On the advice of our paediatrician, we started solids (puree) at 4 months and our little man took to them brilliantly! Our nurse said to start with a teaspoon or two once a day after his bottle. She then said that we should build the amount up by adding an extra teaspoon a day until he was comfortable taking the food. Because he took to solids so well she eventually said to feed him until he didn't want anymore. Like you, I thought he would just eat and eat, but he didn't - he stopped when he was full!
Since we started earlier than you, by 5.5 months he ate the equivalent of a small jar or baby food twice daily (morning and evening) after his milk feed. Because he started so young, we only gave him fruit and veg and then, at 6 months, introduced some meat and started on 3 meals a day after he his bottle.
I suppose to give you an indication of amounts I would have to tell you what we were giving him when he was 4.5 months old (i.e. 2 weeks after starting solids) which was 1 meal daily - probably the equivalent of a half to about 3/4 of a small jar of baby food.
Anelise started off with just a few teaspoons full of food and now she is eating about 2-3 large tablespoons per meal (3 per day)
I always started off by serving up a tablespoon full off food and going from there... if there was too much I could just throw the extra away and too little I could add more to.
I would personally try to give him as much as he wants. I understand you don't want it to impact on the breast feeding, but ulimately that is going to happen as you're weaning your baby onto solid food as the main food source and any breast feeds once they're on mostly food is a bonus
FWIW, Anelise eats 2-3 times per day (depending on her mood) but she also has 4-5 bottles per day too.
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