Binge Eating with Toddlers?

I am too tired and annoyed to write about this in detail but I wanted to share this: Naomi came home from daycare yesterday and refused to eat her dinner. Then, while sitting in her high chair, she threw up. I took her upstairs and gave her a bath and the next thing I knew she was asking to go to bed. It was 6:00! She has never done that before and I knew she wasn't feeling well so I put her to bed. Around 8 she started whimpering so I went in to check on her and she had thrown up again. Poor thing. I gave her another bath, changed her sheets and put her back down.

This is the thing. I am sure she did it because she overate at the Valentine's Day party. The sign up sheet for parent contributions was ridiculous! They wanted us to bring chips, cheez curlz, fruit cups, cookies, cupcakes and juice! I mean seriously, WHY were they serving them so much food?! I was horrified so I brought in a banana and asked them to serve it to her at the party. She loves bananas and it was my way of reminding them that I don't like her to be given massive amounts of junk food. Just add this to her plate instead of the cupcake or something so she eats less junk, I requested.

Well, not only did they not do that (her banana was still there at pick up) but they also didn't monitor her eating. She obviously ate and ate and ate herself sick. I am so frustrated! They had no business feeding them all that crap to begin with but then to let the kids eat as much as they want?

I realize they may not be mindful of my daughter's eating issues during a party. I mean, they know she can eat a lot but perhaps they were distracted or didn't care since it was a party. And to their defense, most kids will probably stop when full. But the fact of the matter is, sometimes they may not and in this situation they allowed a two year old to eat so much she threw up and that pisses me off.

Naomi's eating is beginning to concern me more and more. I have blogged about this before. Naomi eats a lot and she doesn't seem to know the feeling of being satiated. She will keep eating and eating and eating--more than me if I let her. People keep telling me she is a "growing girl" or not to worry but that she has a "healthy appetite" but my mother's intuition is making me think there is more to it. I haven't done much reading on the subject, but I do know that binge eating isn't uncommon for older children or children going through attachment issues. But does this happen with toddlers?

Maybe I am making too much out of it but I am still concerned. Does anyone have any experience with this? Can anyone suggest where I can go to get more information on this type of behavior? Or maybe there are some toddler experts out there who can explain to me about toddler eating habits and assure me that this is normal.

In the meantime, I will continue to provide her healthy foods that won't upset me as much if she overeats... but come on. Even healthy foods need to be restricted at some point. She could eat an entire jar of applesauce or 4 bananas if I didn't stop her.