Not sure about this, but I think I'd probably avoid giving her milk with her dinner. It's exactly what Fern was saying, that it will fill her up at the time, but then it doesn't last long, and it's stopping her from eating full from food.

meatloaf and mash would be fine stick to your ribs food! Maybe if she's filling up on veggies she feels less hungry for the rest... could you maybe do the veggie snacks as an after school snack?? It seems crazy when you've actually got a child who loves veg to then worry about her, but veg will only fill her up for a while and then wear off fast - water content. It's like having a big bowl of soup - you feel full quite quickly, but it wouldn't last long without bread to bulk it out.

is she going to bed later?? Otherwise I'd tend to agree with you that she might be heading into a growth spurt. I wondered that with my DD8 the other day when she polished off a third of my fish in a restaurant after finishing her own portion, and the next couple of days was asking for more constantly. However we can't have dinner till at least 7:30pm (her school bus gets here at 7:10pm), so she gets lunch and a whole meal at recess if she so chooses, then gets to bed by 9pm on average. Mind you, I've been waiting for a growth spurt from her since she was not even three!

Kerri.