7.5 month old - sample food schedules

[daisymelan]

Hi there,

Just wondering where other los are at around my los age.  Not too sure if I should be upping it.

Here's what a day looks like here.  I cook my own food and use cubes from the ice cube tray.

8am bf
9am 1/2 cup of cereal
12pm bf
1pm 3 cubes of veg/ 1 or 2 cubes of fruit
4pm bf
5pm 2 cubes of veg/1 or 2 cubes of fruit/1/2 cup of cereal
8pm bf

Thanks in advance

 

[cwolff]

Rachel at that age was eating a bit less than your LO.  She would have 1-2 Tbs Oatmeal w/1 oz fruit or veggie for breakfast.  2 oz yogurt w/1oz fruit for lunch and the same thing as breakfast for dinner.

I think you need to go by your LO's cues at to whether you should up the amount of food or not.  You've definitely got a baby with a healthy appetite.  Plus, babies tend to bulk up a bit before crawling so they eat more.  I would introduce yogurt because it's such a great source of calcium, protein and fat.  We also introduced egg yolks at that time, which she loves mixed with her dinner.  If you add things to your baby's cereal, you may not need to increase the amount of food.

[* Paula *]

Thomas is a big boy and his schedule looks something like this:-

7:00 - 8oz bottle, 10-12tsp of cereal with fruit
10:15 - Snack - half a bananna
11:30 - 1 Jar food, with half a jar of fruit for pudding
2:30 - 7oz bottle
3:30 - Snack of cheerios or biscuit
4:45 - 1 Jar food with half a jar of fruit for pudding
6:15 - 8-9oz bottle

Even with all that food he wants some of what we are eating if we have anything during the day.

[*Natasha*]

Catherine is 7 months and he is her eating schedule:

7.30am - Bottle 7oz
8.15am - 3tlbs cereal/1weetbix with 2tlbs yohurt and milk
12pm - 2-3tlbs fruit then 1-2tlbs custard or jelly
1pm - Bottle 6oz
5pm - 2-3tlbs veges with 1tlbs of meat and sometimes pasta/rice with stock or gravy mixed in. Then sometimes dessert 1-2tlbs custard or jelly
6.30pm - Bottle 7oz.

Doesn't always finish her solids but i make sure she eats at least half of it.

[daisymelan]

Wow, they are all so different.  I love it, keep them coming!

BTW, we do give him yogurt, but we're out of it just now.  I can only buy the big tubs for him and they go bad quickly. 

[Mommy in Moose Jaw]

Our dd takes anywhere from 5-15 oz of puree each day.  She has 3 meals and each is about the same amount most of the time.  She is pretty picky however and right now will pretty much only eat oat cereal.  She was on a banana kick for a while but otherwise won't touch fruit.  She does, however like virtually anything we eat.  I think she will eat more of a variety once she can handle more texture.  No worries about quantity however as she is 90th%ile height and weight!!

[ks6]

Dave is 8 months.  I don't know where he get his dinner appetite!

8:00 bf + 4oz. fruit/cereal
12:00 bf + 4oz. meat/veggies
4:00 bf
5:30 4oz. cereal + 4oz. veggie + any table food he can chew + will STILL want veggie puffs
7:30 bf