What does your 12 month old eat in a day?

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I have always been obsessed with DS' food intake, even though he's a big baby (he was almost tubed when I had him due to problems breast feeding), but is a lovely 11.5 months 24 pounder. Despite this, I still get paranoid about what he is/isn't/should be eating. I wondered if any Mums could indulge me with what their 12 month olds eat so I know I'm possibly on the right track. Suffice to say, he's my PFB. Many thanks

This is an example of his daily meals:
7am - 7oz formula
8am - cereal mixed with a small bit of milk and yoghurt (he won't eat milk only)
11am - water
12.15 - Hot homemade meal such as cottage pie. Followed by fruit puree or a Hipp Dessert & water.
1500 - water
1630 - Finger foods which can include a mixture of: fruit, rice cake or finger sandwich or sweet potato, steamed veg.
1830 - 7oz formula.

DD is 13 months and she will eat

2 weetabix with milk for breakfast and a cup of milk.

Snacks at mid morning, some cheese, savoury biscuits, fruit, carrot sticks or a biscuit.

Lunch - cold lunch, sandwiches, fruit, yoghurt, cheese or similar.

Mid afternoon snack as above

Dinner - hot meal, meat, some starch and several veg. Then possibly some pudding.

Evening BF before bed.

She will also have water throughout the day and another cup of milk in the afternoon.

She does eat quite a lot, she's a little tiddler though.

If you think he needs more food, just offer him some more. If he is hungry, he will eat it. I would be giving more healthy snacks between meals if I were you.

I second more snacks and you should offer water throughout the day.

dd is 11 months so just a wee bit younger than yours. She has
6oz milk first thing
8ish - 1 weetabix and milk and then if we have toast or something after (I have 3.5 year old too who might have half a bit and she'll have a bit too)
Maybe a rice cake if I remember mid morning.
Hot lunch of a bit of protein (chicken/fish/bolo) mixed with either pasta rice or mash pot/sweet pot and some sauce of somekind and a few veggies.
4oz milk after sleep at lunchtime.
Tea is usually mash and beans/mushed veggies with pots/sauce and pasta/
yogs with lunch and tea
6oz milk before bed

We don't do much snacking in between but possibly because I'm rubbish at remembering ! She's a good eater when she eats but doesn't seem to whinge for food in between -I think she weighs just about 20lbs.

Sounds like your DS is eating a good range and good amount of food though....

My DD is 13 months old and is a milk monster. She doesn't eat huge amounts of solids, but isn't actually fussy at all and will happily eat whatever we're having, just in small quantities.

7am - 9 oz of cow's milk

8am - cereal (quite a small portion of porridge or weetabix and, as she won't let us spoonfeed her now, only half of it goes in her mouth ) + usually has some toast soldiers and a bit of banana, too.

10-11am - has a little snack, usually fruit and/or rice cakes, and another smaller bottle of milk before her cat nap of 30-45 mins

12.30-1pm-ish - Lunch is whatever we're having. Sandwiches or sometimes a hot lunch + fruit + water in a beaker

2pm - 9oz milk and down for her nap

Sometimes has a biscuit or some fruit or raw veg in the afternoon + water in her beaker

4pm - Hot dinner (she'll eat anything, so I just try to make sure it's as balanced as possible) + a yoghurt and maybe some more fruit

6pm - 9oz milk before bed

OMG, your babies eat loads. Thank you for your replies.

From what you are giving yours, I think I need to definitely offer more snacks. I was giving him a snack between lunch and tea but it made him really fussy at tea. What kind of quantities are you talking about? When you say fruit, do you mean a couple of chunks of banana, a couple of raspberries etc? I'm so shit at this actually. My friends tell me to chill out and that DS eats well but I feel like I'm doing it all wrong.

I meant to ask too, should I offer water every hour? Bloody hell, no wonder he drinks like sue ellen at mealtimes, he's probably mega thirsty. [stupidmummyemoticon]

DD is my second child, so I am super chilled about things and have basically let her forage around on my plate since we started weaning her. It was a different story with my PFB, though . I obsessed over his food intake something chronic. Honestly, it's not worth it. I'm sure your DS is a healthy, happy and well fed child

Your instincts are usually right as his mum, too. If you know that a snack will kill his appetite for dinner, don't offer a snack. Simple as. You know him better than anyone else.

Oh, and my DD doesn't eat big portions at all. 'Fruit' might be half a banana or a few strawberries and half a soft pear. 'Dinner' might be half a potato, half a sausage and one small piece of broccolli. Sometimes more, sometimes less.

My DS was still mainly drinking milk and wasn't interested in food much at a year old, too, so please don't worry. You are not 'shit' at this, and what you're son is getting sounds perfectly healthy and adequate!

With regard to drinks, I tend to just know when she wants one. She will have her morning milk and then after a couple of hours be a bit grumpy, so I know she wants a snack and a drink.

BUT - DD eats a lot, she always wants food, your DS might not need as much. Does he seem starving at mealtimes, or is he grumpy in between? DD snatches snacks out of your hand and stuffs them in her mouth as if she hasn't eaten for weeks! They don't all need the same amount, so go by him rather than our children.

You sound like your doing a good job to me. My DS is 10mths old and about 23lb (big boy, v tall). He has:

Breakfast - Weetabix 1/2 with some youghurt then bits of dad's or DD's toast (I'm crap in the morning so DH does breakie)

9.30 - 10.00 - 4-5oz milk then sleep

Lunch (12ish_ - Spud, bit of meat, bit of veg, couple of yoghurts (by bit I mean 2-3 mouthfuls. He hates us feeding him so I'm not convinced how much goes in)

2 - 2.30ish - 4-5oz milk

Tea (4ish) - similar to lunch, although usually a bit more snacky (going to try him on sandwhiches soon as I think he'll like that), fruit puree/yoghurt/hipp desert

6 - 6.30ish - 4-5oz milk then bed

I don't tend to offer snacks because I tend to forget.

He is my second dc and I was totally obsessed with DD (pfb) food intake. WIth DS I am a lot less worried and he seems to be growing and eating fine without the need for me to kill myself with worry over it.

I offer water with meals and once or twice in between.
DD (almost 11mo) eats:
6-7am-breastfeed
8-9am-bowl of porridge with mashed banana
12-12.30-lunch of either mash/meat/veggies or eggs or avocado, cheese, bread, always with yoghurt and fruit
3-4pm-snack of fruit or chunk of cheese or biscuit etc, breastfeed
6.30- dinner, always hot, similar to lunch, she can actually eat the WHOLE chicken leg and veggies, again yoghurt and/or fruit
7.30pm-breastfeed

Thanks everyone for taking the time to respond.

I might not be doing too bad a job actually, as DS does seem such a happy chappy most of the time. I have definitely taken on the water thing as I had a feeling I wasn't offering it enough in between meals. Have also offered snacks today - he took the morning one and pushed away the afternoon's.

I think PFBism should be a new medical term.