confused about feedlings

[Anonymous]

I’m a first time mom and I get really confused about how much to feed my son. Peyton is 7 months old and is doing great on solids. He is eating pureed fruits, meats, and veggies. I wanted help on how much I should be feeding him. Do I just give him one thing of solids (the Gerber pureed brands) that I think are 2.5 ounces each at each feeding and then formula? It wasn’t so bad when we were trialing the different foods but now that he has accepted them all it gets confusing. The reason I am unsure is because the books say he should be getting so many servings or tablespoons of this, this, and this and it seems like so much food in order to meet their “requirements” He is a very good eater.

I hope this made sense … Thanks in advance!

Aby

Peyton James – 5/7/07, off meds for 1 week now

[Anonymous]

I think I used to do half a thing of fruit mixed with cereal in the morning.. after the bottle..

then half of fruit and half veggie in the afternoon

then half to full veggie/meat in the evening mixed with cereal.

I dont know if this helps!

[Anonymous]

Well Cooper is 10 months old and here is our day… keep in mind we are over on formula per our ped, but his wt gain has been steady so I am not changing it.

Breakfast:

1 stage 2 container of fruit and oatmeal or grits

5-6 oz of formula

Lunch:

1 stage 2 container of veggies (trialing meats currently) and some puffs

5-6 oz formula

Dinner:

1 stage 2 container of veggies and another veggie that is a finger food

4 oz of formula

2 snacks:

up to 6 oz of juice at each snack (2 oz juice with 4 oz water)

cut up fruit (1/4 cup maybe) and cherrios or puffs

bedtime:

8 oz formula

and sadly we still have 6oz of formula in the middle of the night

HTH.

[Anonymous]

cool, that sounds alot like what Peyton is doing.

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