Does this sound about right for 8 month old?

[Ladyem]

Hi!

DS has just turned 8 months and seems very happy in his routine, but I'm not sure he's getting enough milk. His routine is:

6am-ish - breastfeed (sometimes both sides, sometimes only one side)
8am - breakfast and water
12pm - Lunch and water
3pm - BF both sides (but am trying to get this to a beaker of milk. He won't take a bottle as he can't figure out how to suck it, so just going straight for the beaker as he'll take water from it.)
5pm - dinner and water
7.30pm BF both sides
One night feed of BF both sides

I'm trying to make sure he has milky cereals, yoghurts and cheese or cheesy sauces, but does this sound about right? This is practically the same as DD was on, but she would take a bottle and have 8oz at a time!

I thought I'd know what I was doing second time round!

Sounds similar to my 8 month old, except she has a mid morning breastfeed too. Has only ever fed one side (can only latch onto right breast). Night feeds were more frequent between 7 and 8 months, but seem to be back to one again. No idea if this is 'enough' milk, but am bf on demand so hope/ think so.

Thanks belindarose! DS had a mid morning bf up until a couple of weeks ago, but he now either sleeps through it or doesn't want it! I'm kind of thinking that if he's gaining weight and getting plenty of wet nappies, then he can't be going far wrong. I'm following his lead, so fingers crossed he knows better than I do!!

That sounds good to me too, my nearly 8mo also has a mid-morning feed but might miss it if he is sleeping! I agree if the weight and nappies look fine than all good.

Sorry for the slight thread highjack Ladyem but as our DSs are a similar age would you might telling me what sort of things you are serving up for him? I am getting into a rut and maybe taking things too slowly, so am looking for lots of new ideas!

I'm happy to share ideas and hopefully get more. We get a bit stuck sometimes too.
Breakfast - usually 'porridge cake' (cooked porridge, then baked in a baking tin so as to make easily handleable pieces - fruit cooked into it, especially banana) with yoghurt. I dip the pieces into yoghurt and put them on her tray. Sometimes 'Weetabites', also dipped in yoghurt.
Tinned fruit - peaches and apricots very popular. Seems to have a pear and apple intolerance and won't eat raw banana, so tinned helps add to the selection. Other fruit - plums, oranges, mango, grapes.
Cheese on toast - top favourite! Now she has 4 teeth it's much easier to eat and she can manage the crusts as well. Sometimes add tuna to the topping. Also cream cheese on toast but I'm not sure this is so nutritious?
Scone mini pizzas. Plain scone bases (she's not eating egg yet and these are egg free), with mixture of whatever on top. Like cheese on toast really, but no salt in the base.
Potatoes - especially new potatoes.
Fish - tinned mackerel very popular, mashed on rice cakes with a bit of yoghurt. Fillets of white fish poached in milk. The mackerel (or sardine) mix works well as a pasta sauce too.
Mince - only just liking this. Bolognese type thing with pasta - I've got corn and rice pasta to try, to vary things a bit.
Chicken casserole/ curry. Bung in the oven with some root veg, water and herbs/ spices (mild curry powder here).
I'm trying a veggie roast thing tonight, like a nut roast without nuts.
Roast dinner always extremely popular.
Can't think of anything else at the minute. More ideas anyone?

Wow! Lots of great ides there! We abandoned BLW after a scary choking incident and have gone back to purees, but I do things like Beef/chicken/pork casserole, Pork and apricot (with any other veg I have!), spag bol (meat and veggie), shepherds pie, cottage pie... basically whatever we are having, but a more baby-friendly version!

I like the sound of the porridge cake! How long do you bake it for?

Haven't tried fish or eggs yet. Is it ok to cook a fish pie, then freeze in portions and re-heat? I'm wary of re-heating fish!

Scones are a good one, too! Should give that a try now I know he's ok with toast!

ooo, yes! Roast dinner a favourite here, too!

Oh well, that confirms it, must get my act together. DS needs to be tried on fish and meat more really, have been quite slow with it.

Everyone for dinner round Belinda's! Yum!

How does your DD eat the fish? Does she just pick up flakes of it? (I am doing salmon tonight and thought I might give a little to DS.)

And how does she eat the chicken casserole?

Also, yoghurt - just a plain one?

I love the porridge cake idea too - I find breakfasts the hardest in terms of variety. DS seems to have eaten Ready Brek and banana every day for ages and even I am bored! But am too holding off on eggs for now.

My DTs (8 months) are eating slightly blended adult food now, eg. casseroles, risottos, pasta and sauce (all made without salt, obv). I made a sweet rice pudding last week which they ate as it was, not blended at all. For breakfast we alternate porridge, weetabix and an AK recipe of porridge oats and raisins soaked in milk overnight, mixed with a cube of cooked fruit. My twin club give crumpets in the mid morning snack, so we tried those yesterday and they went down well, am going to give them with a cheese topping for breakfst tomorrow.

I'm not sure that I'm giving them enough in terms of quantity though, how many 'cubes' of food do you give for each meal?

musicmaiden - don't worry, I took it really slowly with DD. They soon catch on once they have the general idea and I found that once she'd had her first tastes I could then just add some meat or fish to it and we were suddenly on proper meals! I found that I've added new foods in quicker with DS and he seems to really enjoy his food, which is a relief.

Agingmumoftwins - I don't do cubes as I have little post with lids and I just make bigger portions as he grows. We are on about 3 dessert spoons worth at the minute for a main and then about 2 dessert spoons of yoghurt and fruit or similar for pudding. Can I ask where you got the rice pudding recipe from, it sounds yum!!

I'd not thought of crumpets (although, round 'ere they're called pikelets!! ) think I'll get some over the weekend and give them a try. I love them with lots of melted butter...mmmmmmmmmm!!!

must also dig out my AK book as she had some nice recipes in there. Although she does go round the houses to make what is actually a quite simple meal!! I just use the general idea and miss out the 20 other ingredients!!!

We are on more textured purees now, too. I was just mashing, but had to go back to blended when he kept gagging.

'Porridge cake' can stay in the oven for anything from 20 minutes till you remember it/ smell the burning.
DD eats fish by just picking it up! Obviously filleted and I do a check too. Fishmonger fillets it in front of me and I generally trust her!
Scones are softer than toast and freeze really well. DD thinks she's having a treat if she gets one while we're having cake or something. 2 oz butter, 8 oz flour. Rub together, add enough milk to make a dough. Roll out and cut into rounds or whatever. Bake for about 10 mins.
Yoghurt - we use a full fat natural greek style one - usually Yeo Valley. I've found the runnier ones affect her skin badly - not sure why they're different!

Ladyem thanks that sounds similar quantities to mine, so I'm probably not starving them!
The rice pudding is an AK recipe (like you I use her for ideas, but don't put in the huge list of ingredients).

Recipe is 50g/2oz pudding rice, 1pt milk, 1-2 tablespoons sugar, vanilla (I used a pod, but you could use extract).
Put into a pan, bring to boil and simmer for 30 minutes, alternatively put in the oven at 150C for 2 hours. In both cases it needs stirring occasionally.

It was so delicious I almost ate it all myself!

Belindarose I'll try those scones! I think I'll make some savoury with cheese and herbs in, and some with raisins and apricots.

DTs favourite yogurts are the Rachel's baby ones, they are really thick and creamy!