How Much Baby Food?

I was just wondering how much baby food your little ones are eating. My twinkies are 7 months and eating a stage 2 fruit with oatmeal around 10 a.m. and then they share a stage 2 veggie with rice around 5 p.m. I was just curious to see if they should be eating baby food 3 times a day and also if you feed them any of the baby food deserts. I've checked them and they seem to have sugar, has anyone found any that doesn't? :unsure:

 

We were on three meals a day at 6 months but we started solids at 4, so it varies. It sounds like they are eating a good amount. What does your pedi recommend?

I never did desserts. I have a fussy eater and if she gets a taste of something she likes, it's hard to steer her toward anything else. So I stuck with plain veggies and fruits. I did do the combo fruits, but never desserts.

 

My 7 monthers are eating 3 times a day. For breakfast they usually share a stage 2 container. For lunch and dinner they will eat their own stage 2 container. Usually what I do is take a main course container (oatmeal w/applesauce for breakfast) and either a fruit (breakfast) or veggie container and mix the two together. that way the girls are getting all their fruits/veggies along with their main course, still in one stage 2 container.

I have fed them the desserts, I try to look more for the fruity/healthy ones like Mango or Orange Medley. Not sure if they have sugar as I really didn't look. I've fed them the vanilla custard one once I think...

 

my pedi suggested that they each eat at least 4-8 tblspns. of rice cereal a day AND 3 jars of stage 2 (fruit, veggie, meat) baby food + at least 20 oz. of formula.

 

At 7 months we were doing breakfast and dinner baby foods. No lunch yet til about 9 months.

 

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I was just wondering how much baby food your little ones are eating. My twinkies are 7 months and eating a stage 2 fruit with oatmeal around 10 a.m. and then they share a stage 2 veggie with rice around 5 p.m. I was just curious to see if they should be eating baby food 3 times a day and also if you feed them any of the baby food deserts. I've checked them and they seem to have sugar, has anyone found any that doesn't? :unsure:


We're doing pretty much the same thing you are right now. They usually share a stage two jar at each feeding and I try to get some of the rice cereal or oatmeal into them which doesn't always work, because they think it's nasty! If they seem interested in more, I'll give them a little more. We didn't start solids until 6 months, so we're still getting the hang of this!

 

Our girls are eating 3x a day
Breakfast I mix a fruit with their rice or oatmeal -- it's less messy since it's thicker and they like the cereal better that way.
After naptime they'll share a Stage 2 Fruit or veggie.
Dinner they eat off our plates (mashed potato, smooshed carrot or bean, rice -- whatever) if we eat something they can have and/or they each eat about a Stage 2 of veggie or fruit.

I haven't bought the desserts because I'm worried about the lack of nutrition.