I’m getting a little concerned with how rapidly Caleb has been gaining weight over the last month. He went off his ADHD medicine and got his appetite back which is a great thing but now he has a ferocious appetite that seems to never end. Seriously I’m shocked at how much food the boy can eat. I know he’s probably going through a growth spurt and that will cause him to eat more too but he’s gained 14 pounds! His pants are all really tight on him and he gets so mad when he tries to put them on and they are either so tight they cut into his stomach or he can’t button them.

I try to ’schedule’ his eating. So for instance when he gets home from school I’ll let him have a snack and then we’ll have dinner later on and then he gets one more snack before he goes to bed. But it doesn’t seem to be enough for him. He wants more and more and more. Last night he wanted hamburger helper for dinner so I made it & he ate the WHOLE box of it all by himself! One whole box of hamburger helper by himself…isn’t that a lot of food for a 9 year old boy????

He has always been on the ’stocky’ side. He’s not chubby or fat by any means but he has really gotten a belly on him lately and I don’t know if I should be concerned or if this is just a phase he’s going through. I don’t want to not let him eat if he’s hungry but I don’t want to keep seeing him gaining weight this quickly either - that can’t be healthy.

So should I be concerned?????