Am interested to know what and how much other eight month old babies eat. My dd eats well and seems contented enough most of the time, but sometimes I wonder whether she is having enough or too much! I'd be very interested to hear from other mums how much their little ones eat.
On an average day she eats:-
Breakfast is approx 4-6 dessertspoons of ready brek or other baby breakfast cereal usually mixed with a small amount of fruit to make it more interesting.
Lunch is usually a chicken based meal, with say tomato sauce and pasta or similar. She usually eats the equivalent of a small jar i.e 125 grams followed by fromage frais (she usually manages to eat two of the tiny pots).
Tea is say another 125 grams of cauliflower cheese or similar plus a mashed up banana or rice pudding.
Last night for tea she had a savoury dish plus apricot custard and still seemed hungry, so I offered her a rusk mashed up with some milk and she woofed this down as well.
She has three 7 oz bottles per day and always seems desperate for these. She is none too keen on lumps in her food, I am persevering but she protests if things are too lumpy and then refuses to eat it. The only way I can get her to finish is to give it a quick blast with the hand blender.
I know we should be "guided by the baby's appetite" but sometimes I find this quite difficult. My dd hasn't any teeth yet, I have tried offering small pieces of toast, rusks and bread sticks but she just doesn't seem that interested...well only to spread around the highchair!
Her weight is spot on the 50th centile and HV seems happy with her.