how much solid food is enough for a 8 mo old?

[maamee]

Hi, I am nearly at the end of weaing my first dc. My feeding schedule is more or less as follows:

6am: 6oz formula sleep
8am: 2-3oz cereal with milk and half a pear
10am: 4oz formula
nap
12pm: 3-4oz of vegetables with wholemeal rice or legumes, small piece of bread and small piece of fruit
2pm: 4 oz formula
nap
4pm: 3-4oz of vegetables with wholemeal rice or legumes
7pm:6oz formula + b/f sleeps
12am: 6oz formula sleeps
4am: b/f
wakes several times before 6am and seems very hungry and eager for bottle at 6am

I am trying to get DS to sleep through the night (12am to 8am) - do you think that he is not getting enough to eat during the day?

Would appreciate any comments!

ok. i hate to sound blunt, but you are over thinking this, imo.

when hes hungry, feed him until he no longer seems hungry. then you'll know hes had enough.

he will 'tell' you himself. he has not yet learnt to eat for any other reason than hunger, nor will he continue to eat when he is full. i think.

he doesnt give a rats arse what some 'expert' thinks he should eat each day and at what intervals. and, just like an adult, he will be hungrier at some meals/on some days, and less so on others.

i have 3 young children and this is my approach. they are all healthy, happy and sleep through the night.

HTH

there is so much pressure, real or imagined, do get every detail of parenting just right, like its a science and there are set equations to suit all...there are not. listen to your child, and your own instincts.

at 8 months old, he could do with a more calorific diet than the one you are giving, IMO. What about some meat, or fish or cheese? Non of the food you are giving is very calorific, and there seems to be very little protein, and it is fat and protein that will satisfy his hunger. Also, i wouln't6 give so much wholemeal rice to such a small baby, because it will fill him up without providing the calories he needs.

My 8 mo will typically eat like this

4 am - 5 oz of milk
8 am - toaast or oatibix
11 am 5 oz of milk
1pm cheese on toast, or yoghurt and banana
2.30pm 4 oz milk
5.30 pm meat or fish with potaoes or pasta and carrots, brocolli etc
7pm 4 oz milk.

Thanks for all the comments!

Sometimes he eats all the solids, so I don't know whether I should have made more, I guess these are the days I wonder whether he has had enough?

But there are other days(when he is teething and which can be often) he doesn't seem to want any solids.

I have only tried chicken colditz but maybe it was on one of those teething days and he didn't receive it well.

He does seem willing to try new foods so I will try and give him banana and yoghurt.

Krimbo I just feed ds 8oz and he ate it all up! I guess I will do the same fo the late pm feed and hope that he might sleep through...fingers crossed. (I'm prob naive, thinking it is that easy...)

Dd is 6 1/2 months old and eats a lot more than that.

I read somewhere that to encourage sleep through the night, they need to have carbohydrates and protein at teatime.

I found this helpful,

Bet it doesn't work...

Obviously link didn't work then!! Have to resort to copy and paste...

I found this helpful; www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/11/70/83/04117083.pdf

however much they want to eat. no use trying to cajole a baby or a toddler into eating more. its a waste of your time and it annoys the baby. it is perfectly normal for milk to make up the majority of their diet till at least a one year.

my dd refused all lumps till 13 months and has always been a trooper.

My post sounds garbage....I wasn't betting that if you gave dc protein and carbohydrate in evening, they wouldn't sleep through the night!

I was betting that my link to suggested website wouldn't work, and I was right it didn't!

Sorry if I've caused confusion...

No harm giving it a go fizzbuzz and will let you know if it works...