Take bub to the doctor NOW to ge thim checked out. There is a condition where they eat and dont stop because they are forever hungry. I am not saying he has this but it's best to make certain there arent any underlying conditions.

Put a velcro strip on the cupboard to lock them and also on the fridge to keep him out. He will then have two choices. 1. give you the container of allowed food or 2. throw a tantrum.

Buy some child clips to screw on the inside of your cupboard (very cheap). They make opening of cupboards childproof although it would depend whether you were renting or own your own house. You could also consider asking the owners for permission or just putty the holes up before you leave lol But you can also purchase some child locks that go on the outside. There are multipurpose latches (as cheap as a buck each), removable hooks, cabnit glide locks, sliding locks, secure-a-lock etc you can purchase them from most baby shops.

Umm... I probably shouldn't have done this, as I can see all kinds of safety issues with it. So only even think about doing this if you;re close by and the child is stable on their feet. But I just leaned a peice of plywood accross the entry to my bedroom when my nephew was here- he's three. the wood was an old book shelf, so it was the width of the door way, and about a foot and a half high. He tried to climb over it, and it fell down, causing a very large bang. He left it alone after that, and wasn't hurt. but the main purpose was for him to know there was a line there that he couldn't cross- and was mainly so he wouldn't come in to chase my cats... Just a thought. The good thing about it was that it was low enough I could just step over it.

Hi Queen fire,

I saw you question about worms the other day and this might be a part of it. I know when children have worms they tend to be extra hungry and that is why your son continually wants food.

Hopet this helps

Juzzy xoxoxoxo

at 20 months it is the start of them becoming little ppl and starting to stretch the boundaries. My gf keeps saying to her 2 year old out of the kitchen and they have a line for them and thay are not allowed past that line. setting a mental barrier is a good idea. sadly it is a pain to have to reinforce it daily, but it will pay off later on.

if you can get fruit and have it in a container all cut up for him it might help with the food wanting.

(Oh and if you have a "normal" size door way check out the used baby places for the gates. i found mine for $10, also garage sales and in the paper)