How much food?

hollyoid7

The boys have been on cereal twice a day for about 2-3 weeks..Well on Saturday I started carrots...They eat it at their 5:00 bottle...How much should they be eating??? They have only been taking 1/2 a stage 1 jar each...Well Wesley ate the whole jar...So right know this is what they are getting everyday..

7:00 Bottle and cereal (1/2 jar of applesauce mixed in each-only way Wesley will take the oatmeal )
10:30 bottle
1:30 bottle
5:00 bottle and veggies (1/2 to 1 jar each)
8:00 bottle and cereal (1/2 jar applesauce)

How much food should they be getting?? (veggie-wise)

coffee bean

In Baby 411, they recommend:

- 6 months: 1 solid meal
- 7 - 8 months: 2 meals
- 9 months: 3 meals

It describes a solid meal as two or three items at each meal or a whole stage 2 jar.  Cereal portion siize is 2 - 4 tbsp.

hollyoid7

when it says for 6 months 1 solid meal..Does that mean if you start solids at 4 months then by the time they are 6 months they should be eating 1 solid meal?? makes sense?

coffee bean

I guess it says that food between 4 and 6 months is optional and just for practice.  So, they don't really give any guidelines as to amounts until 6 months.

Beachbride2005

Hi,

I have been debating this myself, my twins are 6 months also and we started solids at 4 months. My doctor says you can start two meals at six months and I am giving about 2 tablespoons of oatmeal in the morning with 1/2 jar of fruit, and rice cereal at night with 1/2 jar of veggies. I am wondering about portion size also-more just seems like too much, but my nephew who is 7 months eats cereal + stage 2 jars(the whole thing) and is on 3 meals a day! It's so hard to tell. We haven't had their 6 month checkups yet so I want to ask again!