On average, how much baby food does a seven-month-old eat? My son eats 3 to 4 jars a day and finishes them all. He uses to eat 1 to 2 jars, barely finishing it and drinking 6oz every 4 hours. I’m glad he’s eating more now, but am I feeding him too much or is it normal?
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All depends on the baby. If he hungry, feed him.
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Food before one is for fun. Primary nutrition should be breastmilk and or formula
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My son never seemed full with jars so we switched to BLW and he liked that more than purees
My son ate that much too grew up strong tall and he’s never been sick!
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Is he on the skinny or chubby side
Try mixing baby cereal in with the jar. It may hold him over a little longer but it seems like he’s in a growth spurt!
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That about how much mine eats. I mix with oatmeal to make it go farther
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My 7 month old will usually only do a maybe 5 spons of baby food. I exclusively pump and I usually make 30-35oz a day and usually only save about 4oz a day now. Shes tried things that dissolve she can hold and chew on. She’s almost pinching. But all babies are different. My 7 month old is in the 38th percentile which has gone up because whe was in the 11th.
Breast milk or formula is needed until one. Anything in addition is just to get them used to other foods. My doctor said you can never overfeed baby, they will stop when they had enough
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I fed my 7 month old children finger food -it’s really good eye-hand coordination skills.
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It’s good! Keep him on a variety of veggies not just fruits so he doesn’t get accustomed to sweet stuff my daughter at about 8 9 months started eating real food. She can kill some mac n cheese and chicken nuggets at 11 months with 2 teeth lol
He’s a growing boy, ask your pediatrician if she thinks he’s eating too much.
To all the moms saying “food before 1 is just for fun” yeah I’m sure OP and most moms on here know that. It isn’t what she asked. Now to answer the question, my girls were both off baby food by 7mo and eating whatever we ate. They both ate 3 meals a day, plus snack between lunch and dinner, plus bottles of formula (about 14-16oz each day). If concerned talk to the dr but I think its perfectly fine what you’re feeding you babe.
My son was 9.5 # at birth, I breast fed him for 39 min on each side and gave 4 jars a day of food. Kids generally won’t eat if they’re not hungry. Each baby is different.
Mine eats per day:
- 3 or 4 baby food packs (4oz each).
- formula (daily average of 40oz)
- 2-3 rice rusk crackers
He is 7 months and weighs about 29lbs. He is also 30 inches tall and has been in the 99th/100th percentile since birth. Pediatrician gave his blessing to feed as much as baby wants
That sounds appropriate. Every baby is different. If he’s hungry, feed him.
From my knowledge you can’t overfeed your baby, my doctor told me as long as the amount of food baby is eating isn’t effecting their liquid intake then it’s mostly fine… maybe try heavier food, like oats, grains, things that will fill little tummies with less
If it’s mostly healthy food I don’t think there’s such a thing as too much food for kids.
Every person/baby is different and has different needs. Ask the pediatrician if there are concerns and they will monitor weight, height, head circumference and development.
My son at that age would have 2 Weet-Bix for breakfast 2 mashed up bananas for lunch and mashed vegies for tea
He could be going through a growth spurt. I never did baby food so I’m not sure the equate but my 12 month old has had periods of eating constantly along with periods of not eating as much. At her 12 month well check she was a wonderful weight and the doctor said it was normal.
I think a lot of those jarred food has alot of water. I have always just made my own. Fills them up better.
Give him some soft solids. Scrambled eggs or soft cooked yams, even mashed potatos. There are a lot of “our” foods he could start on. Finger foods are good to learn dexterity. Cheerios, chopped up olives or sliced banana. Jarred food is a lot of water. He could be ready for more filling fare.
It’s probably a growth spurt like most other commenters are saying, bit if you’re worried it’s abnormal, call his pediatrician.
For mine it was 2 jars and bottles in between (about 3-4 bottles a day)
My son ate 3 baby food jars per sitting every 3 or 4 hrs. He started eating baby food at 3 months and almost solids by 7. I make most of my food because he just plowed through.
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If you’re comfortable and think baby is ready try giving him some “big kid” food. Like toast and whole fruits or veggies cut appropriately. That’s what we did with out LO when he was starting to eat more and he enjoyed it a lot.
This sounds normal I fed mine like baby cereal in morning jar of fruit around 10 lunch time food snack in the afternoon and food at dinner time with bottles of formula maybe 3 to 4 bottles during the day 4th bottle would be before bed but never in bed helped with sleeping with a full night sleep but feeding like this helps digestion and you no he’s not hungry or over feeding and keep a routine is always good for babies and even when they get older as toddlers!
Probably going through a growth spurt. Plus boys tend to eat more than girls.
Kids grow at different rates. I had one who ate that much, with cereal at each feeding, and took plenty of formula and water bottles per day. He was 40lbs at a year (the rest of my 4 kids were 20-22 lbs by a year). He’s 10, in 5th grade, and taller than the average 8th grader. He’s been in men’s boots and shoes for over a year. The kid wore an adult sized bike helmet at 15 months old. Always been healthy, just a big guy, who’s probably going to be really tall.
All my kids were done with baby food at that age… table food fills them up better and longer
My daughter did this and the doctor told me to go with it. She went several days eating like that and some days where she just ate a very little bit of food and all milk/formula. She still does from time to time at 16 months.
If he has teeth…you can start giving him soft people food; mashed potatoes, etc. At his age, he does not need to be eating every 4-hours.
Start doing soft “ adult “ food , he’s prob hungry
My son was 5-6 months eating 4-6 jars a day plus solids until I swapped him to just solids. Now his appetite fluctuates haha
No if that baby hungrey let them eat my son is 10 years old autistic he can eat a whole footlong by himself plus drink them babies are growing