I don't know if im starving him :o(

[Floralaura]

My LO is not so little..26lbs at 10mths (well he will be 10mths in 2 days lol) he has during the day

6oz bottle at 9am
1 jar of food (stage 2) and a small pudding (fruit puree etc)/or 1 slice of toast, some cheese and beans at 12pm
1 jar of food (stage 2) a yoghurt/or a small picking of what we are having at 5-6pm
9oz milk at 9pm and then bed
then at midnight i have to dreamfeed him another 6oz
I try and give him drink in the day but hes not that keen, hes had 2 and a bit oz of juice today but some days he will go 9am-9pm without a drink
His sleeping has become awful, doesnt nap in the day and is waking every few hours at night.
Is he having enough food? As he is the average size of a 18mth old should he be eating the amount they eat not what a 10mth old should eat? Should he be having snacks etc through the day? I dont know what im doing wrong and its really getting me now

 

[maybebaby3]

i would try and give him some porridge for breakfast after his milk and include some healthy snacks between meals. 12-5/6 seems quite a long time to go without food.

my LO is going to be 6 months next week. he weighed 19lbs4 at 18wks. this is more or less what he eats ever day:

on waking - bf
breakfast - porridge made with 3oz ebm
lunch - 4oz of savoury food and small jar of fruit or a yougurt
tea - yougurt and a bf (if he will have one as like your LO he doesnt drink much during the day)
supper - same sort of thing as lunch
bedtime - bf
nighttime - bf on and off all night - trying to cut this down but worried about his daytime fluid intake.

 

[Laucu]

First of all, (((hugs)))

All babies eat different amount of food, regardless of their weight.

Have you tried giving him a bit of breakfast? Emma is just over 11 months and her day goes like this:

6am - 7oz bottle
7am - breakfast (usually Ready Brek or C&G Muesli
10am - snack
12pm - lunch (equivalent to a jar, then fromage frais and a piece of banana)
2-3pm - 7oz bottle (which is hit and miss, she seems to be weaning herself off it)
4:30pm - dinner (equivalent to a jar, then a fruit pot and some fruit)
7pm - 7oz bottle

ETA: I agree with PP - try to fit in breakfast and some snacks. Emma loves rice cakes and malt loaf when she wakes up from her morning nap!

 

[kayleigh&bump]

Hugs. I don't really know what to suggest, but here is our routine which may be of help.

6.30 7oz bottle
9.00 breakfast, weetabix, toast and fruit
12.00 lunch, something like cheese or scrambled egg on toast, fruit
2.30 snack of maybe few grapes or humzinger
4.30 dinner, things like Spag Bol, chilli, meat and veg etc, fruit for pudding
6.15 7oz bedtime bottle

He also has sips of water throughout the day. We really used to struggle getting water down him, but I got a Winnie the pooh cup from poundland and it's worked a treat. It has a really soft spout and now he'll just sit and drink bits from it all day.

He also sleeps 6.30 till 6ish xx

 

[Pink_Tinks]

every baby is different...
Harriet's routine is

7.45ish - Breakfast. Porridge / weetabix and fruit
9.30/10am - cows milk (this is new tho so its only a little bit) and a snack; raisins / breadstick / biscuit / rice cake / new favourite of gingerbread!!
12/1 - lunch. scotch pancake/crumpet/muffin/toast/cheesy beans/spaghetti/ravioli, fruit, cheese stick, rice cake
4.30pm - dinner; anything from lasagne, pasta, curry, roast
7pm - 7oz bottle


Harriet drinks a lot of water during the day...anything from 5-10oz.

and laucu - malt loaf! why havent i thought of that!!

 

[Mum2b_Claire]

I would be giving him some breakfast and maybe what you eat instead of jars, that might be more filling for him?
In terms of the average food for an 18 month old (Ruby is 18m and weighs 26lb) i don't know, but this is an average Ruby day:

Breakfast - 4oz cow's milk and about 30g cereal (cornflakes, shreddies or oat crisp)
Lunch - 2 chunky breadsticks, cheese, little yeo yoghurt, portion of fruit
Snack - Sugar free biscuit or smoothie pouch, sometimes 4oz cows milk too
Dinner - Chicken and veg curry with rice, maybe a mini naan too, plus some more fruit
4oz cows milk before bed

 

[Laucu]

and laucu - malt loaf! why havent i thought of that!!

I only started giving it to Emms the other day - she loves it! Lovely and gooey and chewy They do a banana one too but I haven't tried that yet.