Parents requests child to get more food.

[Lee-Bee]

My daughter also had acid reflux, though luckily outgrew it by 1yr. Her natural way to ease the pain was to eat. All. The. Time. It coats the esophagus and therefore eases the pain. It is NOT a solution, as more food equals more stomach acid which equals more pain, which leads to more eating. If the child really has acid reflux that bad at age 5 he needs to see a specialist.

I have seen kids, of many ages, that just eat an INSANE amount. It can be astonishing what they eat and gain no weight. This is not on you to feed. His mom can supply the extra snacks required between meals you provide all children. The mom needs to also pay more for you to serve more food at the meals you do serve.

Give her a bill for what the child will eat in the coming 2 weeks. If her child is indeed special enough to eat that much (for what ever reason) she can foot the bill. I would strongly suggest she bring her child to a doctor to assess the acid reflux.

My daughter also has a high metabolism (22months old). It is crazy how much she can eat, I ensure she is getting the right foods, as empty carbs and plain fruit does nothing to help. My daughter eats TONS of protein daily. She eats beans by the cupful. If her snack is just fruits and veggies then she has beans with it (kidney, black bean, chickpeas) as this last longer in the belly and helps her go longer between meals. My daughter cannot last from breakfast ending at 9am until early lunch at 11:30. It is only 2.5 hours but her behavior declines, rapidly, if she does not get a solid snack in between. It's annoying as I feel like we are always at the table. But if I make her skip that snack I curse myself later because she is behaving poorly, which is making me react poorly (due to constantly needing to redirect her) and no one is in a good mood. Since she is lower in weight percentile than she is in height percentile on the growth charts I feed her what she needs. I wouldn't expect someone else to pay for all her extra food though, especially if I was paying so little to begin with!

Point being, some kids really need a lot more food. Make it worthwhile food. An apple will only hold such a child over for a short period of time...add a handful of beans, nuts, cheese etc to help.