Dexter eats LOADS, on a typical day (yesterday) he had:



woke up, had milk (breast milk) from both sides



for breakfast he had probably the equivalent of 2 petit filous sized pots (I use this as a guide) of pureed apple mixed into baby porridge, followed by milk



then for lunch he had broccoli and cauliflower cheese (probs 1.5 pots) then half a pot of the left over apple, followed by breast milk



another load of breast milk mid afternoon



for dinner pureed butternut squash, carrot and sweet potato (probs the equivalent of 2 pots again) followed by a yogurt



then breast milk before bed



he is a big boy - not sure on weight as its been a few weeks but easily in 6-9 month clothes now



Does this sound too much? I'm sure Libby wasnt eating nearly half as much at this but then she was never a big eater.

sounds about right to me eli started weaning a little bit later but he got up to that much very quickly - its not until recently that he has started shooting up heightwise so im not concerned at all - i used to worry that he ate too much, but im sure now that they will just eat as much as they need, growing is hard work!! maybe it just seems strange because as you say libby was never into her food

Thanks Mari, its just so strange as even when hes had his food he'll want ours too, I'm not used to it at all - it wouldnt surprise me if he ate more than Libby does now

haha elijah went through a phase just around his 1st birthday where im sure he ate more than us, he would finish everything in sight then be after whatever we had and follow us around like a starved puppy its good though, i dont think they can eat too much at that age

Well today has been very similar except he also munched on a rusk while we were eating dinner (his first time and he LOVED it), he still wanted some of my strawberry mousse though I suppose if I'm sharing my food it's less that I'm eating so I might actually lose some weight



I was initially worried about him not having enough milk if I put him on 3 'solid' meals a day but he's still having at least 5 feeds a day so I'm pleased with that.



Just need to get used to having a good eater, he might even coax Libby into eating more

I couldnt tell you Awen probably would eat that much if she was on puree but she tends to just pick and chew stuff so its variable. She did eat half a slice of mashed banana on toast yesterday which seemed impressive!

Amelia has a rusk with milk and a yoghurt or porridge with milk and a yoghurt for breakfast

A jar and a yoghurt for dinner

a jar and a yoghurt for tea.

She also has a snack of mashed avacado and milk between breakfast and dinner.

Were high calorie weaning because of her being prem and the yoghurts the easiest way to get them into he because she loves them.

She also has 6 feeds of 6 oz a day. My girl loves her food lol

Jess ate lots more than Isla when weaning and I was really shocked, tbh I still am......she eats and tries way more than Isla, and I think Jess eats more than her now!



Isla is still fussy, where as I simply cant keep up with Jess xx

He sounds fine hun. I really wouldnt worry.

Lily would eat until she popped if we let her .

x

Sounds fine to me. paige.did about the.same when she was that age x