Whats does your 10 month old eat in a day? Am I starving ds?

[ames]

Just wondering if I'm offering ds enough to eat. DD is an incredibly fussy eater and eats like a sparrow. I think at 10 months it was a good day if she had 5 mouthfulls! So I can't use what she ate as a guide.

Ds however always seems to be hungry (even when he's just eaten) I know all babies are different but he has been very whingey for the last few weeks and I'm wondering if its because I'm starving him!

He suffers from terrible reflux and is still a very sicky baby especially when he has a drink so I don't want to over feed him as such.
He is also slightly underweight according to the charts (not that they're much to go by) and he only has one 8oz bottle of milk a day (about 10pm)due to his reflux.

It's hard to convey amounts as dd (9 1/2 mos) no longer has nice convenient ice cubes of veg, but I'll use jars as a measure as she has them when we are out and I would say she eats about the same when we are at home. So for lunch and tea, she will eat about 3/4 of a 7 month jar, followed by a couple of tablespoons of yoghurt or fruit, or I just let her gum 1/2 a banana or a small pear to death. She'll also have 1/2 a biscuit or rice cake sometimes, depends on how hungry she is. Breakfast is about the same, I suppose, just cereal and fruit, sometimes a bit of toast. This amount varies a lot, but it is about her average. She has about 20 oz of formula a day. I also have to say that she's a big girl - getting into 12-18 mos clothes and too long for a lot of her trousers, so perhaps she is eating more than other babies her age.

If he still seems hungry why not just give him more food? I don't understand. I think appetite is individual and varies from day to day. I always offered food until ds didn't want any more. The amount would vary hugely depending on lots of things, including his mood, I think.

Thanks Wilbur
I know it sounds like a stupid question, aloha I've tried feeding him more he now has the equivelant of 2 7 month jars a day, 4 yoghuts at least 2 rusks and breakfast which I thought was enough and as he suffers from relux and every time I feed him he's sick I didn't want to make more work for myself by overfeeding him.
I am absolutly at the end of my tether with him at the moment he screams if I go to put him down although he struggles about when I'm holding him so anything was worth considering. I was also under the impression that babies with reflux will eat and eat to try to ease the uncomfortabl feeling they have, but maybe I'm wrong.
We are currently waiting to see a dietician after finally geting refered by the doctor. I think my confidence in wether I'm doing the right things with him has taken a bashing as there has been no real improvment in his reflux.

ames you dont mention if you ds is sleeping through the night if he is there is a chance your feeding him properly also my partner suffers from a reflux which is very simila to a baby and we have found that he cant eat large amounts at any one time so i know its more work but have you tried giving him smaller meals more regular and the screaming bit when you put him down all that is is hes feeling a bit poorly and like the rest of us when were feeling a bit poorly we want our mum crikey i should know i was in labour my partner was being great so i had to shout i want my mummy i now its stupid but thats the way we are and babies are just smaller versons of us also if your worried about his weight try and take him for regular weighings just to put you own mind at ease that he is putting on the weight slowly but at least hes putting on the weight and please dont listen to those charts i ended up getting into a argument with the hv because she said i was feeding him to much because he was 2lb over the ideal weight so i told her when he starts losing weight or his weight stats causing any health problems then i would and she should start worrying about it so dont fret to much kids change so much so quickly and yes i know kids can make your confidance up and move out to anther country

MummytoJames seems to have good advice there - food little but often, and lots of cuddles. Can you hold him upright as much as possible just sitting on your lap. The contact and the position might help. I'm sure you're not doing anything wrong, poor mite's just uncomfortable and wants his mummy. it's hard when they are unhappy, isn't it?