food question for 8 month old from experienced mom's?

Question

my daughter eats 3 solid meals a day, its usually cereal, veg soup and yoghurt/fruit purees. she has no added sugar or salt, I make her food most of the time or use cerelac to thicken the soups. the doc says to let the baby dictate how much she wants to eat but somehow i feel she gets full quickly and wants to move on to some playtime. she is perfect weight, above average height but I was wondering how much in spoonfuls do other babies this age eat. BTW she also has 24-28 ounces of formula. I avoid juices as she isnt too fond of them.

Answer 1

It sounds like she's doing great. Remember that her tummy is small, so she doesn't need many solids yet. She knows when she's full, so don't try to push her to eat more.

Babies at this age should be getting most of their nutrition from formula or breastmilk. Solids are mostly for fun, practice, and to get your child used to a variety of tastes and textures. You could try offering her some finger foods -- cooked veggies, small pieces of fruit, Cheerios, crackers, etc. -- and see how she does with them.

Don't worry about the juice either -- it's much better for her to get her nutrition from whole fruits than juice. I didn't offer my girls juice until they were a year old, and they still only get a little bit with breakfast. They drink milk with lunch/dinner and water the rest of the day. You don't ever need to offer juice if your family doesn't drink it.

At 8 months, my older daughter was very interested in solids, but I only offered her one meal per day and when possible, a few bites of whatever I was eating throughout the day. My younger daughter rarely ate more than a few bites at a time until she was about a year old. She was nursing 8-12 times a day and was simply not that interested in solids yet.

My girls are now 3 years and 21 months old, and they're very good eaters of a wide variety of foods.

Keep up the good work, and just continue to follow your daughter's lead.

Answer 2

One thing must remember is their stomach are small. If she is acts full do not keep feeding her. This will only stretch out her stomach and make her eat more then needed as she gets older.

I would try and cut her down from the formula as well. Around this time is when you should be given her more juices/water. I wouldn't try to avoid juices all together. Do half juice half water and see how she likes that. Keep experimenting because it's important that she gets some juice.

I really can not begin to tell you how much in spoons full my children were eating at the age of 8 months because they were feeding themselves. Give her foods that she can feed herself with.

Cheerios
Zwieback
Graham Crackers
Bananas

If your Doctor is not concerned about her seeming full after a little bit of eating then everything is fine. Trust me she will let you know when she is hunger or not.

Answer 3

My son is 11 mths old and that i had an analogous good situation some weeks in the past... i began him on milk and he did great for some days then swiftly he all started waking up interior the technique the nighttime crying and he would not eat widely used nutrition and he acted like he became ill. I switched him to widely used soy milk and he has been wonderful ever considering. The health practitioner stated it would want to take time to improve an allergic reaction to exploit and to purely shop attempting milk each and every 3 or 4 months till he's comfortable with it.

Answer 4

Solids are mostly for fun and practice at this age. Don't stress out over it and follow her lead. If she's not interested, then she's not interested. You don't want to get yourself into a power struggle over food. Breastmilk or formula should continue to make up at least 75% of her nutrition for the entire first year.

Answer 5

Both of my boys never really knew when to stop eating when they were infants and started on food. Even to this day, my younger son (13 months) would just keep eating as long as you keep feeding him. I found a good way to tell when your baby has had enough is when they burp. Feed your baby slowly, and when they let out a big belch, that's when they're full. :)

Answer 6

At this age, she is getting her real nutrition from the formula, so the food that she eats is just bonus...don't stress if you feel that she isn't eating much...especially since she is the size that she should be for her age.

At 8 months, eating solids is more about learning to eat than it is about actually getting nurished.

Answer 7

She like you knows when she is full let her have her playtime if you force her to eat more than she wants now she will push her self to eat past when she is full as she gets older that can cause her to have weight issues later in life. Listen to the Dr he went to school to learn this stuff he graduated? has his diploma? you go to him because your suppose to trust in him/her

Answer 8

Sounds to me like your daughter is doing just fine, all babies are different, she is above average weight, you just have to watch she doesn't become overweight, if your child is hungary she will eat, she will also let you know when she has had enough, you shouldn't try to force her to eat if she has had enough.

Answer 9

first of all, consult with your pediatrician, as each baby is different.

secondly, it sounds like your baby's intake of formula is higher than average at this age. you should expect her intake to decrease as her intake of solids increases ove the next few months. one tip i've gotten is, at each meal, to feed my daughter (also 8 months) solids before giving her a bottle to encourage her to eat fruits/veggies/protein.

good luck!