how much does a 10 month old eat?

[anitad67]

i am trying to wean my lo night feeds but not sure she is having enough during the day.  would you please let me know roughly how much should a 10 month old eat, milk and solid?  thanks a lot!

[Mimi 2]

Hi Anita,

It is really hard to put a number on how much solids and formula/bm a baby should have.  It is so individual.  As an example at around 10 mos, dd didn't take much solids (few bites here and there but lots of formula ~32-36oz) and ds loves his food and nursed 4X/day and they were not big babies.

How many nightfeeds is she taking?  Is she on formula or bm?  Have you tried settling her other than feeding her?  Does she take full feeds at night?  Or just using it as a prop?

[lidiayy]

Hi Anitad67

DD is a happy eater, so please if your LO doesn't eat as much as mine does, don't worry because as Mimi 2 said, every LO is different:

6:30 am BF (my guess is that it's around 200 ml)
7:30 am two biscuits
9:00 am fruit juice (around 150 ml)
11:00 am meal (veggies with meat - around 180g)
1:00 pm bottle (formula - 200ml)
3:00 pm fruit (pear or apple or papaya or banana)
6:30 pm meal (veggies with chicken meat - around 180g)
8:00 pm BF (again, around 200ml)

She's not a big baby though (70 cm and 8.5 kg), but very healthy! 

HTH

Lidia

[anitad67]

thanks    hm, my lo probably is having enough then i guess.  she has pretty much the same milk and roughly similar amount of solid although she is now very picky.  i can't get her to eat veggie again.  she is fed up with puree and steamed veggie. 

she uses bottle now after she was 8 month when my milk dried up.  before i was starting to wean her night feeds (only gave her once) but she fought really hard to switch to bottle.  for a few weeks she only accepted bottles at night or right after a long nap (which is very rare as she is a short napper).  then she started to want feed around 11:30 and around 3.  i started to delay the first feed and cut milk in both feeds.  but she still wakes up and gets sort of settled by even water.  she always finishes whatever in the bottle though.  i don't really think she is hungry since she doesn't eat much breakfast when she finally gets up but i am not totally sure since she does finish her milk before her nap...

[Mimi 2]

So how many oz does she take in 24hr?  What is her day like?  Is that 11:30 pm and 3am?

[anitad67]

she takes roughly 21 oz (about 630 ml) during the day and now i gave her about 4 oz at night.  it is hard to get her to nap and only naps for about 30 ~ 45 min each time.    yes, they are 11:30 pm and 3 am.  she often wakes up around 5 am ~5:30 am too which sometimes just refuses to get back to sleep.  i feel like i am playing catch up game for her sleep all the time 

[shark]

At 10m DS was having 18oz of EBM/day and 3 'meals' of 7.5-8 tbsp of puree (he didn't have any teeth yet to start anything more).  He was STTN.  He is a bit on the small side though (appx 18-19lbs at that time)

7AM wake, 5 oz EBM
9AM meal 2.5 tbsp each of cereal, fruit, vegetable puree
11AM 4 oz EBM
1PM meal (same as breakfast)
3PM 4 oz EBM
5PM meal (same as prev)
6:45 5 oz EBM

Hope this helps

[anitad67]

thanks!  my girl is around the same weight...  she refuses all purees now and it is so hard to feed her properly these days...

[Mimi 2]

Anita, I think that you can try to wean the nightfeeds but you need to move those oz into the day.  So that her total is 21 oz + the 2 nightfeeds which is within range (21-30 oz or 500-700mL)  http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=57483.0

To wean the nightfeeds and get decent naps, you might want to post in the Nightwaking or Nap Boards.  This may help with your lo's routine and hopefully she will be well rested to eat more during the day.

As for her refusing purees, is she teething?  Have you tried finger food?  If you think she's in the spoon refusal stage, then check this out.  It's quite common for babies to do this. 
http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=70142.0
http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=68458.0
http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=57557.0  (scroll to the middle of the post)

HTH

[anitad67]

thanks!  will give it a try...

[A pair of Charlies]

Sorry hun... I keep meaning to come back to you on this but lose count of how much he's had - I keep trying to remeasure everything in tablespoons and then forget ...

Breakfast of banana porridge: 50ml of his porridge mix, 100ml EBM mixed in and up to 3 tablespoons of fruit puree. Sometimes half a slice of toast on top.

Will start keeping track again tomorrow and will let you know. 

[anitad67]

thanks    i know how hard it is.  now i can't even remember how much my girl just had. lol

[Mimi 2]

Hi Anita,

I've been reading up on your posts in the other boards and I noticed that you have a spirited one, too.  I understand the frustrations you may feel about things not improving as quickly as you would like.  I have 2 spirited ones and I can tell you that things CAN get better and you just have to be consistent and patient. 

Since your lo is in the solids refusal phase right now and the night feeds are disruptive, I (IMHO) would suggests that you really concentrate in getting as much milk into her during the day (as it has everything she needs).  Don't worry about her taking only a few oz at a time.  (You can worry about spacing out the feeds once the nightfeeds are gone.) If you find that she likes coconut yogurt, give her that as well.  I agree with Charlotte (A pair of Charlies) to flavour everything with it as well.  Feed her until she wants to stop, take a break.  If the meal (milk & solids are low) try feeding again in 30 min or so.  If you think she is distracted by something, do it in a quiet place.  Some moms found that their los will eat better if they are looking out the window or something.  You know her best, experiment with finding the optimal feeding surrounding. 

Keep doing it for a few days to see if the amount in the night feeds will decrease.  This does not mean that she won't wake up, as it may become a habit now.  Once you noticed an increase in the milk & solids during the day, work on settling her back to sleep without feeding or set a time that you will feed.  For example, you will feed her if it has been 7-8 hrs.  All other times, you or dh settle her with whatever method you feel most comfortable with.  Give it a good 4-5 days to see some improvement and a good 2 wks to make it work.

When ds was around 9 mos & I wanted to wean him of his 4-5 am feed, so I fed him as much yogurt (his favorite at the time) and offered as much bm as he wants.  Once I figured he didn't need the nightfeed anymore (he was just using me as a prop), I started to slowly decrease the time on the breast.  Once it was down to 2 mins, dh took over in settling ds back to sleep.  Ds didn't like it that first night but dh and him had an understanding after about 1hr.   

Can you get dh to help? 

HTH

[anitad67]

i actually got her to only drink about 3 oz at night around 3~4 am.  before that i either settle her down with cuddle a bit longer or water.  but around that time she just won't settle or wakes up 10 mins after i settle her down till i give her milk.  she is more interested in food yesterday but not today.  i am also struggling with her EASY routine which i will need to ask advice in the other board.  thanks all for advices!!

[Mimi 2]

That's good then if you managed to get down to just one nightfeed.  Keep trying to settle her and don't introduce another nightfeed.