My 2 1/2 year old won't sleep and and won't stop eating at night?

My 2 1/2 yr olds has had a major skin rash for his whole life so he has sleeped with mom everynight to help with the itching. Avg days sleep was 6-8 hours. Now we have the itch under control so I was hoping we could catch up on sleep. Now all he wants to do is eat food all day and night. He goes to bed around 9pm and will wake up through the night still sleeping with me and says he's hungry. I have tried to keep him very busy through out the day with active play. He's just a highly active child. I can't keep up. Anybody else have a child who eats them out of house and home? if I don't feed him during the night he tosses and turns all night. He eats a great dinner and has milk before bedtime. If he' hungry then we feed him and he's pretty good at asking. But he will still wake up later saying he's hungry. I am beyond total exaustion! i am not able to work anymore because I can't survive on less than 6 hrs, and thats still up every 2-3 hrs at a time. ANY ADVICE PLEASE?

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Who is the parent in this situation?

If you feed into this bad habit it will continue. HELLO. Then next thing you know you have a 250 lb 8 year old. Get a grip. Discipline.

Also you may want to take him to a pediatrician for examination. I SUGGEST CHECKING HIM FOR DIABETES IMMEDIATELY. The symptoms you expressed may also be the result of medication he is taking especially if he on a long term steroid use.

2 year olds sleep in there own bed. Period.

ease up on his activity during the day....sounds to me like he's burning too many calories...give him more pastas, potatoes, starchy foods

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