Do you limit the amount of food LO eats?

Re: Do you limit the amount of food LO eats?

• nic5606 member

  June 2012

  I wish I had this problem. B just eats a few bites here and there and still loves his breast milk. 

   I am soooo sick of EPing, this boy needs to eat more. He only eats toast, pasta, fruit, squash and sweet potatoes.  Nothing green and no meats =(

  Of course his iron was low at his 1 yr apt, so now I am trying to really get him to eat more food with iron in it. Boo.

  I do think if I was in your situation, I would do exactly what you are doing. Be happy you have a good eater

  

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• stuck322 member

  June 2012

  I was wondering this as well. I try to limit snacking to just snack times. She always seems to be eating! O is a really good solid eater so I just let her eat as much as she wants. I do follow her cues and watch for her all done signals.
  

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• M&M227

  June 2012

  Thanks.  We were in you boat at one point, then one day she decided she loved eating, lol.  

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• JavaVino910 member

  June 2012

  I don't limit necessarily, but I do the same as you. I offer veggies first, then fruit, then pasta/bread/cheese. I usually wait until the end of the meal to give her the sippy cup, too. Or, if I feel like she is thirsty I give it to her for a sip and then set it on the counter until she is closer to done.

  Sometimes I let her eat and eat and eat, then sometimes I feel like she has had enough and consider the meal done and give her the sippy cup.

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• CarlaAndJames member

  June 2012

  I do limit fruit and carbs, bc thats all she'd eat otherwise. All the fruit makes her booty raw, so I have to stop her or she'd eat a pint a day! I let her have as much protein and veggies as she wants though.

  
  
  

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• jcsumm0 member

  June 2012

  I was thinking of asking a question similar to this.  I just throw pretty much everything on her tray and let her go to it, so I was wondering if people gave veggies first or what have you. 

  In general, I let her as much as she wants.  She rarely gets sweets, but if I give her a few tastes of my ice cream, for example, I do limit that.

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• vigurl member

  June 2012

  JavaVino910:

  . I offer veggies first, then fruit, then pasta/bread/cheese

   

  This.  Then I will give puffs last.  If LO still want smore after that then I cut him off.

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• CarlaAndJames member

  June 2012

  jcsumm0:

  I was thinking of asking a question similar to this.  I just throw pretty much everything on her tray and let her go to it, so I was wondering if people gave veggies first or what have you. 

  I give her everything at once since she's still mostly eating all of it. but if she eats all teh fruit and bread and asks for more she just gets more chicken/veggies.

  
  
  

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• jcsumm0 member

  June 2012

  CarlaAndJames:

  jcsumm0:

  I was thinking of asking a question similar to this.  I just throw pretty much everything on her tray and let her go to it, so I was wondering if people gave veggies first or what have you. 

  I give her everything at once since she's still mostly eating all of it. but if she eats all teh fruit and bread and asks for more she just gets more chicken/veggies.

  I think I am giving her too much food at once.  I am trying to get her to sign or say "more" but I don't think she's motivated to because she has such a big serving to start with, lol!

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