10 month old-BF/food/water-how much??

[Olive]

how much does your your month old feed/eat etc..???

i demand feed DD and do 3 meals plus snacks but often she doens eat much, brekky is almost a no go, lunch is ok as id dinner but snacks are hit and miss, im just concerned shes not eating enough (though i do know breast is still most important), she'll drink heaps of water if i allow her it in a straw cup as thats her new obsession! so i limit water intake

[Olive]

anyone?

[MantaRay]

I don't quite remember, but I think both boys were having only 3 or so bfs a day at that age. DS1 was eating pretty much no solids, and DS2 was eating heaps of solids. DS1 was drinking only a little water and DS2 quite a bit. Funnily enough DS2 is a smaller build than DS1 too!

Not sure if that helps!

[Olive]

thanks mel!!

[2CheekyMonkeys]

my DD2 is 9 months. she has breakky (usually pretty big, mainy farrax and fruit or weetbix made up with formula) then i will give her some toast a hour or so after that. lunch is usually just a custard, then a biccy or a rusk an hour or so after that, then dinner is puree vegies and meat and sometimes a jelly or another custard (usually only half a jar) after that. i give her water after and during each meal and i demand breastfeed throughout the day, so anywhere from 4-10 feeds, though alot of those are snack bar type mini feeds. she still feeds ALOT overnight too, pretty much attached from 11pm onwards. :-( i dunno if that is enough either actually, she is on the little side but i think that is just genetics her sis was little too.

[kylieb77]

I wouldn't worry too much - your daughter will let you know if she is hungry. I think DS was on 2 bf a day by 10 months and ate whatever we had for lunch and dinner. With breakfast I started offering the boob after brekky at this age and that seemed to work better - and he eventually dropped that feed.

[Heaven]

I don't know if DD is eating enough either!! She doesn't really have snacks, just 3 meals. So the last few days I've been making sure she has snacks too but it's not much, just a bit of fruit. When she has meals though she eats a lot so I guess it's ok. She also BFs AT LEAST every 3 hrs still.