Portion sizes - very grateful for help!

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Really confused on portion sizes for
my ten month old (or if they’re not required at this stage). Any help would be really appreciated!! I’ve summaried below what we do! I am seeing a hv next week too but any help in meantime would be appreciated.

It may be that I’m getting myself confused over nothing.

Baby is EBF so I have Understood (wrongly or rightly) that you can’t overfeed a bf baby. Does this apply still now weaned?!

Baby has taken to weaning really well - started at six months on the dot

Baby now ten months and super chubby - not crawling yet but tries to stand.

I’ve only fed her healthy stuff. I’m not just saying this she has. I only have one child and on mat leave so I have time. Example day May be:
breakfast: avocado on toast
lunch: prawn, brocoli, sweet potato, strawberry for pudding.
tea: homemade courgette & potato fritters, 1/2 orange for pudding

breastmilk still fed on demand. Should I be trying to cut down to three feeds a day??

other dairy on hold due to dairy intolerance.

I’ve spent so much time looking online for portion sizes and I’m really getting myself confused. :( I want to do what is best for my baby

should I still follow baby led weaning and breastmilk on demand and I’m worrying over nothing?! Or should I be trying to keep an eye on portion sizes? If yes everything I can find seems to suggest a portion is 2 tablespoons, or the size of child’s fist. But I can’t seem to work out if this is for carbs only, or a meal as a whole.

do I need to keep an eye on fruit / veg portions or no because they’re healthy?

I think the tablespoons portion sizes are for purée fed babies and dropping milk feeds is about formula feeding.
With BLW and EBF you continue to BF on demand and allow baby to eat what they want at meals, they regulate their own appetites.

Allow baby to eat as much or as little as they like and you can't go wrong.

Solid Starts is a brilliant resource for weaning, id recommend giving them a follow if you have Instagram.

You can't overfeed an ebf baby means the baby drinks as much as they need and no more. A formula fed baby can be given too much milk from a bottle (keeping going until the bottle is empty.)

As long as you don't try to make them clear their plate or anything like that, you're probably fine.

Agree with PP. Let their appetite lead them, and you can't go wrong.

It wouldn’t even cross my mind to research portion sizes. Give them food and let them eat what they want?

Thank you everyone. @Spottypineapple I’m now following then and I’ll take a look through when I can

@PinkRoses1245 ot course and she that is what we have been doing. But as and when we move out of being a baby and into being a toddler I want to be mindful that I am still feeding my Dc appropriately :)

When she's crawling and walking she will grow into her size a bit more.

DS was the same. He now has a very healthy appetite at 4! We're the same in that we don't give him sweets, crisps, processed beige oven food etc and he will say when he is full now. We don't make him clear his plate or anything but he often does. He eats more porridge for breakfast than I do for example, he eats plenty of fruit and veg, has a monstrous love of cheese. He's, tall, lean and very active. I've always thought if you're not giving junk, it's give to rely on them to self regulate and that's much better long term. I think with some processed foods they are very salty or have flavourings etc that you want to keep eating even when you're full , the calorie content can be high but nutritional value low. Same for adults!

I remember googling the same thing when my DS was that age because he was so chubby and seemed to be eating a huge amount. Then he started walking and the weight fell off him. He's now a very slim 4 year old (who is a very fussy eater 😂)

My DS ate less as he grew into a toddler, apparently this is normal but we were all aghast at the amounts he could put away when he was about a year old. He was also mega chubby but is now long and thin but very healthy and eats very well. Apparently they don’t grow or put on weight as fast once they get to toddlerhood so eat less but it’s very normal for them to eat loads and be mega chubby as babies. Just give your DC what they’ll eat, they will regulate themselves. Sounds like you’re doing a great job.

Ok thank you everyone very helpful comments. Sometimes being a for the first time is mum is a minefield!!!