I don’t want to be sticking up for her again but appetites do vary. Until she was 3 my daughter drank loads of milk so didn’t eat loads. I let her because I was exactly the same at that age and also we have osteoporosis in the family so I figured it would all help. My son was little and often and still is now. My daughter ate her Easter eggs in two days straight my son still has some left. Children are all different. If your child is active and wants that amount of food give it to them. I’ve always been very lax in the sense if you’re hungry eat even if it’s half an hour before dinner. The snacks vary from fruit to yoghurts to chocolate. I have a warped relationship with food so I’m really trying hard to teach them food is fuel. All foods are ok but certain foods will help your body recover better when you’re ill and some things are just treats... under lockdown I’ll be honest (with a newborn baby) they’ve got away with more than normal as I was attached to the baby on the sofa and went in to find they’d demolished a big bar of dairy milk
I’ve no doubt her relationship with food is warped, you can tell by the way she speaks about how much she loves her food, it’s a key sign of restriction. But her boys may drink a lot of milk around their meals. They may have lots of snacks. That may not. My son would always have two courses. A bowl of porridge and fruit and then yoghurt and fruit and same at lunch (with a meal) and dinner plus snacks in between and milk morning and night
but they were quite small amounts. He’s been little and often from the moment he was born
I totally agree with this. My little girl is 2.5 and she barely eats anything. Half a weetabix for breakfast, some cucumber and tomato for lunch and a few bits of pasta for dinner. That’s it. I have tried everything to get her to eat more but she just doesn’t want it. She’s thriving and bright and happy. Appetites vary hugely and I don’t think that Fopps should be criticised for what she’s feeding them, they’re certainly not malnourished.