before sending new parents home with a new baby. I partly did rely on a book I had been given called What to Expect ....I can't remember the name. But there are sites you can visit that will tell you approximately what ideal weights, food intake, wet/dirty diapers, etc. Try looking at one of them. Hope this helps some. My doctor also told me that as long as the baby is drinking plenty, not to worry about the eating so much.

here are some good toddler foods and as for her weight and height...you will need to talk to your pediatrician, which i'm sure you will...b/c no one on here will be able to really tell you if she is gaining properly. -pasta pick-ups (gerber makes them, give em whole or cut in half) -peel the skin off hot dogs or the gerber meat sticks and cut into bite sized pieces -buy the small cans of veggies like green beans...get out a decent portion and microwave for a few seconds and cut into bite sized pieces. cover the can with tin foil and refrigerate til next meal. -frozen pancakes and heat in microwave and cut into pieces -cheese, lunch meats, cheerios, gerber fruit and veggie puffs -baked beans -macaroni & cheese noodles -tater tots, bite size pieces -get fruit cups and cut into bite pieces -small yogurts are good, but you'll probably want to help by feeding it to her -of course juice is good and milk by 15 months she should be eating pretty much anything you guys eat as long as it's easy for her to mash up in her mouth, which is surprisingly more than you think! hope this helps with some more ideas.. take care!

my son is two and he weighs 20lbs. (three weeks ago) To get him to gain some weight i have been giving him Pediasure twice a day on top of feeding him fattening foods. He loves the stuff! So far he has gained 3 pounds and has a little belly on him. It is a tad expensive (6pck is $12.00 or so). If you don't want to go that route have you tried slipping some avacado in her food? not enough for her to notice but just enogh that she gets the fat content. Yobaby is good too. It has cereal in it so it has more calories. You can even add the avocado in it just a tiny bit to add more fat. Hope this helps!!!

my toddler's too. she'd eating very little. every time she ate, she's got only a half of spoon of rice. so, we're (the family) manipilates her by taking eating one person by another. so, when my husband's eating, she's got a half of spoon of rice. when i am eating, she;s getting a half too. a quarter hour later, my mom's eating, so my baby girl eating too.. And.. when she's getting to sleep, just when she's dalling asleep, we give her milk. so she's got almost 750ml of milk in entire day. and she's get in good health and have very strong power. :))

All children are different and develop in their own time. My daughter was the pickiest, fussiest eater in the world and she was really skinny! I was driven almost to despair with the whole thing because she just would not eat!! I would say just make sure she is getting a varied and balanced, healthy diet, try to avoid offering her the same foods all the time. If you're worried about her growth or appetite then it's only sensible to take her to the doctor for a check up just to put your mind at rest but I'm sure everything will be ok.

A Dr. once told me that a child will eat what they need. I was worried about my daughter becasue she slept alot and did not eat 3 meals a day. The Dr. said she was perfectly healthy and would eat when she needed food. My son ate allt eh time, he needed it as he grew to a large boy, not fat but big. Don't worry. Feed her what she will eat. Let he try new foods. All will be well.

The best advice my pediatrician ever gave me was, "They don't starve quietly." And I found this to be true. any time she felt she had't had enough, she found a way to let me know ... at high volume. I only wish they had discovered the baby sign language when mine were little so we could actually have had better direct communication about eating.

She is getting enough to eat as 20 pounds is a good weight for a 15 months old . I try to feed my little one's the same meals as we would eat , I just make sure that if we have meat or something that it is cut up really small so she won't choke on it . We have meat and potatoes and vegetables for supper , or spaghetti (meals like that ) and for lunch we have soup or sandwiches or whatever . By the way if that is her picture she is a little cutie .

The only time you should worry about your childs food intake is if she is refusing it, acting differently to normal... i.e... lethargic, lifeless or generally unhappy... children eat when they are hungry, it is natural to worry tho.

Your daughter is probably very active at the age she is and therefore burning up more calories then she did when she was younger and less active. You have probably noticed less chubby areas, to her arms and legs, I did when my children got more active and mobile. There is probably nothing to worry about but if you can't put your mind to rest, see the advice of a health practitioner. I wish you all a happy healthy growing family :o)