How much does your 2.5 year old eat?

[superfrizbee]

Curious really, as the last few days I cant seem to fill DD. She's been waking early and I'm wondering if she's hungry or having a bit of a growth spurt. Or just being a pickle toddler

 

[Jaxvipe]

It's tough to get my DD to eat most of the time. She won't sit still unless she's eating rice lol and I can't give her rice for every meal! I just try to offer her snacks throughout the day so I know she is getting something.

 

[MiniKiwi]

She eats quite a lot. It worries me a bit as she's such a big girl, been at the top of the charts for well over a year now (99th for height and weight). So I just try to keep it healthy

A normal day is like this -
Breakfast - porridge with cinnamon
Snack - toddler yoghurt
Lunch - wholewheat bread x 2 with caviar or cheese, beetroot slices, cucumber slices, a bit of fruit, sometimes a boiled egg
Snack - banana or crackers or small bowl of rice pudding without sugar
Dinner - fish with vegetables, potatoes
Two cups of milk and water throughout the day

Saturday is treat day and she'll have an ice cream or a chocolate (couple of choc coins or kinder egg).

 

[KatieB]

At 2.5 Louis was a very fussy eater and would go for long periods barely eating. I wished he would eat like others his age seemed to. His eating has improved the last few months though.

 

[AngelofTroy]

Micah's a bit younger, he was 2 at the start of October, but that child would eat me out of house and home if I let him!

I limit his portions now, so typical day's food looks a bit like this:

B: 1 slice of toast with peanut butter/scrambled egg/beans OR toddler sized bowl of mini shredded wheats with fruit OR porridge with fruit
S: piece of fruit or a couple of oatcakes
L: homemade vegetable muffin and raw pepper/carrot/cucumber/cherry tomatoes OR 2 homemade mini cheese scones with hummus and vegetables OR 2 egg omelette with mushrooms and sweetcorn
S: raw carrot sticks/slice of homemade banana bread / piece of fruit
D: toddler plate of spaghetti bolognaise/small sweet potato with hummus and salad/2 fish fingers, homemade sweet potato wedges, broccoli and peas

If he had it his way breakfast would be 2 slices of toast AND cereal AND a banana..let alone the rest of the day!

 

[minties]

Thomas ate and ate and ate at 2.5 years old. He's quite fit and muscular so I'm not bothered. He would easily have eaten 4 pieces of toast plus milk and fruit then been hungry again shortly after. He probably eats about 3/4 the size of an adult portion in a meal these days.

 

[steele]

We go through phases. Last week I couldn't fill him at all, he'd eat a huge dinner at night + pudding and be up at 7am demanding breakfast and milk lol. However last night he refused anything and it's 8am and he's not fussed about breakfast