When hungry, children focus their attention on eating. When satisfied, their attention moves elsewhere. Appetites soar during growth spurts and periods of intense activity. They also dip when growth slows or when children are tired or excited. A love of company.
Children enjoy eating with others and often copy their food preferences.
Healthy children are active children. They seem to have boundless energy and love playing with their friends and family. Healthy children grow according to their own patterns of growth with occasional spurts and plateaus along the way. Measuring height and weight regularly over time will reveal your child's growth pattern. This means more than single height and weight measurements at a particular age.