Portion size for a (nearly) seven month old

[Twinklemegan]

Hi folks. Has anyone found the recommended portion size in the Annabel Karmel book really small? I've recently tried a couple of her recipes, but I've found that it doesn't make nearly so many portions as she says of the size my DS eats. eg I just made her courgette gratin this evening - it should apparently make six portions - for my son it made two and a bit . Am I stuffing him full to busting?!

I used "another" book a lot in the first stage weaning and have used those suggested portion sizes as a guide and stuck with it. He wolfs down everything I give him, and still takes 21-25 oz of milk a day. He's not a huge baby either - just below average on the centiles - but he is VERY active.

[Wallace]

Hi twinkle, sorry can't help because as you know we are doing BLW (as opposed to MLW )

Like you, I am astounded how much ds eats. We have a dog and I assumed she was having most of ds' food, but she wasn't there today when ds was eating and he ate heaps, there was hardly anything on the floor.

[Twinklemegan]

Thanks Wallace. This question actually makes me sound really anal which I'm not at all really.

[worzella]

Our nearly 7 month old has BM followed by baby porridge (4 table spoons), the BM at 11 ish, then 6 cubes of savoury mush followed by a fromage frais, then BM at 4 ish , then 6 cubes of savoury mushm followed by 3 cubes of apple or pear, then bedtime BF. Gosh, that sound like quite a lot!! I worry about overfeeding her but she will close her mouth when she's had enough!

[Twinklemegan]

Yes, that sounds very similar worzella - thanks. Like you, DS does let me know if he's ever had enough, which is pretty rare tbh.

[kbaby]

Hi twinkle- We have 2 tbsp of porridge for breakfast and then 5-6 cubes of veg for lunch, tea is normally a organix fruit purree pot. As long as your DS is still taking his milk then he obv wants the amount of food your offering.

[Ceebee74]

Hi Twinkle

I found the same as you with Annabel Karmel's books - I was also using her ice-cube trays (are you?) which are huge and it was only making half of the portions she stated in her book - did seem a bit strange that her book didn't match her ice-cube trays iyswim!!

Although (if you have had a chance to read the p-n thread), I have become lax in cooking for DS (so this is all in 'jar' speak), he is eating loads now - is having 4 tablespoons of porridge mixed with fruit puree for brekkie, half a jar of savoury plus half a jar of dessert at lunch and a full jar at tea - plus between 25-30oz of milk each day - so I don't think you are overfeeding your DS - they will stop when they don't want anymore

[kbaby]

Ive never actually checked out the number of portions in her book. In fact sometimes I also forget to weigh the ingredients and just go with the 'oh that looks ok' line

[Twinklemegan]

Thanks everyone. That makes me feel better