What strikes me in your EASY is that there are quite a lot of E times. Whilst this isn't necessarily 'wrong' it may be leading to a couple of things:
- more times in the day that you are stressing over how much he eats
- he may be eating more than you realise as he is having snacks in addition to meals and milk
- he may not be able to eat more at solid meal times because he is also snacking
He is taking in plenty of milk and some solids so his needs are being met. TBH it doesn't look like he could fit more in.
Some notes which may help:
- many LOs at this age are only just beginning (or not yet taking) 3 solid meals
- LOs this age do not ordinarily have snacks in addition to solid meals, many wouldn't have a snack until 10-12 months when 1 or 2 milk feeds are switched to a snack
- a toddler portion of vegetables is 1-2 tblsp, at this age your LO isn't quite a toddler, still a baby so the 2 or 3 bites you mention in previous post may well be equal to a couple of teaspoons of food, and be a suitable size 'portion'
- some portions may be bigger than you realise. How much cereal fits in a small baby bowl? How much yogurt is in a small bowl? How much fruit in a fruit pouch (sorry I have never used them, but pouches I've seen in shops look pretty big to me)
- most LOs eat more solids in the earlier hours, toddlers and young kids too have a tendency to eat larger meals earlier in the day. I would say anything past 5.30pm is too late for solids really, they lose interest (many need to eat around 4 or 4.30 to get a decent meal in) so really do not expect more than a taste of something at a 7pm family meal. If he enjoys joining in and learning about the social occasion of meeting together at a table for food and conversation then great, but food-wise I'd expect nothing to go in (even when mine was 2.5yo with 8pm BT I wouldn't feed him beyond 5.30/6pm. These days at 3.5yo we have dinner at 4.30pm and BT 7pm, if I serve dinner later he eats less)
If you wanted to change your routine around I'd look at cutting those snacks out and focusing on 4 milk feeds plus 2 or 3 solids meals. Based on nap times it might look something like:
WU 7
E milk 7
E solids breakfast 8
E milk 10.30/10.45 (would be 11 but bring forward to allow for nap, keep 2 mins A time before S)
S 11 - 12.30/1.00
E solids lunch 1.00
E milk 3
S 4.30 - 5.15/5.30
E solids dinner 5.30 (this is still quite late for a LO to eat much but as it is the third meal of the day it's just tastes)
E BT milk 7.45
S 8
That's just an example of how your day might look if you wanted to switch things around. It might reduce your worry over how much he is eating. Hope something here helps
