am I the only one who doesn't measure?

Liss_37 · July 2010

I try to respond to posts about how much your LO eats but I always have to strain my brain to figure out approx how much he intakes. I never measure cereal anymore, or food that comes out of a jar. the only thing i can easily know off hand is home made food because it's in cubes

so do you still measure?

NovemberNZ · July 2010

I do not measure.

Bubbles1022 · July 2010

I measure out her bottles for daycare and that's it. When she is with me, I nurse her. And when making her cereal, I just pour into the bowl what looks to be the right amount to me. Sometimes she completely finishes, sometimes not.

We will be starting other solids soon. I'll probably end up eye balling that too after starting.

LovinTim912 · July 2010

me neither

Mereou12 · July 2010

His bowls of oatmeal come in two sizes: a big, hefty glob and a little glob.

So no, I don't measure.

mistywhite400 · July 2010

nope. I know about how much she eats b/c my freezer containers are like 9 oz. She eats about half of the container at a sitting. She really doesn't eat cereal or oatmeal anymore unless its something that needs to be thickened up.

uofibabe · July 2010

I sort of do.....we do about a Tblsp of oatmeal at night with 1/2 jar of fruit or veggie but sometimes he'll eat the entire jar. morning DH will give him a Tblsp of oatmeal and 1/2 jar of fruit/veggie. I think we are going to try to go to 3 meals this weekend to see how that goes.

Vuja_de · July 2010

I have never measured.

MaybeBabyTime · July 2010

Nope!

sgrl · July 2010

I measure obsessively but it's because she is very slow to gain weight - if she were average or larger than average, I wouldn't bother!

mdnawils · July 2010

nope we don't measure either - we give him roughly the same amount everyday, sometimes he finishes it sometimes not.

Amber68W · July 2010

Nope, I don't measure.

mrs_sherod · July 2010

The containers I have to freeze his food are 2oz...I don't even measure when I put the food in them...could be 2oz...1.5oz...2.2oz...I don't know.

catycombs · July 2010

I measure BM. But, solids no. If she eats it, she eats it. It's not like the girl ever misses a meal!

ntlapointe · July 2010

Nope, I don't measure... I estimate!

ChicNotGeek · July 2010

I kind of measure. Like I know that a scoop of cereal is "about" 1 oz, same with the homemade food cubes ... they are "about" 1oz.

Usually for meals and snacks, she gets 3 - 4 oz of solid food, (1 meat/protein, 1 veggie, 1 scoop cereal OR for a snack 2oz fruit/veggie + 1 scoop cereal) and 4 oz bottle. She eats 5 - 6 times per day, so do some back of the envelope calculations ... I have an idea of how much she eats.