How much table food = a meal?

BeachTeach26 · December 2010

Right now DS still has a puree for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, along with whatever table foods we are eating. He doesn't eat nearly enough table food for it to be considered a meal alone. What portion sizes do you use if you only give table food for meals?

ablou · December 2010

I just keep giving him food until he stops eating.

For dinner, he usually has something to munch on while I get things ready (a piece of fruit usually), and then a few cheese cubes or a Babybel. He'll have some meat (about 1 baby fist) and either a handful of mixed veggies or 5 or so broccoli spears. Sometimes toast as well, and always a sippy of whole milk.

He doesn't always eat it all, and some ends up in his chair or on the floor, but he eats till he's full.

simplejude · December 2010

I just keep giving her food until she acts like she is done. When they are first learning to eat table food, I dont think it matters how much they eat. Let them eat until they are full, if they aren't hungry you can't force it. I wouldn't worry, she wont starve herself!

diana.filipi · December 2010

Since I breastfed i find it natural to let her eat 'till she shows me she's done. Sometimes she's hardly hungry and other times she pulls her chair out and slaps the booster 'till I get the idea that she wants food NOW :-)

Usually for breakfast she has a couple spoons of scrambled egg, some toast or sausage, and a banana. Some times she finishes it all and then other times she only eats about 1/2 of it. It goes that way with most meals. She no longer drinks formula. We switched to whole milk all the way a few days ago.

WildcatPrincess · December 2010

simplejude:
I just keep giving her food until she acts like she is done. When they are first learning to eat table food, I dont think it matters how much they eat. Let them eat until they are full, if they aren't hungry you can't force it. I wouldn't worry, she wont starve herself!

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dunvilles · December 2010

Liam eats a LOT for breakfast & lunch... dinner he mostly snacks.

breakfast= 1 whole banana, 1c. oatmeal, 2 turkey sausage links & a handful of puffs... sometimes some pears too

lunch- whole grilled cheese, cup of fruit chunks, cup of veggies, some puffs...

*whole- I tear it into pieces but he eats the equivalent of a whole banana & grilled cheese

jab224 · January 2011

dunvilles:
Liam eats a LOT for breakfast & lunch... dinner he mostly snacks.

breakfast= 1 whole banana, 1c. oatmeal, 2 turkey sausage links & a handful of puffs... sometimes some pears too

lunch- whole grilled cheese, cup of fruit chunks, cup of veggies, some puffs...
*whole- I tear it into pieces but he eats the equivalent of a whole banana & grilled cheese

wow!! I WISH my boys ate like that! I have 2 questions- 1- do you still give him bottles? and 2- when did you start finger foods?

Kingston54 · January 2011

I read that a good guideline is 1/4 of what an adult serving is. So if a piece of bread is a serving - then 1/4 of a piece for your LO. We are still on mostly purees too - only because if I give my LO fresh steamed broccoli, he'll throw it on the floor. If I give him the zucchini broccoli medley from Earth's Best, he can't eat it quick enough!

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