https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:51:36 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-she-feeding-him-too-much#post-666649 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:33:18 +0000 iheartleopardprint 666649@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just think some parents don't know how to pick up their babies cues that great, and misread them for other things. When my nearly 7 month old DD is full she gets squirmy in her high hair and tries to grab the spoon off me. I know that she is full then, but another mother may read that differently in that the baby must still be hungry.</p> <p>I do feed my baby differently though, I feed her milk first as that to me is the most important source of nutrition for her, then an hour or so later if she is looking hungry I will feed her a little bit of food, maybe just over an ounce if that? I breastfeed so have no idea of how much she drinks though.</p> <p>Being able to follow babies cues is soooooo important, poor lil guy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-she-feeding-him-too-much#post-666568 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:45:34 +0000 tysonja 666568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>wow.. that does sounds like a lot of baby food for one feeding. especially for a 6 month old. Bottle wise, though, it's on the higher side, but my LO was drinking about 7 oz a feed around then. But certainly not using it to chase down that much baby food! :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-she-feeding-him-too-much#post-666534 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:25:31 +0000 yin 666534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If a child is spitting up after a feeding, especially multiple times, then the child is definitely being overfed. Every time someone would feed my LO a bottle, they were convinced that he needed more milk and forced him to drink another ounce or two. DH and I would always remind them that he doesn't drink that much. A minute later, he would always spit up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-she-feeding-him-too-much#post-666389 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:16:21 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 666389@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think lots of people overfeed. One only need look at the increase of obesity in America to know that children are being overfed! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-she-feeding-him-too-much#post-666350 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:06:05 +0000 skibobrown 666350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know. Babies' appetites range widely. I've seen friends' babies eat that much, even though my daughter never eats like that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-she-feeding-him-too-much#post-666342 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:02:06 +0000 MamaMoose 666342@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Its tough to say. Sometimes kids with reflux throw up no matter how much you give them to eat. When LO's reflux was really bad I specifically asked the pedi if I should cut her off after a certain amount of nursing time and he said absolutely not. He said he would much rather that I overfeed her and have her spit some back up, then to have us pick an arbitrary amount of time to let her nurse, and then have her end up underfed. It sounds like what's she's doing is a bit more extreme then unlimited nursing though... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-she-feeding-him-too-much#post-666334 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:59:49 +0000 Mrs. Grizzly Bear 666334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsbells: I don't have many mom friends so I guess that's why this struck me as odd and a little excessive - especially since the kid kept getting sick. I don't know the woman well enough to delve into the fact that he has medication for acid reflux but it still seemed really really odd.</p> <p>Guess that was why I was asking. Trying to understand if maybe she was the oddball or if I am. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-she-feeding-him-too-much#post-666332 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:59:24 +0000 MamaBehr 666332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My guy can EAT, and I mean E-A-T (like yogurt and a whole waffle for bfast) But I don't think he could eat that much now and he is 13 months. When he was six months, never ever. </p> <p>At least I know that if they eat too much they barf, that was a concern for me. DS hasn't barfed due to too much food. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-she-feeding-him-too-much#post-666326 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:57:48 +0000 Mrs. Grizzly Bear 666326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@prettylizy: I intend to keep my nose out of it but I was just wondering what other people's experiences were. Besides, she's not a close friend and it's her prerogative with the kid. Although I do feel bad for him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-she-feeding-him-too-much#post-666324 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:57:11 +0000 Mrsbells 666324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>its hard to tell because some babies genuinely are hungrier than others, but I do know many moms that do overfeed their babies in the way you described </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-she-feeding-him-too-much#post-666321 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:56:14 +0000 prettylizy 666321@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have this problem with my SIL, her little guy over eats then gets sick. I just kept my nose out of it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-she-feeding-him-too-much#post-666316 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:54:51 +0000 loveisstrange 666316@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If he was throwing up on her, I would say she was probably overfeeding him. </p> <p>C didn't eat nearly that much at 6 months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-she-feeding-him-too-much#post-666315 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:54:37 +0000 bunnylove08 666315@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>hmm if her baby was throwing up she might have been over stuffed. Poor kid </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-she-feeding-him-too-much#post-666306 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:52:19 +0000 Mrs. Grizzly Bear 666306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I guess the recent article about not starting solids too soon made me think of this but I have a friend who has a six to seven month old baby boy. While she was over recently, she commented on how much of a bottomless pit he was and then proceeded to feed him both packs of Gerber food in a two pack and then 8 ozs of a bottle! When she finished, she didn't seem terribly concerned by the fact that he then threw up on her four times and just said she needed to be sure to give him his medicine for acid reflux when they got home.</p> <p>DH was around at the time and I remember us talking about it later that evening. Our son, who's 14 months old, eats more than that (obviously) but not much more than that. And when he was six months, we were lucky if he finished half of a carton of food and then some bottle, not two whole packs of food and then 8 ozs! It wasn't until recently that DS got up to about 8 ozs of liquid. Before that, he was eating comfortably at 4!</p> <p>I know every child is different but doesn't this sort of feeding seem a bit excessive? Or am I over thinking this. </p>