What did your LO eat at 7 months?

rispergirl · September 2009

I'm having a hard time getting in all the bottles and solids and I think I'm being neurotic and overthinking this.

My babies are good eaters - they take approx. 4 tbsp. cereal plus 8-12 oz. of fruits and vegetables at each solids meal. And their bottles are between 7 oz. and 9 oz. per feeding. Right now they are getting 3 bottles and two meals of solids per day, eating every 3 hours or so.

They are really not crying to eat anymore and I think I'm feeding them when they're not that hungry because I'm worried about getting this all in. I'm afraid of them not getting enough good nutrition if they eat less formula, but I also want to encourage them to eat more and more solids. Can you share your schedules with me? Any tips or suggestions?

kittylove · September 2009

8-12 oz at each meal of fruits and veggies! Holy crap! Riley eats a 6 oz jar and I am thrilled! I think they are eating plenty on that schedule.

MereD19 · September 2009

Yea - they are eating plenty! DD only eats 3 meals per day - but about 12 oz TOTAL per day (2 jars and 1 container of yogurt per day). I've recently started to give her more finger foods too to practice - like toast, cheese, bananas, puffs. She takes about 20-22 oz per day of her bottle - split into 4 bottles (I'm going to cut 1 bottle out around 10 months, and I'm thinking it'll be like 17 oz per day then).

dundasgirl · September 2009

I think at that point I was still giving Reed more formula than that.

I was feeding him five eight ounce bottles per day. Cereal in the morning and at night, plus pureed veggies or fruit twice a day.

It sounds like they are great eaters! Don't stress too much about how much solids they are getting. You have no issues in that department!

kittylove · September 2009

I just realized they aren't getting that much formula. Is there any way to decrease the solids and increase the amount of formula you give them. At 7 months most babies take around 30 oz of formula or breast milk a day.

LisaandBryan · September 2009

Granted my guys are premature but that sounds lkike an awuful lot of fruits and veggies and not enough formula. Formula should still be the their primary source of nutrition. 3 botthles isn't really a lot at all. Mine get 4-5 bottles a day of 8 oz bottles and 2 solid meals a day. Have no idea how many oucnes of solids. I make my own and they splis a couple of cubes so probably not nearly as much you. I would definitely try and get another bottle in there.

We do breakfast of solids (friut and cereal mixed) aabout an hour after their morning bottle and dinner (veggie) around dinnertime (500) Bottle at waking, mid morning, midafternnon and evening somtimes with an extra bottle if they seem super hungry.

hannah&ben · September 2009

That's a lot of solids for a 7 month old... I'd cut back to 4 or 6 oz. of solids and add in another daily bottle.

TanoBride04 · September 2009

Sounds like plenty to me. I remembering over obsessing over his food a few months back too, and one day while my mom had him, she called me and said "you're feeding this kid constantly!!" And I wondered why he'd never finish a meal or a bottle After that, I stopped measuring cereal, just poured it into a bowl & he at what he ate. We've always struggled to get BM/formula into him ever since he went to straight bottles at 6mos, so at 7mos he was getting 3-4 bottles/day:

8oz at 6a, back to sleep, breakfast (cereal & fruit) at 9a, nap 10-12, lunch (cereal & fruit or veggies), 4-6oz before afternoon nap, nap 2-4ish, dinner at 5p (vegs, fruit & cereal), 6-8oz at bedtime. Another couple ounces sometimes after his nap if he was fussy. He took 20-24oz/day at that time. Now at 10mos he takes 16-20oz/day. My pedi is ok with 16oz min/day at this time.

rispergirl · September 2009

That is why I've been stressing over this and sort of forcing more feedings on them. I've been worried that they weren't getting enough formula. But the pedi said it was ok. You girls have confirmed my instincts though. I think I'm going to start limiting the solids and adding more formula back. Also, I am going to start working on introducing finger foods. I'm sure they won't eat as much when they have to work for it, so that might help the balance too.

rockvillebride · September 2009

My son eats roughly 5 bottles of 7-8oz per day. He also gets breakfast which is cereal and a 4 oz container of fruits and dinner which is just 4oz of veggies. That's his current schedule and he loves his bottles! He's still not interested in finger foods though... Good luck!

JGirl2005 · September 2009

Not sure how much is in 1 jar - 4oz...?????

So he gets about 3 bottles at daycare of about 4-6oz and then 3 jars.

1 jar at home and bfing on demand - about 3 times before bed and then a ton overnight...

I think they are getting enough.

LucyPevensie · September 2009

kittylove:
I just realized they aren't getting that much formula. Is there any way to decrease the solids and increase the amount of formula you give them. At 7 months most babies take around 30 oz of formula or breast milk a day.

Agreed. I'd do a lesser amount of solids - and include a small bottle after they eat those solids. So at the same feeding session, a small dish of solids and then say a 4 ounce bottle of formula. I still do this with Jack, works out great. Sometimes he drinks the whole bottle, sometimes not, but I know he's full AND getting enough formula. And we still only do solids twice a day. Remember - the solids are really just for practice, not nutrition, until they're a year old.

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