portion sizes

AilishT

I'm a little confused on what portion sizes are for meals and snacks.  My DD is the one who's drinking a LOT of milk and eating very little.  We've cut back on milk to 24 oz a day in hopes that she'll eat more regular food.  So far, it's not having much of an impact.  

My question is what are your portion sizes for each meal or snack.  My pedi said a tablespoon is a portion of fruit/veggies but I want to know how much your LO's eat for each meal or snack.  

Thanks! 

dizzycooks

My daughter would eat an entire container of strawberries or carrot sticks if I let her, but I try to keep it to a half a cup per meal.

She gets half a tortilla or one slice of bread for a sandwich, 1/4 c. of meat/beans, a whole cheese stick; 1/2

misstut23

I hear ya

my lil guy is still taking 3 8 oz bottles of milk and not giving it up...

Ped said ok but start adding in more solids

Usually breakfast is 1 waffle and 4 oz yogurt or oatmeal

puffs or watermelon for snack, abou

aeh72

I'm glad you asked this because I've been wondering the same thing. 

For breakfast, DS pretty much gets the same thing everday: fruit with some type of carb (handful of cheerios, 1-2 mini pancakes, 1/2 regular size waffle), and a full con

aboynamedbarry

kbruington:

Wow, that's a lot of milk! Good thing you are cutting it back. If my LO drank that much milk, he wouldn't be hungry eit

blu-eyedwife

It varies.

For breakfast he usually eats 6oz of yogurt and a piece of fruit (banana, plum, apple)

lunches are a full-sized sandwich, or a 10 oz thermos filled with pasta, rice chicken and veggies, quinoa, etc. along with either a fruit or v