My LO will be 8 months this weekend.
She gets 5 BF/day (recently dropped dreamfeed)
She eats breakfast (~2tbs cereal with 2tsp fruit 1.5oz BM spoon fed, 3-4 small chunks of cheese self fed, 1-4 pieces of fruit self fed or I help - she does not like gooey fingers)
Lunch (~3-4 pieces of pasta or bread self fed, 2-4 pieces of veggies self fed, 2-3 small chunks of cheese, sometimes some ground meat in form of small meatball, 1.5oz of BM from cup)
Dinner/snack (2-3 pieces of pasta/bread, 1.5oz BM from cup)
We are introducing a variety of carbs, veggies, protein etc. Just basic example.
I never force feed, she chooses most of her finger foods, but I generally only offer small amount of each item. She doesn't yet eat a meal at dinner only a snack so she is part of the meal.
I want to make sure she is drinking enough milk (she feeds for only 5 mins/feed) but I don't know if I should offer more food at her meals? Or more at dinner? She usually opens her mouth for more cereal when it is gone and would probably eat twice as much cheese if I offered.