There's a lot of things where your kid thinks they know better than you do and you really know better for them.

But how much food that they need to fill their bellies at a meal is actually one thing that they will always know better than you.

Today, we're diving into how to know when your child really is full, how to make sure they always get enough to eat, and what about eating too much?

Will they do that, and can you prevent it?

This is the Feeding Toddlers Made Easy podcast for busy parents who want real-life tips to get your kids to eat healthy and make feeding them easier.

I'm Casey Barnes. I'm a registered dietitian nutritionist. I work exclusively with babies

and young children, and I have two kids myself, so I know firsthand all the daily struggles

that endlessly pop up. I offer online resources that really will simplify your time in the kitchen

while helping your kids eat and enjoy healthy foods. So if you haven't already popped over to my

site, mama knowsnutrition.com, go ahead and check it out. You can also leave me a question for the

podcast at any time. Just call the voicemail at 469-552-5527, or you can send me an email,

and you can grab all the info from this episode at mom-in-nowsnutrition.com forward-slash podcast.

This is episode 14. Today's question was an email that was sent to me, so I'm going to read it out to you.

This is from a mom, Liza, and she wants to know how to know when a child is really full.

She says her two-year-old will tell her all done after just a couple of bites of a meal.

And so she's wanting to know, how do I know if she's actually done or not?

She also had a question about throwing food or throwing utensils, but I'm going to dive into that at another time.

We're going to focus on today, how do we know if they're full or not?

How do they get enough?

All of those questions.

So first, let's talk about how to know that they're full.

So some signs that they're full. So some signs that they're done, and you know, this can happen

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