What would make a child (2) want to eat all the time? I mean, all day long if you let them? Is this normal?!!!

The doc says all kids like to eat when they are little, but this child will eat anything and everything if given the chance. its almost like everythng tastes the same, and I haven't seen anything the child didn't like to eat! This does not seem like normal behavior to me, but the doc doesn't seem worried. BTW the child eats like this, but doesn't gain much weight. she is 2 and as far as I know, healthy.

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It seems normal, just try to control her portions and make sure the food she's eating is healthy and filling. Don't let her just eat anything whenever she wants or there might be hell to pay later on LOL Try distracting her with games etc. if she starts whining for food when it's not time to eat.

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She has bountiful energy. She will go in the reverse order eventually and eat little. On a growing spurt

It's normal! 2 year olds are VERY active, and they eat a lot. All of my boys would have done the same as you are describing. I would let her eat, but keep healthy snacks on hand to give.
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mom of 4 boys sometimes kids go through weird stages. How long has he been like this? this pattern may only last a few months or even a year or two. Let him eat all he wants, but only offer healthy choices. The good news since eats everything is that you have the opportunity to fill him full of nutritious foods that most kids wouldn't touch! BTW, count your blessings, most kids his age eat nothing but pasta and hot dogs.

Maybe she's growing...i think is normal cos my 2yo son eats all day and he looks so much thinner then his sis who eats lesser..
i think should be okie as long as she's not overweight... ii went through this with both my girls 3 years and 1 1/2 my oldest is finally starting to not eat all day and gain weight my youngest is still eats every thing she can it feels like she never stops eating their doc said that they have a high metabolism and need more food food to grow and have energy one thing we found is that both my girls when it got to the point that they would not stop eating their iron was low and their body was trying to make up for the lack of iron (low iron can make children less active and their body uses more of the food for energy so they don't gain weight)

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What would make a child (2) want to eat all the time? I mean, all day long if you let them? Is this normal?!!!

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