My 10mo boy ate a whole baked potato for tea.

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Hi, DS is about 85th centile in height and Weight so is admittedly big. He's actually the same size as my friends 18mo boy.

DS eats A LOT. We're pescetarian.

I cook rather than buy babyfood. Every morning he has porridge made from normal Sainsburys oats and he'll have a small adult sized portion. He'll often have a whole banana after his lunch.

AIBU in worrying about leading him into obesity so young? I don't over encourage, or stop him eating. He just eats so much more than all other 10mo babies I know...

If your worried stop giving him such big portions then.

Is he getting enough protein? With no meat, he's going to need plenty of eggs etc

That seems a lot, my two are primary school age and would still share an average size baked potato

Is he getting lots of protein and high calorie foods? Like tofu, almond butter, cashew butter, avocados, eggs, cheese

It is a lot, especially just one food. I have a big eater who was off the charts for height and 90+ for weight and she couldn't have done that. Where is the protein coming from?

What did he have on his potato?

What did he have with it? That does seem like loads, my 13 month old has nowhere near that amount. Is he still having much milk?

Children should eat to appetite.

As long as his diet is balanced he'll be fine. Don't limit him, but offer normal portions, then seconds/pudding if he wants them rather than one big portion. He needs to learn to recognise when he's full and when to stop eating, even if there's food left.

Does he still have plenty of milk?

He's not obese if his weight and height are on the same centile.

Milk (breast or formula) should be his main form of nutrition up to his first birthday. Give him a milk feed before meals and smaller portions (though if he's having milk first his portion sizes should naturally self-regulate).

DS has always been a huge eater, he's two now but he would eat anything and everything, and still does. He's like a beanpole and is extremely active (walked at 7.5 months, could run confidently by 9 months and hasn't stopped since). I just feed him a healthy balanced diet and let him eat as much as he wants. He would have been able to polish that off at ten months so unless you have other concerns I wouldn't worry too much

I'm veggie but DS is quite the little carnivore , DH eats meat too, I'm not fussed about cooking it for them.

I stopped bf a few weeks ago, and have moved onto 3x 120ml bottles of ff a day. Only since I stopped bf have I noticed a huge increase in appetite tbf. Maybe he needs more protein.
Tonight's potato was one I cooked yesterday, out of it's skin and cut up into small peices with tuna mayo...

Sometimes he'll have you know those mini tins of baked beans, he'll have a whole one of those with vegetables.

I think I should be giving him more cheese or yogurt... Thanks so far it's helping.

I'd be giving him more formula.

According to this he should be having 500-600ml a day.

I bake tofu cubes seasoned with a bit of black pepper and paprika for DS, he adores them and has them as snacks. Also cheese cubes, slices of baked salmon, risotto with plenty of milk and cheese in, hmm trying to think of other pesca. protein filled things.

My DS (also 10m) is also a good eater but would have 3* 6oz formula a day, and often some at night too, so maybe try more milk? We are also pescatarian and DS can eat more than my toddler DD at times.
Babies don't need a vast amount of protein - the First Steps nutrition trust has some excellent pdfs about food in the first year whihc are well worth a read.

My dd at 12 mo ate more than she does at 18 mo now. Don't limit portions, just ensure what you're giving him is balanced and 'healthy'.

I think that is a big eating age. My ds could eat he's meals at any time at that age he had a great appitite then he turned around 14 months and I had to space he's meals well enough for him to actually want them because he's growth slowed right down and so did he's appitite.
You may find he wants less when he turns one, I think it's rare to keep that up long after the first year.
A friend of mine was very boastful about her ds at this age, very vocal about how she couldn't understand the parents of fussy toddlers her son is now very fussy and seems to eat very little.
If you are concerned about him eating too much right now I would just try to make sure a large proportion of hes plate is veg.

Is he mobile? If he is he'll need the calories to move around

Babies often eat more than toddlers as their rate of growth slows down dramatically in their second year. If he is following his centile line and not shooting up the centiles you have no need to worry. My babies all ate those quantities at that age. You shouldn't restrict his intake, just make sure his meals are balanced and healthy, bearing in mind that babies need more fat than adults.

My ten month old ate a tuna baked potato yesterday. She ate half but with skin, along with cucumber and tomato, followed by natural yogurt and pear. We are also pescetarian. She eats a lot of quorn, lentils, chick peas, mixed beans as well as fish.

I would feed more milk. They can get all their nutritional needs met that way until one year.

A tin of beans plus veg is definitely a lot for his age!

And she breastfeeds on demand.

I don't honestly believe that babies of under one can overeat in the same way that older children and adults. That said, I agree he might need more formula.

DD eats loads right before a growth spurt. Gets a little chunky, then thins right out. Your boy might be ready to grow soon.

I think he needs more milk still, it's 600ml I think until 1 year, so he's only having 360ml, almost half. Just up each bottle to 200ml so he is getting calories from that, and then he can eat various foods slower as not so hungry

I'd be keeping the skin on the potato tbh, it should help to fill him up. Babies and small children can definitely overeat, just provide heathy balanced food but don't feel the need to keep giving it and giving it until he stops eating- some children just don't all that easily.

And yy to more milk, but double check what the guidelines are.

It seems fine to me. Dd1 used to have 3 weetabix for brekkie at that age.

They regulate themselves.