Solids - how much?

Izabella22

I know it depends on the child, but just wondered how much solids your 9 month old eats? DS is a tank, he's 22.5lbs and DH and I keep going round and round about how much he should eat. I send him to DC with 3-4 oz of food for lunch, 2-3 oz of fruit & yogurt or oatmeal for breakfast, some puffs for a snack, and then he eats whatever he wants at dinner. It seems like a lot of food to me, but Dh disagrees.

njbride0603

My LO is a peanut and doesn't have a huge appetite. I go by (loosely) the Gerber menus on their website for how much veggies, fruits and grains they should be getting on a daily basis.

1/2 c fruit

1/2 c of veggie

1/2 c cereal

1oz of meat

 

MollySm

My 8 month old (almost!) is tall, but thin (at 6 months she was in 20th percentile for weight), and she eats 3-4 oz for breakfast (yogurt or oatmeal mixed with fruit puree), 3-4 oz for lunch with some finger food, and 3-4 oz for dinner with some finger food.  So what yours is eating doesn't sound like too much to me!  Lucia loves solids!

brewcitybride

Not sure, as he's on all table foods, so I have no idea how many ounces he's eating.

He has eggs, yogurt, fruit for breakfast, etc.

Lunch - he'll eat anything - yesterday at daycare he had a grilled cheese cut into tiny pieces, cottage cheese, and some cooked veggies

For dinner I made homemade mac and cheese with carrots, artichokes, and red peppers cooked in

He hates puffs, he is so over them:) If your child seems happy and satisfied after eating, then he is getting enough.

baloneydisc

DD is sort of refusing pur?es right now (sometimes she'll eat them, but it's hit or miss).  When she was eating she would only take 1-1.5oz twice a day (she won't eat before 11am).  We're trying more table foods, so I'm not really sure how much she's eating.  Our ped wasn't concerned at all, she told me to just follow DD's lead.

preggyamy

Our LO isn't quite 9 months yet, but she's eating a ton (she's 95+% for height and weight, so she is proportional).  A jar at breakfast, a jar at lunch, melts/puffs for an afternoon snack, then 2 jars and some puffs for dinner.  And she's drinking 4 bottles a day (6-8 oz).  She loves her food! 

JWSchwarz

DS eats approximately 25oz breastmilk a day, one jar of fruit puree stage 2, one pouch of Ellas vegies or a jar of vegies for lunch, and half an avacado and puffs for dinner or another puree.

Jen0204

My girls were preemies and have always been small for their age (around 10-15% at their 6 month appt) and they eat more then your LO.  They split 8 tsp of oatmeal (mixed with water) mixed with 4-6 ounces of fruit for breakfast, split a jar of fruit and a jar of veggies for lunch (both 4 ounce jars), and lately have been splitting a 6 ounce jar of some sort of protein for dinner (usually the chunky kind) and a 4 ounce container of yogurt.  They also get some sort of snack while I prepare eat meal (mum-mums, puffs, yogurt bites, cheerios).  They seem like they could eat more on occasion so I'm going to ask if we should be feeding them more at their 9 month appointment.  I know when they're at DC they sometimes split a third jar for lunch.

gymkatinka

 I think that's fine!

We started solids late (due to food allergies) but my DD just recently stared eating a LOT!

Easily, she eats more than a 4 oz cup (not 4 oz by weight-I fill up a 4 oz container with food, just to get an idea for quantity). She gets 3 solid meals and some puffs/dried fruit in between (which she hates). She's very tall, her height is in the 90%, her weight is in the 75%.  

Our pedi said, that a stage 2 food size for each meal and some snacks are good, just as a guide. 

crystaleyes39

we're SO behind I feel like on solids. My girls are almost 10 months but are preemies (8 months adjusted) and we only do purress still base on one of my daughters working w/ a ST on some feeding issues.  Right now they get stage 2 fruit purree for breakfast and usually a stage 2 veggie and meant purree for dinner. They also eat 4 8 ounce bottles a day...but dont always drink it all. I'm going to be adding a lunch purree in this week since they have been seeming to be hungry before their afternoon nap.

Oh and on a side note they are growing just fine..especially for being born early. They're both in the 50-75% for height and weight.

Izabella22

Thanks ladies - sounds like we're pretty much on target. Some days he's a hoover and eats everything in sight - tonight he chowed on pork chops w/ apples & stuffing, sweet potato and peas... and then ate yogurt and mashed banana. He definitely seems to be eating more lately. Dh gets worried that he's not getting enough but he doesn't fuss about it. We're working on getting him back to table foods, we started BLW but he started shoving the entire piece of whatever we gave him in his mouth so we went to purees. Now he's content to just have you feed him and DC likes to do it that way b/c its faster... but tonight he did great on his own! And OMG does this kid LOVE broccoli alfredo! Sucking those noodles down was the funniest thing I've seen in a while!