Can a toddler eat to much?

Question

My daughter is 2 she is in the 95th Percentile in height. She eats ALOT OF FOOD in one sitting. Her breakfast is usually oatmeal, then snack then lunch which she will eat while cheesburger or something. Lunch is always different. Dinner she will eat pasta with chicken. Tonight she ate two little slices of spinach, mushroom pizza and some chicken breast I made.

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Toddlers should be allowed to eat as much or as little as they choose. Our role as parents is to provide the meals making sure they are nutritious. Placing restrictions or limits on food usually isn’t recommended. Has your child always been in the 95th percentile? If so it’s nothing to worry about. I work with toddlers and most eat more than I do!

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Feeding Littles has a great approach. Nothing you described is off. That’s how my daughter eats. She’s so active she dropped percentiles, but it 32 lbs and eats like a horse. It’s okay! Don’t let anyone shame her. Let her eat. Provide healthy foods when you can with good fats, carbs, and proteins.  It all works itself out.

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If she’s in the 95th percentile, and more or less always has been, her body probably needs more food than other toddlers. 
I remind my preschooler to listen to her body when she’s eating, though she falls more on the side of  eating too little right now.
But little kids are good at regulating their own appetites. If my daughter says she’s hungry after we’ve already had a meal or snack time, I offer her healthy options, usually fruit or veggies or crackers. If she seems hungrier (or I know she didn’t eat a lot at the meal) I offer cheese, milk, or sun butter sandwich. If she refuses those, I know she’s probably just angling for chocolate or otter pops, lol. 
If you’re worried, you can talk to her doctor.

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Nope. I like to think toddlers eat intuitively so they know they need the food!

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I would only be concerned if her weight jumped from like 50th percentile to 90th or something like that. But otherwise as long as she’s eating healthy things most of the time which it sounds like she is - let her eat!
Sometimes my kids go through growth spurts and we cannot get enough food in them. My son sometimes has to have a breakfast at 2:00 in the morning and another at 7 just to get through the night during a growth spurt.
But if she’s eating well and doctor doesn’t comment on it, I wouldn’t worry.

Can a toddler eat to much?

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