Will my 1 year old know when she’s full?

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Like if I kee giving her snacks (puffs, baby cheetos , the teether things , fruit ) will she stop eating it if she’s full? Because it seems like she will always eat what I put in front of her. I don’t want to over feed her.

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Kids are better at naturally listening to their hunger cues than adults. Unfortunately its something we often unlearn because of poor habits. As long as she isn’t distracted (ie eating in front of TV, playing while eating, etc) and you aren’t making her take extra bites when she indicates she’s done, she’ll do better at stopping when she’s full than most adults would. Keep meals & snacks at the table. Sometimes a good check in at this age can be what you are offering. Like if she just keeps eating puffs (think when we have a bag of chips in front of us) try switching it up to broccoli or something, if she keeps eating, then you know she was hungry, if not maybe she was just snacking because they are snacky,

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Listening to hunger cues is a learned skill, and as parents we can encourage our littles in a lot of different ways. We don’t do clean plate club, and I don’t coerce my toddler to eat anything she doesn’t want to - this helps her listen to her body about when to stop and when she needs more fuel. I choose what is served, she decides how much of everything to eat. Most of our snacks are pretty healthy, some aren’t. Some days we have dessert, some days we don’t. 
There are some great accounts on IG @feedinglittles and @kids.eat.in.color that share tips on feeding kids of different ages, and how to encourage healthy relationships with food (and help us as parents from stressing about their eating).

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My baby pops her pacifier in when she’s full.

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I believe babies stop eating when they're full.

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I think so. My son is the same way, it’s like he never stops eating but he is very active as well. At that age I think because they are growing and so active, they are hungry a lot. There are rare times my son will turn his face away when he is full/doesn’t want food. You just have to make sure you’re feeding them a lot of nutrients in order for them to be full with healthy calories. My son would eat hot Cheetos nonstop if he could so I try limiting the junk food

Will my 1 year old know when she’s full?

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