What are your lo's eating
Hi Girls
As per my previous post about finger foods you will see that my little one wasnt weaned until later (6months)
He's 9 months now and this is what he eats:
Morning : Baby cereal / or porridge big bowl with usually 6 oz of milk
Lunch - Water and Mash pototaos with broccolli or turnip or carrots big bowl then a jar of rice pudding or some banana or peaches or pears mashed up.
3ish an 8 oz bottle
5ish - dinner, again some mash potato with veg, that has been pureed, then a jar of pudding or some fruit and water
8/9 - 8 oz bottle
Does this sound like enough im always worried im not giving him enough because i wenaed him later he doesnt snack on finger foods etc which worries me
Thank you
Last time he was wieghed he was 21lbs so i think this is an ok weight, as ive said before my health visitors are sh*t I was never told about the centile charts etc so im pretty ebaressed to say i dont have a clue how they work so can't even revert to this to check my little ones growth or wieght gain! please dont laugh
Lyns xx
As per my previous post about finger foods you will see that my little one wasnt weaned until later (6months)
He's 9 months now and this is what he eats:
Morning : Baby cereal / or porridge big bowl with usually 6 oz of milk
Lunch - Water and Mash pototaos with broccolli or turnip or carrots big bowl then a jar of rice pudding or some banana or peaches or pears mashed up.
3ish an 8 oz bottle
5ish - dinner, again some mash potato with veg, that has been pureed, then a jar of pudding or some fruit and water
8/9 - 8 oz bottle
Does this sound like enough im always worried im not giving him enough because i wenaed him later he doesnt snack on finger foods etc which worries me
Thank you
Last time he was wieghed he was 21lbs so i think this is an ok weight, as ive said before my health visitors are sh*t I was never told about the centile charts etc so im pretty ebaressed to say i dont have a clue how they work so can't even revert to this to check my little ones growth or wieght gain! please dont laugh
Lyns xx
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this weaning business is so hard.
jessica is 7 months and has:
8.30-9am : baby cereal with weetabix mixed in and 5-6oz.
12-1pm: pureed veg and pureed fruit and 5-6oz
3pm: yougurt
5pm: pureed veg and 3-4oz
7.15pm: 6oz
ive started to give her bits of banana but most of it ends up squished!!!
Also, have you tried adding any lumps into his food? We found baby pasta was really good to get Rachel used to lumps as it goes down easily, and now I don't tend to puree her food at all, just make sure the lumps are no bigger than 1cm cubes and she can handle that. Each baby goes at their own pace, of course.
Hannah xx
7.45am baby cerial/poradge plus 8oz milk
10am a few slices of apple, mango, banana any fruit really he loves saltans strawberries and grapes. he might also have a biscotti biscuit as well
12pm Slice of toast cut into soliders, a fruit pot, a yougart and an 8oz bottle of milk
3.30pm dinner mashed potato or pasta with veg meat and gravy or sauce mixed in at the moment his fav is beef stew with mashed potatos.
plus a 7oz bottle
5pm if hungry biscotti or some fruit
5.30pm bed time 4oz bottle
Thank you for letting me see what u's feed your lo's gives me a good idea of the variaty!
Jodie - Im well jealous does your wee one sleep right through!!! ?
Hannah - He's not been getting any meat i feel terrible how do i introduce can i blend the chiekcen that ive cooked, what other meats do you use?
Disco Diva - I give him mashed banana and he looks at me like im crazy as if to say get it blended lol
Lyns xx
Don't feel bad, having a baby is such a huge learning curve, especially if you have an unsupportive HV!
Hannah xx
Yep tell me about it, its that bad i don't even know my HVs name!! Thank you your a star! i'll give those ingrediants a go!
xx
Lyns
For breakfast she has ready brek, porridge or weetabix with banana.
Lunch is generally finger food eg. little sandwiches (tuna, dairylea,cheese, ham etc), organix snacks, grapes, hard boiled egg followed by a fruit pot or yoghurt. I put these on her tray and she happily feeds herself while the rest of the family eat.
Tea time she likes cottage pie, bolognaise, meat veg and gravy . If she can eat what we're having she has a mashed/chopped up version which makes mealtimes a lot easier. She has water with all her meals.
I think she does really well with only 2 teeth! She has two 7oz bottles, one in the morning and one before bed and she has a 5oz bottle mid afternoon.
I would try your lo on finger foods soon just incase he starts to refuse them or lumpy foods. I really worried about giving lumpy foods but my lo has never gagged or choked. She seemed to skip the purees and hasn't stopped eating since. I think she's nearly 21 lbs, hasn't been weighed in a few weeks and popped her on my scales yesterday. xx
I have just bought anabel karmel 100 purrees so i'll start trying lots of things from that!
Donk - My little one has 6 teeth 2 top and 4 at the bottom so knowing your little one only has 2 teeth and doiing so well also gives me more peace of mind! I will let you all know ho wi get on i must say though im very nervous!!
Lyns xx
Bethany is almost 7 months and has a similar routine ....
Breakfast - 6oz bottle and ready break or toast
Mid morning - 6oz bottle
Lunch - Good size bowl of veg, pot of pureed fruit or jelly for dessert
Dinner - Same as lunch
Bedtime - 8oz bottle of bedtime milk
Ive recently cut out the afternoon milk as she wasnt that interested in it.
My HV are rubbish too and i never knew what centile Beth was on but then realised its written down right hand side of growth chart - thats when i realised Beth was way lower than most babies but then she was 4wks prem so that explains it. None of it matters tho as long as hes gaining weight and he seems like a great weight to me!
Anna xx