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10 month old eating habits

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aimzbub22 · 16/07/2012 15:55

I was curious, my ten month old, when she was born she weighed 7 pound 2 oz which I got told was a good weight but she has always been tiny. She still fits into her 3-6 month clothes she is dinky. She is following the 25th percentile and the health visitor is happy with her weight gain but it seems I can't get her to eat much
Her daily meals are
7-8am 7oz formula and then breakfast ranging from toast to fruit to rice cakes yoghurt etc
12pm lunch consisting of a sandwich with meat and a spread and either fruit or crisp puffs
2pm 7oz formula
5-6pm dinner, a meat with vegetables
7:30-8:30pm 7oz formula
Maybe a bottle in the night or a drink of water at night dependent
But like her lunch she will have half a sandwich and then get fussy and push it away.
I am following her and when she refuses to eat anymore I take that as a queue she is full it just doesn't seem much but I'm sure it is. Sometimes she finishes her food other times she doesn't. We have one tooth coming up and the second one I can feel through the gums so I guess she could be eating less cause of teething but I just wanted second opinion
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MrsRogerSterling · 16/07/2012 21:29

I really wouldn't worry if she is gaining weight and seems content. What about offering her yoghurt after meals, my dd (11 months) loves Greek yoghurt either plain or with fruit puree mixed in. How about breakfast cereals, porridge with fruit etc to vary what she has in the mornings.

She is probably eating more than you think.

boredwithfoodprob · 16/07/2012 21:33

I have an 11 month old and she eats probably the same as she did a month ago when she was the same age as your dd. She's a really good eater compared to my son who is now almost 4 and although not especially fussy he had (and still has) little interest in food and a small appetite but he has always followed the 75th percentile all his life despite sometimes me being in tears over the amount and range of foods he would eat. He lived on milk, cereal, fruit, peanut butter and houmous! Some days, particularly between the ages of 1 and 2 he ate like a bird! What i'm trying to say is that every child is so different so don't worry about what your little girl eats as long as you keep offering her a range of foods and don't get stressed at meal times. My HV told me their little tummies are only the size of their fist so what seems like nothing to us is actually a fair sized meal to them! Teething doesn't help either, as you say. Good Luck! x

Rubirosa · 16/07/2012 21:37

If she is gaining weight and following the 25th percentile then she is absolutely fine and does not need to eat any more than her appetite tells her.

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