DS2 could eat waaaay more than Im giving him ........

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he's only just started weaning, we're about 2 weeks in.
He loves porridge at breakfast, on the pack it says one spoon from 4 months.
I made it this morning with about 6 spoons (heaped) he ate every bit and couldve kept going if Id have done more.

What am I meant to do, do I rein it in or just keep shovelling it in until he doesnt want any more.
ds1 was a terrible eater so Ive never had this before

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I have a similar dilemma. DS1 hardly ate a thing and never ate the "recomended" breakfast. DS2 (8 months) eats everything, imcluding his brother's leftover cereal (which is 12+ months!). I keep feeding DS2 as much as he wants. The amounts on the back of the pack is guidelines only. The only thing I am trying to do different this time is introducing the lumpier breakfasts earlier on, rather than waiting until the correct "age". This makes him work a bit harder before he has to swallow, and slows down the rate at which he eats. He is currently on 10+ month baby porridge.

Is he having lunch and dinner as well?

He is still having 5 bottles a day (am moving from 6oz to 7oz today as he's draining those too).
I am giving him breakfast and then something mid afternoon, either a savoury meal or a fruit pot.

Should I be giving 3 meals a day now? With desert or just breakfast, lunch and dinner?
(sorry Im crap, never think Id weaned 2 already )

Sounds like he would like to be eating more. We are currently on:
7.30: Baby porridge (4-6 spoonfuls)
10.30: milk feed (4oz)
12.30: Lunch, main and desert (about 100-150ml of each)
15.00 milk feed (4oz)
17.00: Tea, main and desert, as lunch
19.30: milk feed (6oz)
22.30: milk feed (6oz)

Timings can be up to an hour out, though, and quantity eaten varies a lot! Having been very regimented with DS1 and ended up with an incredibly fussy eater, I am trying to feed when DS2 wants, as much as he wants. It seems to be working.

thanks amigagal how does this sound to you:

7am - 7oz milk feed
9.30am - porridge
11am - 7 oz milk feed
1-2pm - savoury with desert
3pm - 7oz milk feed
7pm - 7oz milk feed
11pm - dream feed 7oz

obviously he wont always take 7oz if im upping the food, but I'll work out which ones to give less as I go along. Do you seem to find that he drinks less milk at ecrtain times now.
Do you think 2 meals is enough as he'll only be 6 months on 27th May. Bit worried about upping to 3 too early. Maybe if I give savoury and desert at lunch he'll feel fuller

I don't see any harm in trying him dinner as well as lunch. If he doesn't want it, he won't eat it. The most milk that we were getting through in one day (at 6 months) was 5 x 6oz. He was hungry less than two hours after that, so I decided to try solids a bit earlier than 6 months to see what happened.

I think that some babies just take to solids better than others. It's much easier if you can relax and take your cues from the baby, rather than trying to follow a "plan". For the last couple of weeks we've been down to very little solids and less milk, as teething has made DS2's mouth sore.

I do really hate weaning though. DS1 (almost 3) is stuck at around 12 months, foodwise. So I am determined to "challenge" DS2 with his meals.

thanks for your advice, I hate weening too, almost as much as potty training
ds1 was still eating 4month old purees at 12 months and couldnt/wouldnt eat anything else.
Only now at 5 he's started being a much better eater, its been a long hard slog

Potty training is easier - at least there is an end in sight to that!