How much do I give ds?

[duffster]

I started weaning ds over a week ago when he was 24 weeks (waking constantly at night, sitting up, grabbing my toast, etc). I wasnlt confident enough to try blw so did it 'by the book' with baby rice and purees.
I thought, maybe wrongly, that I should go to 2 means a day in week 2, but now he is spitting out food after a few little spoons, arching his back and getting more and more disinterested - am I giving him too much?
He is definitely hungry when I try to feed him his mushsolids because he devours his bf pretty soon afterwards.
Trying no to get stressed about it, but his weight gain has slowed to about 3 oz a week (fully bf) and my dh wants to 'feed him up'

Food until they are 1 is not really for hunger/nutritional reasons, more to try different flavours and textures out. Think variety I guess rather than quantity. I can't remember when I moved on to 2 'meals' a day, after a week or so I guess, but it was just trying foods out twice a day rather than getting 2 actual meals into him. Until 1 their meals are still milk. Hope that helps! Seems years ago now!

Thanks - unfortunately being irish my dh thinks that stuffing baby full of spuds and carrots is the way to wean (before I get accused of racism, am irish too and was weaned on the potato!)

another point of view . . .by the time my dd was 1 she was having 3 meals a day ! Foud that by 9 months certainly she was having mashed up table foods - scambled egg, fish pie that kind of thing, the whole weaning process is a lot shorter then you think. I do agree that you have to think of it as trying out a variety of flavours and textures. I think be guided by your baby, sometimes they are more hungry then other times, and don't make it to pressured, encourage them to play with the food and make a mess - and make it a sociable chatty occassion. Let him hold the spoon when he can. My dd will shake he rhead if I try and feed her, but loves to feed herself with her hands!