Food portions

So my LB is 8 months in the 5th of March and he has only just take an interest in food he literally wouldn't take anything before now IF I managed to get the spoon in his mouth before he would just spit it all out so he was 100% milk. He's now starting to take certain purees but I don't know if I'm giving him too much as when you start wearing at 6months they say to give them a couple of teaspoons but he's nearly 8 so technically he should be having bigger portions but I don't want to feed him too much. I've been letting him guide me and stopping when he stops opening his mouth but last couple of nights he's been very irritated and I don't know if it's just his stomach adjusting to the food or if I've overfed him !

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They won’t eat if they aren’t interested. I panicked at 1st cos my lb would eat and eat 🤣 they advise to start with a couple of spoonfuls but you can offer more if they want it. I was stressing cos my lb would demolish a whole weetabix where my friends lg barely finished half. They are all different. Plus I’ve found purées make it look like soo much more food🙃

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I have a small baby but if I give him a pouch of puree for a meal he will finish the pouch and want more. I don’t offer purees often, just sometimes when travelling or out and about, but mainly BLW and spoon feeding cooked meals. I wouldn’t worry about overfeeding!

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