Hellobee Boards Topic: Do you track your LO's servings?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Do you track your LO's servings? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:59:57 +0000 sarac on "Do you track your LO's servings?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-your-los-servings#post-2715950 Fri, 24 Mar 2017 16:07:19 +0000 sarac 2715950@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes. I grew up really picky, and my parents just gave in at a really young age - so I was always very protein deprived. It caused really serious headaches, way low muscle mass, it was just awful. So I go pretty overboard with my kids - I'm actually trying to dial it down a little. But I always make sure that each meal is protein and plant heavy, with lots of healthy fat, and that they eat protein before they have anything too sugary. Thankfully they're great eaters, and it really shows in their health and body compositions. KayKay on "Do you track your LO's servings?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-your-los-servings#post-2715887 Fri, 24 Mar 2017 14:04:05 +0000 KayKay 2715887@https://boards.hellobee.com/ No. Most meals include at least one thing from each of carb, protein, fruit, and veggie. I generally allow for additional servings of fruit & veggie, usually will give more protein (esp if it's a healthy option and/or one that they don't always eat), but try not to offer any additional carbs unless it's delivering something else too (e.g., another serving of spaghetti w/ sauce, another half of a turkey sandwich, more pita w/ hummus). MrsBrewer on "Do you track your LO's servings?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-your-los-servings#post-2715793 Fri, 24 Mar 2017 11:08:13 +0000 MrsBrewer 2715793@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Nope, I just make sure to always offer a protein, veggie, and fruit at each meal! Snacks have the carbs covered ;-) snowjewelz on "Do you track your LO's servings?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-your-los-servings#post-2715764 Fri, 24 Mar 2017 10:28:14 +0000 snowjewelz 2715764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ No... I have a vague idea but I don't track. I know for sure she's not eating enough veggies! Purpledaisy on "Do you track your LO's servings?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-your-los-servings#post-2715484 Thu, 23 Mar 2017 21:07:48 +0000 Purpledaisy 2715484@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Nope! caterw on "Do you track your LO's servings?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-your-los-servings#post-2715459 Thu, 23 Mar 2017 20:34:25 +0000 caterw 2715459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @newlypregnantlady: Same here. DD does not like protein foods (except peanut butter) so I track those and also that she eats enough calories. She's a skinny mini and I worry about her eating enough. I serve a fruit at breakfast and both fruit/ veggie at lunch and dinner pretty much every day so it's easy for me to make sure she gets her 5 in. newlypregnantlady on "Do you track your LO's servings?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-your-los-servings#post-2715407 Thu, 23 Mar 2017 20:05:33 +0000 newlypregnantlady 2715407@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I only pay attention to veggies and protein. Veggies because it's easy for me to give her too few, and protein because she's a bottomless pit and I try to make sure she eats enough to keep her as full as possible. I also try to make sure not to give her too much sodium, but that's more on the days we're not eating at home much. FaithFertility on "Do you track your LO's servings?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-your-los-servings#post-2715400 Thu, 23 Mar 2017 19:58:55 +0000 FaithFertility 2715400@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Kind of If I know we are having bread at dinner like burgers or tacos I skip the sandwich at lunch and give her maybe Turkey rolled up with hummus, and veggies travellingbee on "Do you track your LO's servings?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-your-los-servings#post-2715382 Thu, 23 Mar 2017 19:45:15 +0000 travellingbee 2715382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ No, not really. I just try to make each meal balanced-ish. Bao on "Do you track your LO's servings?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-your-los-servings#post-2714572 Thu, 23 Mar 2017 18:45:00 +0000 Bao 2714572@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Do you actually pay attention to how many servings of each food group your LO is getting per day? I have never paid that much attention, I just guess based on what they've had to eat that day, and if I feel they didn't get in much fruit, that'll be what they eat before bed for their snack. I'm going to guess some days they get in more carbs than anything else ;)