How much food does your 7 month old eat in a day??

7m next week just introduced rusk mixed with his milk for breakfast and then around 4:30 half a pouch of veg or home made then bottle around 6 for bed x we have blttle at 7 breakfast at 8 bottle around 11 and then 2 x

6:30/7 wake & milk
8:30 nap then nap every 2 hrs after wake up
9 porridge
10:30 milk
2 milk
5 food
6 milk

I only just started 3 meals in the last few days and she’s 100% been sleeping better for it. She has 2 feeds during the night but she feeds on command as is breast fed so I’ll try give you a rough time when she feed.
7-7:30 milk
8:30-9 porridge or yoghurt with fruit purée and toast
10-11 cluster feeds
12:30-1 lunch about half a pouch of food and a couple puffs
2 milk
4:30 milk
5:30-6 dinner again half a pouch of food or whatever we are having just altered and some finger foods like avocado or banana
7:30 milk

I read that you start with one meal at 6 months then biuld up to 3 when they are 9 months! Where did you find this info out please? I swear it’s so hard to keep up lol 😂

My LO is 8 months old and we are on 2 meals a day.. we have porridge together in the morning and then either lunch or dinner, each day varies as to which depending on what we have going on each day.. He is breastfed and we haven't dropped a feed yet either.. I don't think we will introduce both 3 meals and dropping a feed until closer to 10 months

Definitely don’t need to be doing 3 right now.. they need to be on 3 by the time they are 1..
7am - breakfast and 7oz bottle
10am - 7oz bottle
1pm - lunch
4pm - 7oz bottle
7pm - 7oz bottle

We shall try dinner in a month or so but there is no rush..

My daughter is nearly 7 months and is on 3 meals a day.

She has a good routine and the 3 meals have helped her x

I should add.. this is what I’m offering her. She doesn’t eat all of it, just trying to give her

We’re 7 months and only really on 2 meals a day! And she has only just really started eating again after being poorly for a few weeks x

My son is 7 months and on a few spoonfuls once a day. Babies are exploring they don't need to eat anything don't stress

We’re on 2 meals a day then I normally give him melty sticks as a snack in the afternoon (this isn’t everyday)

a friend said to me yesterday that I should be giving 3 meals. But I also thought that they shouldn't start eating 3 meals till around 10 months but I'm just not sure and confused by it all so thought I'd better ask on here lol xx

Its recommended 3 meals a day by 9 months

Thank you everyone 🙈 it's all so confusing to me sometimes. X

Iv checked nhs website they don’t need to eat 3 meals til 10 months. You can just encourage a second meal gradually I’d say then not worry about 3 til 10 months.

I’m going to introduce a snack around 1ish like a baby wafer biscuit etc x

that’s a great idea to help build them up to earring more, will probly do the same

yeah plus encouragement for self feeding too! There’s some in asda blueberry or banana wafted that melt in the mouth too x

We only really have two meals a day. One which is either baby rice or porridge

They will eat when they are ready. You will just know. Don't compare to other babies. I did that and I stressed myself out. My baby is on 1 meal a day and fingerfoods throughout with still 4/5 bottles . X

Banana porridge for breakfast with 6 oz milk then for dinner full jar food/pudding and juice same for tea then x2 rusks and 8 oz milk for supper before bed xx

My LG is 7 months and she's only really on one meal a day which is normally breakfast, then has a snack for lunch, she isn't interested in eating really just likes to play with her food. She's great with finger food snacks like the Ella's kitchen melty sticks, or those wafers that recommended.
I've been stressing myself so much that she's not eating enough and she'll be behind, but she's sleeping through the night and isn't hungry, so I'm following her lead
At the end of the day she's my child so I know her better than anyone, we all need to stop stressing so much about the guidelines and just go with our babies!

My LG is 7 months and still on 1 meal a day which is dinner and with that she dosnt really eat it there is no way she is ready to eat 2 meals let alone 3 meals a day yet. I'm not expecting proper food consumption until around 8-9 months she is getting plently of her milk so i'm not worried.

You should start gradually building up to 3 meals a day buy 10 months and then 3 meals and 2 snacks by 12 months.

Weaning at the begining is just all about them exploring different textures at 1st.
Their milk is their main nutritien until 12 months.

I was getting so stressed when starting to wean that i was going out buying foods that we dont even eat ourselves and wasting it until someone said i'm making it a lot harder for myself by doing that and just buy/cook the food/meals that we always have x

Rebecca you’ve literally just helped all my worries. My eldest who was born a lot bigger than my 7 month old was weaned easier and earlier.
But I was worrying that she was still having more milk and less meals, but actually it’s completely normal that some days she won’t even want the meal if she’s had porridge in the morning etc. And I no longer care or worry. As long as she’s having her milk xx

😊 we put so much pressure and stress on ourselves. I used to worry to and compare her to others but now i dont as i know each baby is different and they all learn in there own time.

I started weaning her a 6 months but she was nowhere near ready but i kept pushing her and stressing out until it finally hit that she wasnt ready so we stopped until i knew she was. Some days she will eat what i give her others she wont. Like the other night i did her some scrambled eggs and she just sat there squashing it all in her hands 🤣
Some evenings she i dont give her any food as she falls asleep before i start dinner.

She was only 5lbs3 when born so she is dinky for 7 months and thats why i dont expect her to be eating much until a bit later on xx

of course. But I agree, I don’t feel like Mia was really ready straight away either. So as long as she follows her line in her red book. With milk mainly, it is what it is 😊 xx

also what is the swishing in the hands about. The snack crisps. My oh my? Everywhere!! Haha xx

i know 🤣 our dog sits waiting at the kitchen door until we let her in she loves all this weaning and clearing up the mess 😂 xx

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My 7month old isn’t interested in food at the moment so I really wouldn’t worry. They don’t depend on food until they are 1. It’s more about trying new taste. I give him food through the day he’ll normally take 1 month full and refuse it. Finger food he will almost lick it and throw it 😂

I think it depends on each baby how they are with food do they tolerate it etc. i give my baby 3 meals and a snack then milk inbetween it all so milk breakfast milk lunch milk snack milk dinner milk. She only eats a few spoons but it’s she’s in a good routine and enjoys eating a variety of food! She still has the right amount of milk for her age and height and weight etc

My little one is 7 months however we started weaning late as I wanted to wait until he was sitting unaided. We started on 1st Feb with lunch, then on 1st March I will be doing breakfast and then 1st April dinner too.
You do whatever you feel comfortable with and at your own pace.
The most important thing at this age is still their milk as that is where they get all their nutrients from.

My daughters gna turn 7month in March she's currently 6month I give her weetabix in the morning and then milk and she goes down for a nap at 1ish I give her milk and then after half hour I give her wafers.. and then she has her milk and goes to sleep again after her nap she will play and I will give her 5 smiley faces and then a satche of banana and apples or peaches and then she will have her last bottle and go to bed

Mine is just over 7 months she has three meals a day and wants to eat lots lol. For example porridge in morn lunch she would
Eat a whole pouch plus loads of picky foods to suck on and dinner a bit of spoon feeding and some picky bits again

Can i start giving her yogurtrt or is der a special kind of yogourt for the babies

they have normal full fat natural or Greek style yogurt

I have a 4 year old too and just used his yoghurt for my 7 month old petit flous

We only have breakfast and an evening meal atm, going to start looking at either a snack or lunch in the next few weeks