I know some ppl hate this ?-but...solids

ourlove4ever · September 2010

How much does your 7mo old eat?

Right now DS gets between 28-32oz formula a day plus about 6-8tbp of solids (fruits, veggies and oatmeal) 2x a day....(I make my own food)

I was looking on the Gerber website and they had babies my sons age eating 3x a day and only about 24oz formula.

Can someone please help.

hilwithonelary · September 2010

My DS eats 3 times/day. I measure in oz, not tbs, and he eats about 8 oz of solid food, including oatmeal, fruit, and veggies. He still eats 28-30 oz of formula too. I have no idea if this is the norm or not. ETA: he eats 8 oz over the whole day, not 8 oz per meal. I'm not sure that was clear in my original post.

babygogo · September 2010

I posted earlier about baby refusing to take formula. Called pediatrician and found out that I was feeding way to much solids. Feel dumb, but now I know. I was feeding her the three meals a day of Gerber type foods. She said to cut back to once a day and only feed the cereal for a while. Hopefully this will get her to take much more formula. She said the point of solids right now is just to introduce texture. Feel stupid but hope we can start doing things different.

kimwhitman · September 2010

I measure in oz too. My DD eats at least a 4 oz jar of food 3 times a day (fruit in a.m., veggie at lunch, and veggie/fruit for dinner). Sometimes she eats about 6 oz of food, it just depends on her mood I guess. During the day she has about 25 -34 oz of formula. We do rice cereal in the morning and evening with her. That is our schedule. Hope that helps!

Jennicap · September 2010

My son is just turning 6 months and we're just starting solids but I would talk to your doctor about this rather than a website of a company that sells the food they want you to feed to your child.

liza0828 · September 2010

My 7 month old gets about 25 oz a day of BM/formula (estimate-- part bottles, part nursing) and eats solids 2x a day. She has maybe 1-2 oz of fruit with cereal in the morning and about an ounce of veggies in the evening.

She's only 16.5 lbs though.

diana.filipi · September 2010

Every kid is different. Ophelia eats 3 meals a day of solids and while I don't know how many oz it is cuzz it's all finger food she eats a lot. She drinks between 3 and 5 6 oz bottles a day.