hwat is the right amount of food for 6months old?

[jessicasmummy]

my dd is 6 months and on 3 solid meals a day... at present only managing half a jar of heinz 4 month puree rubbish per meal. Is this enough to be classed as a meal or should i try to up to 4 meals a day?

I have no idea, but I was just about to start a similar thread!

My ds is 7.5 months though and I think he's eating too much, not too little. I don't give him jars so I find it really hard to know how much to serve him.

As long as your dd is still getting plenty of milk and seems happy I don't think you need to worry about giving another meal. I don't know anything though, I'm constantly worrying about how much to feed ds.

no .. they take what they take .. at this stage its just getting used to it

it'll change very quickly .. DD now 8 months can polish off 2 x 7 month jars PLUS a slice of bread PLUS rice cakes (but at 6 months was the same as yours)

a 7 month jar fills 3/4 of a small plastic bowl (like the ones from Ikea) if that helps

thanks for the tips... just concerned as can only get 3 bottles in her a day too

I've just started on 3 meals a day for DD whos 6 months. She has 2 spoonfuls of babyrice and milk for breakfast, she had half a jar of babyfood (her first time ever today) and 2 tablespoonfuls of yoghurt and a cube of apple for lunch and 5 cubes of mixed veg for dinner (think this is about half a jar) some days she eats little dinner but I don't stress about it she still gets 5-6 breasfeeds a day so I reckon she's getting enough.

dd 7 months has 3 bottles of milk.porridge and then dinner is 3/4 of the 7 month jar savory and one of dessert and tea time is the same.

I'm like you, Beansmum....DS was on the equivalent of about 2-2.5 (small-size) jars/day, plus breastmilk, at 6 months + 1 week old (he's now 7 months & possibly having a bit less now). He's a pig, though, I would rather he had more milk & less solids... but, he's tending to not want to breastfeed in the day any more, will only have solids or water to drink from a cup.