1 year old feeding

[Lcw29]

My son has just turned one. It's been a struggle to feed him ever since he was little as he gags very badly with textures. He is just starting to be able to take more and now can have spaghetti and doesn't gag whooo

But I'm not sure if I'm feeding him enough. Or if he has too much milk.

He has a bottle first thing at around 5:30 am . Usually between 5 and 7 ounces

Breakfast is at 7:45. Usually 1 weetabix or some readybrek.

Lunch at 11:30/12 . He usually has half a jar of food. Sometimes homemade too.

Milk at 2pm . 5 ounces

Dinner 5:30 .usually what we're having.

Milk at about 7pm. 7 ounces.

Should he be having snacks? I have trouble knowing g if hes still hungry as hes never had good feeding cues
I think I'm scared he will gag too.

If you want to give a snack I'd give it instead of the 2pm milk. From 1 year they need around 300/350mls of milk or 2/3 dairy portions

After 12 months the nhs says to drop bottles and offer milk in a cup and start offering 2 to 3 snacks a day.

I'd drop the 2pm bottle as well. You could always offer him some cow's milk in a cup along with his snack if you are worried about him, but he is getting plenty of milk from his first and last bottle, they only need 10floz a day between one and two.

Snacks you could try are cubes of cheese and cut up grapes, blueberry pancakes (you can make them and freeze them), tinned peaches with natural yoghurt, half a bagel spread with cream cheese with halved cherry tomatoes on top or a savoury muffin.

There's a good guide on what they should be having at one from the Caroline Walker Trust that gives suggested menus, portion advice and some snack suggestions.

Let us know how you get on

Thanks everyone. I have dropped the 2pm bottle. He is having a good lunch now with a yogurt afterwards and some water. I think what's making it harder is he has a sensitive gag reflex. He still has to eat somewhat mashed food or he is sick. So he doesn't feed himself. I've tried to encourage him to but he squished it instead... 🙄 he will however eat lottke banana wafers

Has he ever been checked for tongue tie? My DS could only manage purées until about 12 months and it turned out to be Tongue tie.

We did get him chewing food though he starting him with chocolate...

@BunnyRuddington

Has he ever been checked for tongue tie? My DS could only manage purées until about 12 months and it turned out to be Tongue tie.

We did get him chewing food though he starting him with chocolate...

We were told he has a posterior tongue tie but nothing has been done so we're just getting on with it. I've been told to keep trying over a couple of months to see if he progresses and it naturally stretches.

Last night he caught some food wrong and was sick.
Makes it hard work

We were told he has a posterior tongue tie but nothing has been done so we're just getting on with it. It might be worth having it divided privately, if that's an option. DS struggled to wean, had SLT on and off for years and didn't sleep through until he was 5.