My 7 1/2 month old chucks the biggest screaming/crying thing whenever I try to eat lately. I always give him his meal before I prepare and eat my own so he shouldn't be hungry.

He eats 3 meals a day, 1 bottle of formula and about 5ish BF's as well (2 of which are during the night) and he is offered water around the clock. Is this enough food for him? He seems to be a bottomless pit and so I have been worried about overdoing it with the solids - currently I give him about 1/2 cup per meal.

Any solutions on what I can do? I need to eat healthily to try and maintain my weight and milk supply (I'm loosing weight fast - now 45kgs myself ) At the moment, I seem to be grabbing food on the run which is never the best way to eat - and certainly not eating enough for a BF'ing mum!

If I put him on his playmat out of my sight he will scream until he can see me - so I can't "hide" and eat.