Does she eat enough?

Wow im now really worried about how much food Kylah eats. Does this worrying thing ever end?

When Kylah gets up in the morning, she has a 200ml bottle first off because shes crying so much if i dont get it to her mouth fast enogh she will let rip lol. She has barely any food for breakfast, maybe a couple of teaspoons if that.

Morning tea she will have a rice cracker or two and around 100ml of her bottle. Lunch she will eat half a small can of baby food and probaly either 100 or 150ml of bottle.

Afternoon tea, a couple of fish fingers and some bottle.

Dinner, maybe she will eat a whole can, not often though and 150ml of bottle.

Is that enough? Is that why shes so small because she doesnt eat enough? God im freaking out i havent been giving her enough but she just throws the food away that i give her?

Im at work now, but im going to the supermarket tomorrow to try and get a whole new variety of foods for her to try. I just get there and i dont know what she can have and what she cant, its normally if i see another baby with something i will go get it for her lol. Sound silly?

But shes so small?? Shes 9 months old and still in 00 clothes! I feel like its my fault shes not getting bigger. She hasnt been weighed in forever so im not sure what she weighs.

Can i give her cheese? and jam? Cool. Im going to give her heaps of stuff tomorrow and see how we get on. Im working all day today. She doesnt eat fruit at all unless its mashed up. She wont even pick apple up lol and she throws banana away! She likes manderin though..

I always put her in the hairchair with food lol.. it does go everywhere but its cool!

Oh really?? Ok sounds good. Maybe i should try giving her breakfast first in the morning? But she gets so hysterical for her bottle in the morning its quite hard to do..

Yeah she does have a few bottles lol. Im going to try a whole new routine tomorrow i think.  

Ok so i just googled finger foods. Can someone tell me if this stuff is ok to give her.

Wedges? The potoo ones that you cook like chips.

Cheerios. Are the meaning the cereal or the baby savalois?

Cooked meat chopped up to pea size peices is that so she doesnt choke? But wouldnt small peices make her choke?

Mixed veges, just steam them and let her pick them up and eat them?

Pasta? Same way as above? Do i cut it up tiny too?

Dried fruit?

Cooked broccolli heads, do i chop this up tiny or give it to her in little heads?

When i chop up fruit to give her, do i give it in big peices or small? I first thought big peices so she could bite bits off, but she doesnt toch it. If i cut it up pea size wouldnt she just swallow it whole?

hey kylahsmum, there is a thread about the solids before milk change that i found quite helpful, I am still getting my head around this whole thing! T was the same in the mornings for bottle but is fine with getting his breakfast as long as it happens fast after he gets up! they say 600ml of formula now so i had to cut down to 3 bottles and now he is finally eating more food, he was like Kylah just half a tin equivalent at a time, now that there is less milk on offer he is eating better he would just drink milk all day if he could

the aria farm meat chips are good for finger foods, T likes the lamb ones, I personally do strips of food he holds them and eats them himself. pasta i give whole he likes the tortellini fresh pasta, not sure if im meant to give that yet but he loves it,

i think they mean cheerios the cereal, although Thomas loves sausages and i guess they are the same, i do the same strip thing or if in a rush pop in pieces. dried fruit you put in boiling water to soften i havent tried that one yet

I hear people talking about aria chips but i've never been able to find them, where abouts in the supermarket are they?

Are the aria chips full of preservatives and stuff? I dont like the idea of over processed food.

Tom doesnt get much fingerfood as I am still thinking up things. For reference, cold mashed veges, rolled into sausages and baked DOESNT harden up enough to allow them to eat without mashing it all over everything...sounded good.

We have toast, vegemite sammies (must venture away from vegemite), cheese (not too keen on this) mandarin segments, banana, apple in fresh food feeder, pasta spirals (sometimes with sauce on them).

As far as what she can and cant have, my understanding is that she cant have honey, milk as a replacement for formula, nuts and egg white but anything else is pretty much fair game. Just use common sense. dont give her macdonalds etc.

As for choking, I think if it is small and HARD then it is a choking risk. If it is small and soft they gag and bring it back up. At least that is what Tom does.

Nah, they are presevative, colour, gluten, dairy & soy free & come from a farm in lil ol Aria in the King Country- gotta be good for ya!!

cuppatea - I usually find them near chicken nuggets and things like that.

they are YUM! i just give them to him once a week or so, i have made corn fritters (edmonds recipe) without the egg white which he loved, going to try some mini muffins today too.

i was really nervous the first time feeding egg, peanut butter etc but he is fine thank goodness!

wish T would eat mandarins he spits them out! and pretty much eats anything else!

he quite likes raisins good source of iron too apparently i was worried about those too, such a different ball game when its your own child

im not keen on processed foods either but did wonder about some of those muesli bar type things when the time comes, the baked fruit sticks seem healthy enough, does anyone know when i could give him one of those? would be good to have in the bag for just in case...