those with babies around 7 months - how much does your baby eat/bottles?

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My baby is 7 months old. He is a chunky happy baby and doing really well :)
However for the past 2 months he has started to wake for a night feeds, he goes down around 7pm then he wakes around 130am and then again at around 530/6.00am for feeds. He was going 7pm till 7am!

He has been having solids for a few weeks now as before 3 weeks ago he wasn't interested, kept pushing the food out.
We tried again and he does actually chew and swallow SOME of the food but most ends up being pushed out down his bib!!
He has mushed up foods, the odd baby jar and yoghurts aswell as bananna and baby finger biscuits. Out of the above on a typical day he will have -
1 mini pot of fromaige frai
1" piece mushed up banana as a finger food - i just put it on his tray and he helps himself
1/2 - 2/3rds jar (small) baby food
2 finger biscuits

Sometimes he will have mushed homemade fruit and veg too and a few other bits but on average he has the above quantities in a 12 hr period

A few weeks back my OH was feeding him some mash with a few soft peas and he choked and OH had to get it out. It was really scary so we are a bit wary of giving him things like toast as he does gag alot and seems to struggle, he is fine with soft foods though.
He still has around 4 - 5 bottles a day with 7oz of sma comfort milk. I have no concerns about his weight.
He is due to be weighed week monday and see the HV and i will mention his weaning!

I was talking to someone who has a baby 10 days older than our boy and she has proper meals and eats everything and only has 2 bottles per day and sleeps right through! i know all babys are different but am worried now that outr baby should be getting more solids. But anything more than a few mouthfulls just gets too much for him and he just pushes it out!

How much does your baby eat?

As your ds is only 7 months old, he should still be getting the majority of his nutrition & calories from milk (breast or formula). Don't worry about how much solid food actually goes in as weaning at this stage is more about new textures and flavours and exploring food. He sounds like he is actually eating a fair amount really though.

The gagging is really normal and not anything to be alarmed by (easier said than done I know). It is actually a good thing as it means your baby is learning how to move food around his mouth. Choking, as you know, is completely different to gagging and is silent and much more scary. The frequency of gagging should reduce as your baby learns more about how to manipulate food. My ds at 12 months old now only gags once in a blue moon.

You might like to have a look in the talk section about weaning for some more advice (Feed the World, Weaning), or the mumsnet page on weaning.

The night waking is not unusual, and I would just go with giving milk if your ds seems hungry.

My ds is 7 months old and completely disinterested in food, he hates yogurt ( I thought all babies loved this), banana, vegetable purees, houmous etc. He will gum toast, yellow pepper, nectarine slices and plum slices but doesn't actually eat any of it. Similarly to you he is a big baby and I thought he would take to food with gusto but I think he finds it easier to guzzle a bottle and crawl off to create mischief than feed himself/be fed!

I spoke to the health visitor and she said not to worry. He still drinks 7oz of formula 5 times a day and has also started waking in the night so I feel your pain. He starts nursery next month so I'm hoping his eating will pick up soon.

I will watch this thread with interest to see if there are any good suggestions.