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Do all 6 year olds eat this much?!

I'm watching a friends 6 year old DD for the day.   Since 11:00 am she has eaten an IKEA big breakfast plus half of N's big breakfast, a bag of chips, two small bottles of orange juice, three bags of microwave popcorn, three jello cups, and two cookies.  She's also had half a case of juice boxes.    N only eats his three meals a day and occasionally might ask for a snack, as in half an apple or a small bowl of crackers, so I thought I had more than enough food here for two of them.  Instead I now need to go back to the grocery store, even though I just went yesterday. I can't keep this kid out of my kitchen and pantry!

Re: Do all 6 year olds eat this much?!

  • I couldn't eat that much.

    3 bags of microwave popcorn and a half case of juice boxes and I'd throw up.

  • Uhhhh.... is she usually allowed to free feed like that?

    Frankly I think my 5.5 yr old COULD eat all of that if I let him.  He never gets juice or sweets so he'd probably go nuts if he figured out that he could.

    But... he'd be sick as a dog. (or hyper as hell or both)

    My 5.5 yr old can easily eat 2 adult sized dinner plates full of food when he's growth spurting but this sounds crazy!

    Never thought I'd hear of a kid who could best mine in the metabolism category but it sounds like she does.  

     

    Our IF journey: 1 m/c, 1 IVF with only 3 eggs retrieved yielding Dylan and a lost twin, 1 shocker unmedicated BFP resulting in Jace, 3 more unmedicated pregnancies ending in more losses.
    Total score: 6 pregnancies, 5 losses, 2 amazing blessings that I'm thankful for every single day.
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    Uhhhh.... is she usually allowed to free feed like that?

    I have no idea.  I just know that every time i turned my back she was in the kitchen again.

  • My two 6 year olds don't!  Yikes!
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  • Mine would if I allowed her...chips, popcorn, jello, cookies, juice galore...yeah mine could eat a huge amount of that stuff. She eats a ton in general but that she could eat even more if it was that type of stuff.
  • My 4.5 year old would eat that much if I let him but it's ok cause my 2.5 year old doesn't eat people food at all :)

     

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  • My 4.5 year old probably did not eat that much all of last year.  But then again you have seen him, so you know that I am probably not exaggerating too much!
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