Also s/o feeding- overfeeding a toddler?

Sonadora

Does the same premise of LO won't eat past the point of hunger still apply when they are on all real food?

So let's take Sunday night for example. I cooked up some cheese tortellini for dinner for B. She ate 22 tortellinis and kept banging her hand on the table (her sign for more...) and reaching for the bowl I had them in. She wanted more (they were gone) but wouldn't eat anything else I offered her. 22 tortellinis seems like a ton! Then we took her to our weekly neighborhood bbq and she proceeded to eat an entire grilled chicken leg, half a strip of bbq beef, and 5 tortilla chips with pico de gallo. This was right after her dinner at home. And she was crying for more, kept coming up to everyone and whimpering/fussing until they handed her another bite of chicken or some more salsa.

Should I not be letting her eat that much? (I mean really, that's way more than I eat in a meal!!) To be fair, she threw her afternoon snack on the floor and only picked at her lunch that day. But ate a good breakfast and good morning snack.

pepomntpat

I let Ro eat until she stops asking for more. I don't look at her intake on a meal to meal basis, but more on a week to week basis. Yesterday she hardly ate anything at all. The day before she ate like a little piggy. It evens out.

I try just to offer her a wide variety of foods and if I know she had a ton of protein one day I'll offer more fruits and veggies the next. 

Ernie52408

As long as she's filling up on healthy foods I'd let her decide when she's done.

Toddlers burn so many calories between play and growing that they can pack away a lot of food.

Amanda78

Wow! Go B! I wouldn't worry.  I'm also jealous. I can't get S to eat ravioli or tortellini.  Must try those again soon. She's a growing girl-its awesome that she'll eat so much!

EmKo0210

Go B!  I say it's fine since she was obviously wanting more.

ihearteddieboo

I am so impressed with B and her eating!  I wish C would take notes from her. If I can get two pieces of chicken and some macaroni in him, I feel accomplished.  I agree though, babies burn a lot of calories and I think her refusal of snack shows she knew she was full.  Maybe she just loves her mommy's cooking!!