My LO is one week shy of 6 months. We started her on solids a week ago. I introduced her to avocado which she loved, ate 1+ Tbsp no problem. I waited 4 days and then introduced her to bananas, which she liked as well. Then 2 days later I introduced her to rice cereal (wasn't planning on doing this quite so soon but she started waking up hungry at 6am). She devours rice cereal. I've been giving her 1 Tbsp. and she would eat more if I let her. She weighed about 14.5 lbs at her 5 month check-up. I BF her 4 times a day.
For the past two days, I've been giving her breakfast (avocado/bananas) probably about 2 Tbsp one hour after her 7am feeding. Then she gets fed at 11am, 3pm, 1 Tbsp rice cereal at 5pm, and bf at 7pm before bed.
My question is, how do I know how much solids to give her? I'm sure she'd eat much more than I am giving her right now, but I don't want her to cut back on her milk intake (which to my knowledge hasn't happened yet) and I don't want her to get over-fed either.
I'm also not sure when to offer her solids at lunch as well.
So how much is too much, and should I just keep feeding her until she has enough? Or increase her feedings by 1 Tbsp each week?
She is a super good eater so I'm just afraid that if I take her cues, she'll eat too much!