How much does your baby eat? (6-8 months)

[sevenofnine]

Hi!

I am just curious to know how much your babies eat! My daughter is 7 months old and fairly tiny (about 15lbs).

We do about 6 breastfeeding sessions per day. When she has the occasional bottle of formula, she NEVER takes more than 3-4oz at a time. I thought it was kind of unusual for a baby of her age, but she's gaining weight steadily and always happy, so I guess not!

We do one session of BLW and one puree each day. She eats about a half jar of homemade puree, and today she ate a cut-up strawberry, and about 10 pieces of cereal that she fed herself.

She eats just about anything, but only in tiny amounts. I was going to increase her meals to 3 meals per day when she is 8 months old, but two meals a day is working for us for now.

I hear most babies are on four or five 6-8oz bottles a day and wonder why she eats so little! (Although I really have no idea how much she gets breastfeeding.) But if I offer her more, she refuses it. She goes 3-4 hours in between feeds.

But she's happy, so I guess I should stop worrying!

What do your babies eat each day?

 

[xLaura]

My LO is nearly 7 months old. He has 2 meals a day breakfast and tea and then has finger snacks (although not everyday)

For breakfast he has either weetabix or porridge with or without fruit and then for tea he has a home made purée (well its more mash now) or 1/2 jar if we're out and then a yogurt or fruit for pudding.

He has three 7oz bottles a day wake up, 1pm and bedtime.

He's a big boy at 18lb 3oz and loves his food. I am going to add a dinner in soon and I think that is going to be finger food to see if he can get a better hang of it.

 

[Katerpillar]

MY LO has been FF since 5 months and is still on 5 x 7oz bottles a day!! She is not overly keen on food at all. For breakfast I offer toast or Weetabix or fruit but she will generally have around 3 mouthfuls and then refuse! Today she has eaten 1/4 pouch of puree as I thought I'd give them another go but again she had couple of mouthfuls and then refused the rest. I also give sticks of fruit and veg throughout the day which she bites but then spits out. It's starting to stress me out a little bit to be honest. I know she is getting all of the nutrition she needs from the milk but I'm wondering if she'll ever be interested in food! That probably sounds ridiculous but I have 2 friends with babies of very similar age to mine and they are both great eaters - it's so hard to not compare

 

[melfy77]

My LO is 7 1/2 months, she's on 3 meals/day. For breakfast I like to start with a rice cracker with peanut butter or cream cheese so it gives me time to make myself a coffee Then it's usually porridge with some fruit and yogurt. Lunch is meat and veggies with fruit for dessert, same for dinner but she will have some yogurt as well. She is FF and gets 3X 8 oz during the day and 1X8oz at night, although 2 weeks ago she started to wake up for an extra night feed She eats a LOT lol. She's 18 lbs and 28 inches long.

 

[Midnight_Fairy]

Jade weighs 16lb 1 and does not eat much. 5x 5oz and minimal food x

 

[Katerpillar]

Jade weighs 16lb 1 and does not eat much. 5x 5oz and minimal food x

Well the makes me feel better as my LO eats hardly any food either!! Are you BLW? Is your LO just not interested in food yet?

 

[Midnight_Fairy]

Yes we are BLW and I was spoon feeding porridge but shes rejecting that now, I'm guessing teething? I offer things brekkie lunch and dinner but its mainly her holding or throwing it lol I don't think she actually eats hardly any x

 

[LynseyPynsey]

LO is 24lbs(ish) and still has 5x 8oz bottles a day. He has wheatabix for breakfast, a sandwich for lunch and then some of what we're having (he had chilli tonight) or if we're having a late dinner or something inappropriate then he has a pouch. Usually has some fruit/rice cakes/quavers/veggies for finger foods.

 

[MummyMana]

Imogen has porridge in the morning (although she doesn't seem to like it anymore do I'm gonna try weetabix tomorrow), cow and gate apple and pear fruit pot for lunch (quick, easy, fairly easy to clean and portable) which she demolishes then a few spoons of a lumpier puree for dinner (I'm gradually introducing this atm because she gagged a lot at first) followed by fromage frais she also has 4x9oz bottles however just lately she hasn't been finishing them, particularly the morning one... She doesn't seem to want to eat in the morning at the moment...

I'm also giving some finger foods, toast, organix veg flavour funky wotsit type things, breadsticks (unimpressed) a green bean (unimpressed) and a cold chip (unimpressed again, probably because it was cold)

 

[Peggy O]

I am glad you posted this! I was wondering the same thing about Lily. She eats 2 oz (about) of fruit puree with 4 oz of cereal in the morning (piggy!) breastfeeds on demand all day (but for a 4oz formula bottle at 2:30), and then has 3 or 4 oz of veg puree at 4pm, breastfeeds into the evening, and then we just added 4oz formula at bedtime, about a week and 1/2 ago. She NEVER finishes the night bottle. Sometimes only 2 1/2 to 3 ounces get in. My friend's son is one month younger, and has some crazy amount like 9oz every three hours (Just formula for him). He is kind of a tank though, haha. Lily is still about 15 pounds. I guess it just depends on the kid.

 

[MrsPear]

I heard that breastfed babies will take less formula (if given it occasionally) than exclusively formula fed babies because they are used to taking that amount breastfeeding, if that makes sense. I think it sounds fine. I started 3 meals around 7.5 months but it wasn't until at least 10 months that they really turned into proper meals rather than just three food 'sessions'. I probably did the same ratio BLW too because one meal was always porridge that I spooned. Joni is small as well, about 18lbs now at 14 months. Sounds like you're offering as much as possible and if she's not eating any more then since you're still giving plenty of milk I don't think it's a problem at all. Probably will start to gather pace in the next few months xx

 

[keese22]

Oscar is 7 months tomorrow. He breastfeeds every 3-4 hours and 1-2 overnight...(grr!) food wise he doesn't really eat that much. We were attempting blw but he doesn't like touching sticky things. He'll only really pick up veg sticks, rice cakes and toast. He is good at feeding himself with a pre loaded spoon though. So it's really hard to work out how much e eats. He mainly picks and then gets annoyed.
Because of this and that he likes to feed himself with the spoon I am now trying to do.,
Breakfast..cereal (pre loaded spoon)
Lunch...finger foods
Dinner ...finger foods and preloaded spoon.
And snacks (rice cakes, savoury flapjack ect)

Does that sound ok? I'm so unsure with this weaning stuff!
I'm hoping that by having more food he'll sleep better at night. He's a big bit at 20lbs!

 

[melfy77]

Oscar is 7 months tomorrow. He breastfeeds every 3-4 hours and 1-2 overnight...(grr!) food wise he doesn't really eat that much. We were attempting blw but he doesn't like touching sticky things. He'll only really pick up veg sticks, rice cakes and toast. He is good at feeding himself with a pre loaded spoon though. So it's really hard to work out how much e eats. He mainly picks and then gets annoyed.
Because of this and that he likes to feed himself with the spoon I am now trying to do.,
Breakfast..cereal (pre loaded spoon)
Lunch...finger foods
Dinner ...finger foods and preloaded spoon.
And snacks (rice cakes, savoury flapjack ect)

Does that sound ok? I'm so unsure with this weaning stuff!
I'm hoping that by having more food he'll sleep better at night. He's a big bit at 20lbs!

That sounds very good to me Zoe prefers the spoon and is pretty good with it. She also gets up 2 times/night to feed, I hear ya!!

 

[sevenofnine]

I heard that breastfed babies will take less formula (if given it occasionally) than exclusively formula fed babies because they are used to taking that amount breastfeeding, if that makes sense. I think it sounds fine. I started 3 meals around 7.5 months but it wasn't until at least 10 months that they really turned into proper meals rather than just three food 'sessions'. I probably did the same ratio BLW too because one meal was always porridge that I spooned. Joni is small as well, about 18lbs now at 14 months. Sounds like you're offering as much as possible and if she's not eating any more then since you're still giving plenty of milk I don't think it's a problem at all. Probably will start to gather pace in the next few months xx

Yeah, right now they're definitely "food sessions"! Most of it ends up on the floor.

She does like food, and tries everything, but she doesn't eat much. When I give her a puree, she usually eats 1/4 - 1/2 of it. We will be adding in the third 'meal' per day when she turns 8 months. At least she's open to trying anything! Yesterday she ate a bunch of steamed broccoli.

She is quite small, about 15lbs, and today we went grocery shopping. Everyone is in awe at how "such a tiny young baby can sit up so well in the cart"! They are always amazed when I tell them she's 7.5 months old... they all say, "Oh I thought she was like 5 months old!"



But I kind of like that she's small ; it's easier to carry her around everywhere!

 

[diggory77]

Poppy has about 4 breastfeeds per 24 hours and 1 bottle of expressed milk before bed (7oz). She mainly BLW and doesn't eat much and is extremely fussy. Normally 1/2 weetabix for breakfast and a 50ml yoghurt, a pouch of Ella's kitchen 80ml fruit for lunch and meat/veggies/bread/pasta for tea and she has I'd say around ten mouthfuls and the rest ends up on the floor!
Xx

 

[BabyDragon]

Eh..I have a little miss piggy. At her 6m check up, she was 27" and 19lbs... So she's a big girl.

She wakes up at 6am for a 4oz bottle, sometimes 6oz if she slept really well, but only ever so often. (Se usually only eat 4oz max). She plays for a bit, ie. sitting up, pulling herself up to stand, crawling on mommy, clapping her hand and babbling and screeching. Then by 7am, she's out, wakes up at 8am for the day, and takes about 4oz.

She is fed usually three meals a day, at first we did TW at 6m, and she loved it... Until she realized it's more fun doing it herself, so we switched to BLW.

I have that infanito device that allows me to put whatever I want into pouches in seconds, so she gets offered this three times a day. She loves it as she can eat a bit of that, have a drink of water, finger feed herself whatever is on her tray, and rinse and repeat until everything is gone. Breakfast is usually oatmeal cereal with whole milk and a fruit or veggie purée mixed in it. I also liter her high chair with whatever I have that is suitable: chunks of banana, mangoes, avocado, etc.

Lunch is a fruit and or veggie purée pouch. Whatever we have on hand; steamed green beans, grated cheddar cheese, yogurt, fresh fruits or steamed if a hard fruit, diced up, steamed veggies diced up.

I am slowly now giving her meat, and she's not a fan yet, but she will eat it.

I swear.. My daughter is like a fish. She eats until she throws it up, and then she'll want more. I have to stop her.

She still eats her 21oz of milk, but no more than about 24oz max. (Formula fed from 6w)

She's 94% for weight, and 90th for height.

She'll eat, half asleep, rubbing her eyes and food all over herself, but still manages to eat... Or she won't even bother looking at her tray, but rather just rake whatever is on her tray into her mouth blindly. She's a funny, chunky little monkey.

 

[MindUtopia]

My daughter has also always been a tiny eater. I hear of 3 week old babies who have more milk than she did at 6 months!

She now has about 4-5 bottles a day. It works out to be anywhere from 700-900 ml a day. Until 7 months, we just did lunch every day and occasionally breakfast or dinner. Since 7 months though, we've started to do lunch and dinner. We do BLW. One is usually more of a hot meal (quesadilla, pasta, omelette, often whatever we had for dinner the night before) with steamed/roasted veg and sometimes fruit as well. And the other is usually more of a cold snack (hummus on pita, mashed banana or avocado on rice cake) with either steamed/roasted veg or fruit.

For instance, today for lunch she had orange slices, penne pasta with a little grated cheese on top, and vegetarian sausages (I'm veggie, so we give her meat when my husband cooks some because I don't know how to cook it, and then vegetarian food when we have veg only meals). For dinner tonight, she's having mashed avocado on rice cakes and roasted chicken strips.

She's really starting to get interested in eating now, so I anticipate I'll start adding in breakfast in a few weeks. But I'm in no rush until she's really eating more. She has a very small window of 'non-grumpy time' in the morning between waking up and her morning nap, so it's hard enough to get her to have her milk before she's ready to sleep again.

I think they'll eat what they need in their own time. As long as you are BF or giving milk in a bottle still, she'll get plenty until she's eating more. And some babies just are never big eaters.

 

[Katerpillar]

So far today (it's nearly 5pm in the UK) my LO has had a suck of toast (non swallowed as far as I can make out), 2 spoons of a chicken and veg puree (small spoons) - clamped her mouth shut for the rest, and 2 tiny bites of a banana. She is just not interested in any food at all!!!

 

[salander]

My little porker is 20lbs and 7 months. She loves her food so she gets porridge or weetabix with 2oz formula and 1/4 banana. Lunch some sort of food and yogurt and dinner with fruit pot. Has 4 x 7oz bottles through the day. She is a big baba 91st centile since she was born and has stayed steadily at this. If your baba isn't losing weight and staying about the same I wouldn't worry hun. My first didn't eat hardly anything till she was a bit older and she was about 16lbs at this age and 25th -50th centile I think x

 

[charlotte-xo]

Darcey is quite a big baby 22lbs and she's on three meals a day plus 5x6oz bottles a day and 2 trough the night. She usually east a small bowl of porridge mixed with banana or apricots, she then has a go at a few apple flavoured rice cakes or toast with apricot jam. Dinner is usually a simple mash up of three veg or fruit (refuses to even entertain the idea of meat) or a sandwich like cream cheese and a fruit purée spread she loved this, finger food and then flavoured water. Tea is whatever we have mashed and a few finger foods of veg I between spoons.
After having two Los now it's so weird to see the difference first hand between babies, her brother was totally opposite, he was BLW as he refused to eat purees and only ate literally a tiny fistful of food per day. Don't worry about how much Los eating yet its all about fun and introducing new tastes and textures at this stage. When they want more they definitely let you know lol

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