Do they ever stop eating????

**guest2** · 10-09-2004, 11:51 PM

I'm sure you can all guess that I am refering to the bottomless pits otherwise known as my boys!

My goodness, not an hour goes by without them foraging for food in the fridge or pantry. We had a huge dinner and here they are eating another "meal" and not just a snack.

The only time they are not eating is when they are asleep. Maybe I should have them go to bed earlier and let them sleep in to help save the food budget!!!!

Just because they are on a growth spurt (all 3 of them) does not mean they need to eat all the time!

**SewCrafty** · 10-10-2004, 12:17 AM

Teenage girls aren't any diffferent than boys Deb. I was shocked when my nieces came to stay with me!

Can they eat or what?

**kimmee** · 10-10-2004, 12:24 AM

I bought my fridge a few years ago wit this in mind. It has seperate snack drawers and a small entry door just for growing snacking teens. Its funny that at my stage of mommee hood I wish they would eat more - and at your stage (where I will be soon) you think "what the heck!!"
when Kip and I were kids my mom always gave all three of us the exact same sized proportions - to be fair because we didn't have much - but I remember Kip always saying that he was starving and I didn't understand til I was older - He literally was! When I realized it I vowed that no matter how much my kids wanted to eat that as long as it was good for you food - that could eat til they were FULL! I am so thrilled that their appetites are beginning to grow.

**Ellise** · 10-10-2004, 12:04 PM

Mine does this all the time! Not 30 minutes goes by after a meal and I hear "I'm hungry, what do we have to eat?" And I only have the one! I can't imagine three

**Katybird** · 10-10-2004, 12:10 PM

Teenagers are eating machines aren't they? LOL. I used to be amazed at how much food an average sized teenage boy could consume. Treasure these days though, they don't seem to last long, you blink and all your babies are grown. The fridge stays full, the pantry stays full and your house is empty.

**kymom** · 10-11-2004, 12:19 PM

I have 4 eating machines here. I have a pantry but it seems to always be empty. My 3 girls can out eat the boy any day! lol My oldest daughter Liz weighs 102 pounds and the baby Zach weighs 252. And she out eats him daily! lol

**mom2matty** · 10-11-2004, 01:42 PM

Ds is only 10 and he eats non stop all day long! He can eat more than all of us (dh, dd and I) put together! I have no clue where he puts it, he is tall and thin!!!! He tells me all the time that I never feed him and that he is starving!!!!! I can't imagine what he will be like in a few years when he is a teenager!!!!!! I might have to get a part time job just to keep food in the house!!