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how much should a five month old eat?

birdintheatticbirdintheattic
in Food & recipes
hi my 5 month old is now eating purees and porridge. i recently started giving him some puree at lucntime as well as he seemd to want it, but over the last few days he seems off his bottles so could i drop the lunch time food for the time being/. he is havin 5-6 8oz bottles a day?? is this too much? he was sleeping thru hte nite but has woke up the last 2 nites at 2.30 screaming for a bottle? feel like u get over one hurdle then u find several more to get over, but i cant fiind any real good advice on how much he should be eating. thansk for any advice x x x

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  • Anna280507Anna280507
    hi there

    I didnt start weaning my lo till she was 6 months, however her daily intake of milk / food was:

    7.00 - 7oz bottle
    11:30 - puree follows by 6oz bottle
    3.00 - 6oz
    6:30 - 7-8oz bottle

    I then gradually introduced a puree in the morning for breakfast and dropped her 7.ooam feed by 1oz then each time i added more food i would drop an oz off her feed if that helps in any way

    xxxx
  • Anna280507Anna280507
    Could he also be waking due to teething? rather than actually being hungry? but the bottle just settles him? have you tried maybe increasing the puree you currently give him?
  • denise007denise007
    Im also weaning my 5 month old. He scoffs the lot and I need to increase the amount but wasnt sure what to do with the volume of milk so I will take your advice Annarule.

    I only started weaning him last week so still in the early stages and he gets

    7am ish - 7oz bottle
    11 - baby rice + 7oz bottle
    3 - pureed carrots + 7oz bottle
    7pm - 7oz bottle

    When should I introduce breakfast?
  • Anna280507Anna280507
    Hi there

    Chloes routine was slight different to yours as i didnt introduce any food at all on the 3.00 feed, just left that as milk till slowly reducing it till when she was 8 months i then dropped it and replaced with a snack like a bit of fruit.

    I started off with the 11:30 - food then after 3 weeks or so, introduced breakfast, left that for about 3 weeks then introduced a 5.00 meal. All were in small portions. Once she seemed settled with that i gradually increased the food until trial and error got it right image

    hope that helps

    xxxx
  • Nicola 3Nicola 3
    My son is almost 6 months

    He has

    8 8oz

    12 8oz with porridge

    4 8oz with more baby food

    8 8oz

    12 8oz

    4 8oz

    He is eating so much and no matter what i do he still wants it

    I've tried everything to see if it's other reasons he wants all that food

    Any tips what I could do
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