Feeding Picky Eater Baby

Question by S.Z.:
If your child kept acting hungry at what point would you stop feeding them?
My son is 15 months and I think he’s going through a mega growth spurt that has been off and on for the past month. Plus we’ve been more active since it’s summer.

But his appetite and thirst has not been like this since he was a newborn. He eats and drinks and then still wants more and I feel bad for not feeding him more but I do not know what the cut off is or should be.

I do not really know what to do… Feed him as much as he wants or cut it off after it seems to become absurd.

Here is an example… This morning I feed him one egg yolk and a piece of toast with no crust. As I am eating mine he keeps asking (more like demanding) I feed him some of mine. So he has about another yolk and some toast. (we eat our eggs english style where we dip it in yolk and do not eat the white because we’re sensitive to the white).

And then it’s all gone but yet he is demanding more. So he has about 10 blueberries. But then that’s gone and as he’s playing he finds a fortune cookie his dad dropped under the couch (it is the individually packaged ones). And he brought it to me to open and I felt bad that he found it and wanted it so I let him have it. But then it was gone and he wanted more… That’s where I just stopped and he did not get anything more.

But then he brings his sippy to me which was full of about 6oz of water and it’s empty and he wants more water. So I fill it and he drinks it down.

He’s been waking up early and he’s been hungry right when he wakes which is not usually the case. At all other meals he’s not been picky and a fussy eater like usual and always wants more.

And I have been hearing his tummy growl and he starts acting hungry when he just ate an hour earlier…

He’s a big guy for his age… I do not know the exact current weight and height but about 29lbs and somewhere around 34-35 inches and he’s 15 months. And he’s very active and high energy. And I have been noticing him growing, the rise on his pants are tight so he’s grown in length, and his shoes I just got no longer fit him… So I am certain it’s a growth spurt. But does this mean I should feed him as much as he wants?

But what would you do? Would you keep feeding your child until they were full or would you limit their intake even though they still seemed really hungry?
Also, he is not diabetic (already been tested) and he is healthy and everything has been normal, he’s been sleeping more than usual but I attribute it to being really active and in the heat during summer. And stools are normal, everything seems normal other than the increased hunger.
His Dr always tells me to do set portions and rememeber his tummy is about the size of his fist, so I am just worried I will over do it.

But he eats very healthy. He definetly has more than the suggested servings for fruit and veggies.

I also feel like if he’s hungry then feed him, but then it seems like he just will not stop eating. I always let him top off with some kind of fruit if he’s still hungry after a meal.

And we do cheese and peanut butter on toast or steamed veggies as snack.

But I think I am going to inscrease his portion size.
Becca, he doesn’t really do whole milk because he nurses. But we do whole milk yogurt which he loves… It seems to constipate him so I try not to give a lot of whole milk product.

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