He will not become Fat

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This discusson came about over a comment. My 3.5 year old he eats a lot some days not all of the time. He was recently like really sick to the point he could have been put in the hospital if his O2 was two low. Thankfully it wasn't and he was able to stay home and get over being sick. Several of those days he was so sick he couldn't eat he spend the day sleeping and drinking water, milk some drinkable yogurt in the house. Here is a little bit of back ground of my son JD. He was born a preemie at 36.6 weeks he came on his own they where anything they could do because I was over 34 weeks. He was small but healthy. He is now like I said 3.5 by the he was 3 month he caught up and was about 25th percentile and he is now 75th for height and 50th for weight. He is 35lbs and is 37 inches tall so he is a tall boy. Medically he is perfectly healthy for his height, weight and age. Just because someone says there child is eating a lot doesn't meant they are going to get fat. You have to know food isn't always the main cause of why some gets fat. Lots of people that are fat is due to the fact of medical issues, family history, or hormones. It doesn't matter if they diet, work out they might be heavy and big there whole life. So if a child eats a lot where is what I have to say keep your mouth shut. Children need to eat a lot they burn more calories then adults do. Also if you don't know that child and haven't seen that child with there doctor you can't not determine off of a few words that the child is one day possibly going to be getting fat. I say my son is build like a linebacker and that is okay, because I know when I look at him JD doesn't look big or over weight he looks like a 5 year old boy but he isn't. He is almost yes as big as his 5 year old sister but when you see him in person he looks right. His my big boy and I love him the way he is and he is prefect in my eyes and in his doctors eyes as well. He is healthy so if he wants to eat a lot for one meal that is fine because I now he doesn't eat breakfast most days, I know he runs a lot for a little boy his age that trips over his feet left and right because he has inward feet since before he was born. Some days he doesn't eat lunch because he is so caught up in playing that he forgets to eat so he eats a lot at dinner and it's not junk. Mommy keeps and eye on there snacking and make sure they don't snack a lot so they can eat a good lunch, a good dinner, and maybe a small breakfast.