Portion size for a 10 month old?

[TransatlanticCityGirl]

Since we started weaning our DD at nearly 6 months old, I've always found that the store bought portion sizes are consistently twice as big as what she would ever eat. As soon as her appetite increases, we're on to the next stage, and the pouch or tray suddenly gets bigger. (This is not to say we always feed her store bought, it's just one of the reference points I have with regards to portion size).

So I'm just wondering what portion sizes other babies eat? My LO rarely eats more than 110g for her main (1/2 a store bought pot or about 6 ice cube tray cubes) and then she'll have a much smaller portion of fruit or yogurt afterwards.

I'm sure that whatever she is eating is enough for her and I'm really not worried, but I'm just very curious as I've just completed a HIPP survey and it asked what I thought was the right portion size for a 10 month old and the SMALLEST portion size it offered as an option was 180g.

I wonder if the large store bought servings are symptomatic of living in a society where many people don't know what a proper portion size is and consequently overeat? Or does my DD just eat like a bird?

I'm not sure because my 8mo eats bits of food rather than mashed food so I've no idea what she eats weighs but for example today she had a weetabix for breakfast, 2 Mini bread sticks mid morning, one piece of bread with primula cheese for lunch and for dinner she had 2 roast potatoes, 2 chunks of chicken, 2 of beef, (about as big as her hand) 5 carrot slices and half a Yorkshire pudding. (She likes dinner)

Sorry forgot to say, I'm sure you would know if your Dd was hungry, I tend to go by what dd wants. Once she's no longer interested I remove the food no matter how little she may have eaten.

How much milk is she having?

Hmm, just an amendment, she didn't eat the entire sandwich and she dropped a bit of the beef (after she chewed it) and also spat out the skin of the potato.

You are not the only one that stuggles with portion size. I still do with my almost 15 month old DD. Sometimes she eats a huge amount, and sometimes she just seems keen on seeing if gravity does the same thing today as it did yesterday...

I was told that portion size is what could fit in the palm of her hand, which is my starting point, but no one ever tells you how many portions...for dinner I offer one protein, one carb and one or two vege portions. If she demolishes something, then I offer more.

At 8 months, if she was having something shop prepared, then she would eat between half and 3/4 of a pouch/jar and then she normally had finger food to chew on.