Food Portions

Chickey1980

So I have been having an issue figuring out how much solid food DD should be eating at each meal.  It seems like at least once a week she throws up her dinner while she's still eating, so I keep wondering if I'm feeding her TOO much at once, or too many different things at once?  I'm so confused.  I thought a baby would let you know when they're full by not wanting anymore food and turning/swatting it away with their hands?  But she seems to still pick up the food with her hands and eat, and then BAM, she throws up.  And I know its not an allergy because its stuff she eats all the time and doesn't throw up every time.  The other  night I was giving her homemade soup with pastina and an avocado.  She had about 1 ladle full of soup and almost 1/2 an avocado, and she instantly threw up while eating the avocado.  She does seem to gag often enough when she eats certain solid foods, and then ends up throwing up a tiny bit from gagging sometimes, but I figured the gagging was still normal at this age.  Is it???

At her 12 month check up she was only 19 lbs, 30.5 inches tall so she's not a big girl at all.  So am I overfeeding her? Underfeeding her?  I don't know!  I'm wondering how much (I.e, Tablespoons or Cups) worth of food should she be eating at each meal????  She has about 16oz of milk a day too, so she's not over doing it on milk either.  I feed her things like pasta, rice, bread, mini meatballs, chicken, avocado, fruits.  How much portion of each is recommended at each meal at 12 months old? 

babym6705

I don't know the correct answer for this, but I have found with my kids it helps me to portion their food by using kiddie plates. I think if you google "toddler plate" you can find an appropriate size one. Also, sometimes they ask for "seconds" and sometimes they leave a bunch on the plate, but it helps me get a good idea of how much they ate, what they liked, what they didn't, any patterns, etc.

momofmanyinthemitten

Mine will eat an eggo-sized waffle, an egg, and a couple wedges of apple or pear/berries for breakfast. She ate a quarter of a pork chop at dinner last night, at least 1/2 cup of mashed potatoes, and 2 spears of asparagus. She's a big eater, but still hasn't reached 18lbs. None of my kids were still gagging at 12 mos, but we started purées at 4 mos and finger foods at 6 mos. She may just have a strong gag reflex. My brother, at age 32, still has a crazy strong gag reflex. He has a hard time at the dentist.

kmos816

I'm not sure what to tell you on the throwing up- but the amount you are feeding her doesn't sound like too much. My little girl will eat a lot or a little depending on if she likes it- she could probably eat endless amounts of spaghetti marinara!
I use a little plate to portion stuff out and she finishes it most times.

katieb7413

This is so far out there, but did you BF? My friend has an 11 month old that is having the same problem. He has a tongue tie and she never BF so it went undetected until he was gagging a lot and throwing up. If there is a tongue tie they can't manipulate the food to small enough sizes. They don't have enough teeth to 'chew' so they use their tongue, but the mobility is limited. I am clearly not a Dr, but just food for thought. Hahaha