How much is your 9 month old eating?

[momofnewbaby]

Hi everyone,

Just wondering, since my almost 9 month old dd is a small eater, just wondering how much are your lo's eating (so I can have an idea of what is normal), and if anyone has any suggestions how I can increase her diet.

Thanks in advance,

Sumita

[NKmommy]

Hi Sumita,
My 9 mos old will only drink about 16 - 20 oz a day of formula (plus a few sips of water from his cup here and there).  He eats three meals, plus some snacks of cheerios, especially when we are in the store to keep him happy - bad habit, I know.  For his meals, I usually spoon feed him while he is eating finger foods on his tray.

For breakfast, he will eat about 1/3 - 1/2 a mug of cereal mixed with fruit.  He also snacks on cheerios while I am spoon feeding him.

For lunch, he usually has about 4 oz of baby yogurt and will eat pieces of food from his tray, like maybe a waffle (he will eat about 1/4 of it).

For dinner, he will eat a 4 oz jar of veggies, and will eat pieces of food from his tray, like pieces of chicken or turkey. 

Hope that helps...

[Mum to Ella Rose]

Hi there,

Dd drinks between 20-24 oz. of formula plus sips of water as well. For breakfast she usually has a cube of fruit (I make the baby food) cut up in pieces now or pureed with 3tblsp. of cereal. (dry) Plus cheerios. For lunch it's usually a tblsp. of yogurt and a food cube (usually a mix of veggies/meat/fish, etc) sometimes two cubes and for supper two food cubes and 3tblsp of cereal with the ever present cheerios.  :lol: Sometimes she'll have cooked pasta as a finger food, cheese, bits of chicken, etc. as finger food with the meals too. We just started snacks before the first nap and after the second as we're tweaking her bottle feeds at the moment. Snacks are usually just water and crackers, or cheerios, cheese, etc.

Hope that helps...and sorry if it's a bit confusing...dd is calling me! :lol:

Sharon

[Erin (redstarfalling)]

You'll probably hear lots of responses with tons of food , but here's what my dd was eating at about 9 months on a really good day (and she's not eating much more now at 11 months!):

BF 4-5 times per day
Breakfast - 2-3 Tbsp cereal mixed with fruit and breastmilk
Lunch - 1 cube mixed meat and veggies and sometimes a bit more veggies on a really good day, 1 ice cube fruit
Supper - 1-2 cubes mixed meat and veggies, 1 cube fruit

She still managed to gain weight with this (and she'd only eat this much maybe once a week - the rest of the week it's much less :roll: ). HTH!

[momofnewbaby]

Thanks a lot for your responses. Especially Erin. It just gives me satisfaction that Mihika is going to be ok. I know all moms say their child doesn't eat much (atleast from where I come from), but seriously, on a good day she'll have 20 oz of milk, and 4 tbsp of solids in a 24 hour duration. I've read so many posts where moms ask "is this too much" and I keep thinking when will she get there.

But I guess, I should just relax, and as long as she's happy, active and gaining weight I shouldn't worry too much.

Thanks again. You ladies are wonderful.

Sumita

[NKmommy]

You got it, Simita.  Every baby is different.  You're absolutely right that if she is happy and gaining weight, forget numbers...  You have a beautiful little one...   

[Erin (redstarfalling)]

Glad to help and it's nice for ME to see other moms with tiny-eater babies! 

[Jrolph]

My DS also doesn't eat very much.  He is a pretty big boy but he just doesn't like to sit in his high chair long enough to eat enough solids.  I too worry that he doesn't eat enough but I can't really make him eat anymore then he wants to.  He currently is BF 4-5 a day and he still wakes at night to eat too.  I wish he would eat more so that I could have a good nights sleep but I haven't been so lucky.  He was doing really well at the begining of August and then we went away camping for 3 days and everything has been messed up since then.  Oh well I just hope and pray that he will start sleeping through by the time I go back to work, but honestly I am so used to waking up now that I probably wouldn't be able to sleep through the night if I could.