Not here to be judged please. Looking for advice.
I’m an over feeder, no matter who it is I will always provide more than enough food on everyone’s plate. I’d rather people have more than enough than not enough 🤷🏻♀️
My question is, how do you know when your baby has had enough food? I feel like my 13 month old would keep eating and keep eating and keep eating if I never stopped…
Just worried he could be eating too much. He has 2 bottles of cows milk per day, breakfast and before bed.
The views expressed in community are solely the opinions of participants, and do not reflect those of Peanut.
Learn more about our guidelines.
The best thing i would suggest is that even if you make extra food, don't put it all on the plate. Your child can always have seconds if they are still hungry but they will more than likely over eat if there is too much food on the plate. My children dont know when they are full so i portion control for them. I am the same. If its there, i eat it and have no feeling of fullness until i am way past full. Use childrens plates or small picnic plates. Make sure that they are getting all the food groups each meal as this will help them to be full.
People will tell you that your child will stop eating if they are full but that is not the case for every child.

They’re growing so much and so quickly I’m not sure it is possible to overfeed. But a good rule of thumb re portions is their stomachs are the size of their fists, and to make sure they’re being given good quality food and not just processed snacks

Something like this may be helpful: https://amzn.eu/d/00fKZNIG

How much is he eating is the real question? Babies and toddlers are very intuitive with their food (which is why we often stress so much about how much they’re eating) and it’s best looking over the course of a week for intake x

I have looked into this a lot myself because my little one has always had a great appetite and everything I read and all medical professionals I spoke to said never limit their food. If they're hungry let them eat and even if they ask for more give them more. Because they are growing so rapidly they can have massive appetites. Also, now my daughters 22 months and her appetite has majorly slowed down so I really wouldn't worry. And at 13 months your little one is probably walking now? They will be running around burning loads of energy