What does your 11 month old eat ? I thought my dd didn’t eat much but jumped lines on her chart

[angrydrunkwasp]

A typical day is :

Breastfeed on waking
Breakfast : either a bowl of porridge with berries or Yogurt and banana
Breastfeeds as and when in day but probably on average 3-4 feeds some v short others long at nap time
Lunch is usually: houmous and veg sticks or toast and nut butter, pasta with avocado (portion sizes are 1 desert spoon houmous, 1 slice bread crusts off , small handful pasta and a quarter smashed avocado)

Dinners are one of the following :
Chicken potato and broccoli (1 floret 2 new potatoes and quarter of chicken breast)
Chickpea tomato pasta bake (small portion)
Fish fingers and peas (1 ff tablespoon of peas)
Toast half slice and tablespoon baked beans
Dessert after dinner is either :
2 strawberries
2 chocolate buttons
Half a prune pouch

After bath a 6oz formula bottle

She’s big ! Jumped from line 75 to 99

Her portions aren’t big but the HV said on Friday she’s jumped too many and I can’t see what to do she just said we need to re weigh in 6-8 weeks and to ‘make some changes’

That sounds like a lot of food for 11 months!! Plus all the milk. However you don’t have to see the HV if you don’t want to and are happy that dd is healthy and growing well. With dc1 I got them weighed religiously. DC2 was weighed twice and then never again!

Is she walking yet? That’s likely to make a difference.

It’s really quite small portions though her porridge and yogurt it’s a small amount and even then some goes on the floor ! Most meals some is getting chucked so I didn’t think she was eating that much. She has the 2 chocolate buttons once or twice a weeks for dessert so that’s not every day

Maybe it’s the bottle at bedtime I would drop it but it’s part of her bedtime routine

No she’s not walking but is crawling

Maybe avocado and nut butter is too rich but I thought babies needed good fats

I wouldn’t be worried. My 8 month old eats as my as my 3 yr old on some days! They burn a lot of energy at that age. Crawling, cruising etc takes a lot. Their intake will level out by 2yrs old. I’ve been told that children under the age of 2yrs old self regulate their food intake and to let them lead. It’s only after 2yrs that you need to start worrying about portion sizes. I’d be ignoring any HV who was trying to put an 11 month old on some kind of restricted portions!

Up or down one centile is normal. I don’t think a jump of two is that drastic.

Does she look healthy? Is she active and developing normally? If so, I’d just continue to offer breastfeeds on demand and three healthy meals a day and let her self regulate. As above, if she’s not walking yet, that might make a difference.

Just to add, my friend called her baby Babyzilla as a nickname because she went above the 99th centile. She wasn’t excessively fat, just large and heavy. She’s now a perfectly happy, healthy and normal sized 3.5 yr old, just a bit tall.

Development seems absolutely fine. She’s very happy and seems to be managing to whizz about crawling and pulls herself up so I don’t think she’s far off walking

Your menus sound great. I'd cut the chocolate buttons to be honest, not necessary and will only help to nurture a sweet tooth.

She sounds pretty the same as my eleven month old. Except instead of two strawberries she can sometimes polish off half a packet!

@Sidesaladofchips

Your menus sound great. I'd cut the chocolate buttons to be honest, not necessary and will only help to nurture a sweet tooth.

Yes I think I’ll do that

The 6 oz formula bottle at night maybe seems unnecessary if she's breastfeeding several times and having proper solid meals. Could you breastfeed last thing instead or reduce the amount of formula, say initially to 3-4 oz and see if that keeps her going?

You could try switching the bedtime bottle to a sippy cup and she might naturally reduce the amount of milk she wants before bedtime.

What percentile is she on for height?

I think the menu sounds fine. I'd do away with the chocolate buttons, just completely unnecessary at that age. I'd also avoid always giving pudding, you're just teaching her that a meal is followed by something sweet, again totally unnecessary for a baby and just forming bad habits.

@NuffSaidSam

What percentile is she on for height?

I think the menu sounds fine. I'd do away with the chocolate buttons, just completely unnecessary at that age. I'd also avoid always giving pudding, you're just teaching her that a meal is followed by something sweet, again totally unnecessary for a baby and just forming bad habits.

The HV didn’t check height

Well that's key information! If she's on the 99th centile for height and weight then she's fine. If she's 50th centile for height and 99th for weight then there is maybe an issue.

Measure her and see where she is.

@NuffSaidSam

Well that's key information! If she's on the 99th centile for height and weight then she's fine. If she's 50th centile for height and 99th for weight then there is maybe an issue.

Measure her and see where she is.

I think her length was only done at birth 🤔 I will try and measure her tomorrow

Babies only eat what they need. I wouldn't worry as long as you're feeding varied and nutritious food.

I agree about ditching the chocolate buttons though.

Personally I think that sounds like a normal amount of food for her age. It sounds like you’re giving her a great, varied and healthy diet (though like others have said, I wouldn’t bother with the chocolate buttons)!

@angrydrunkwasp

A typical day is :

Breastfeed on waking
Breakfast : either a bowl of porridge with berries or Yogurt and banana
Breastfeeds as and when in day but probably on average 3-4 feeds some v short others long at nap time
Lunch is usually: houmous and veg sticks or toast and nut butter, pasta with avocado (portion sizes are 1 desert spoon houmous, 1 slice bread crusts off , small handful pasta and a quarter smashed avocado)

Dinners are one of the following :
Chicken potato and broccoli (1 floret 2 new potatoes and quarter of chicken breast)
Chickpea tomato pasta bake (small portion)
Fish fingers and peas (1 ff tablespoon of peas)
Toast half slice and tablespoon baked beans
Dessert after dinner is either :
2 strawberries
2 chocolate buttons
Half a prune pouch

After bath a 6oz formula bottle

She’s big ! Jumped from line 75 to 99

Her portions aren’t big but the HV said on Friday she’s jumped too many and I can’t see what to do she just said we need to re weigh in 6-8 weeks and to ‘make some changes’

Mine jumped loads and was really quite big at around 14 months, 99th centile or something and really chunky in old photos. The doctors really freaked us out about it.

They strongly encouraged me to night wean, which I did, and she gradually started thinning out a little. She was still noticeably chunky though, then she got ill for a couple of weeks at around 20 months and suddenly just wasn’t chubby anymore. It was quite scary to see the rapid transformation, I was glad she had the fat to lose.

I think it was breast milk that made her big initially. It’s hard to see how it could have been her solid diet, but she did love her milk. My parents told me not to worry, she’d lose it as she got older, and even if she’d not gotten poorly I think they were probably right. Doctors make a big deal of it because they’re trained to worry about childhood obesity and suspect you’re secretly feeding them a diet of crisps and ice cream.