Gemma & Jake
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Hi I was just wandering when you started weaning and how much food and milk your LO is having now.
Question for mums with a baby around 6 months old
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Hi, my Kate is six months old tomorrow and I started to wean her at 17 weeks and she is now on 3 meals a day plus snacks. Her milk intake is a rather crap 15 oz a day but I am trying to get her to take more. At the moment this is a typical day:
7.00 4oz of milk as a drink and 3oz mixed in with baby cereal.
10.00 pureed fruit
12.00 chicken dinner or whatever
14.00 fromage frais
17.00 mince and veg then a little pudding
19.00 I give her a bottle and if I am lucky she will have a few oz but sometimes takes none.
22.00 6 or 7 oz of milk
As you can see she eats well but I know she needs more milk as she is too young to be fully weaned so I am trying her with a bottle at 10 and 2 instead of the food. She is 17lb and was 9lb born so as far as I can see she is reasonably healthy but I do worry about her getting the nutrition she needs. She just has very little interest in milk! Hope thats of some use to you (even if its a good example of what not to do!)
7.00 4oz of milk as a drink and 3oz mixed in with baby cereal.
10.00 pureed fruit
12.00 chicken dinner or whatever
14.00 fromage frais
17.00 mince and veg then a little pudding
19.00 I give her a bottle and if I am lucky she will have a few oz but sometimes takes none.
22.00 6 or 7 oz of milk
As you can see she eats well but I know she needs more milk as she is too young to be fully weaned so I am trying her with a bottle at 10 and 2 instead of the food. She is 17lb and was 9lb born so as far as I can see she is reasonably healthy but I do worry about her getting the nutrition she needs. She just has very little interest in milk! Hope thats of some use to you (even if its a good example of what not to do!)
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rhys is 5months and his day goes:
6.30am - 8oz milk
9.30am - breakfast, 1 small bowl of whatever i make up lol
12.00pm - 7oz milk
2.00pm - lunch, 1 small bowl of vegetables
2.30pm - 2oz water
4.30pm - 7oz milk
7.00pm - dinner, 1 small bowl of veg and few spoons of fruit
10pm - 8oz milk
Rhys is a hungry baby and would eat all day if i let him!!!!
I make up me own baby food so dont know what the equivalent would be in jars etc
6.30am - 8oz milk
9.30am - breakfast, 1 small bowl of whatever i make up lol
12.00pm - 7oz milk
2.00pm - lunch, 1 small bowl of vegetables
2.30pm - 2oz water
4.30pm - 7oz milk
7.00pm - dinner, 1 small bowl of veg and few spoons of fruit
10pm - 8oz milk
Rhys is a hungry baby and would eat all day if i let him!!!!
I make up me own baby food so dont know what the equivalent would be in jars etc
Gemma & Jake
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Hi thanks for your reply. I only started weaning Jake a couple of weeks ago just before he was 6 months. He now has on a typical day about 24-28oz of formula plus three meals a day. For his meals he usually has about 6 or 7 baby spoons full each time. I am just thinking that maybe he isn't having enough food but as I have only started weaning him recently I suppose his appetite will increase in time.
