DD is 4.5 months and we started her on baby food purées a few weeks ago. She typically eats 2.5 - 3 tablespoons per feeding but definitely has some feedings of up to 5 tablespoons (an entire 2.5 ounce tub). She even had one feeding this weekend where she ate 9 tablespoons! And this is all in addition to drinking 35–37 ounces of formula per day!
How much purée does your LO eat at a time? Particularly, how much did they eat in the early days of feeding solids?
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pomegranate / 3565 posts
DS1 was a little piggie and ate a whole small container from the beginning.
pineapple / 12793 posts
First feeding for DD1 was half a big sweet potato. For DD2 it was a pouch and three tablespoons of oatmeal.
They both caught on to eating really quickly.
grapefruit / 4400 posts
We didn't do purees until our kids were 6+ months, so they would eat the whole container each time.
nectarine / 2134 posts
The AAP doesn't recommend starting solids to closer to 6 months. That being said, we started our LO at around 5.5 months on some purees and some soft table foods (avocado, butternut squash, sweet potatoes, etc). He's never been a huge eater and still BF at 15 months so he's getting some calories there too. I'd say in the first few months of solids he would eat less than 2 oz per meal.
grapefruit / 4355 posts
@NorCalWayfarer: Our pediatrician gave the OK to start her at four months.
grapefruit / 4321 posts
Same as @HabesBabe: we didn't start until 6 months so she ate a full tub at most feedings.
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
We also started both LOs at 6 months and they only ate 1-2 bites per feed. They didn't eat a lot of solids until they were closer to 10 months.
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
We started at 6 months and he'd eat about 1.5 - 2 oz at a time usually.
Now at 10 months, he eats 3-5 oz each meal.
nectarine / 2173 posts
We're at 7 months and she has about 2 oz, sometimes more. We did a very slow introduction just before 5 months and she'd only have a couple tablespoons not even every day. We're now at 3 meals per day.
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