[mum2jp]

Hi DS is 13.5 months. Just wanting to compare what other toddler are eating round this age as he always seems hungry. Today he ate:

Breakfast: A weetbix and a bannana with a drink of cows milk in a cup (120ml)

Morning tea: A yougurt, some grapes & his bottle of cows milk for sleep (200ml)

Lunch: A cheese and avaocado toasted sandwhich +water to drink

Afternoon tea: A plum, 5 or so grapes and a cheese snack (the little cow shaped ones) + water to drink + bottle of cows milk for sleep (200ml)

Dinner (he will have): Mash Potato, carrot, peas, corn and steak stripes

He mostly eats all of what is given to him there is a some left in the chair and floor though.

Usually he has another snack either: some baby mum mum rice crakers, an arrowroot or the heinz little kid rice crackers when we are out and about

He has water constantly by his side in a sippy cup as i am trying to get him to drink more and he also has a bedtime breastfeed and a breastfeed through the night once.

As i said he always seems hungry but im worried he is eating too much, he is on the 95th pecentile for his weight and the 50th pecentile for his height but this is the pattern he has followed from birth even when he was fully breastfeed and had not started solids he was on the 95th pecentile for weight. What do you think?

TIA

[F1widow]

I'm interested to see what others' say as I think maybe my DD is not eating enough.

I work full time so my DD 14.5 months is in daycare during the week.

Breakfast: Banana and yogurt / porridge and some blueberries / a fruit/yogurt puree pouch if we're running late

Morning Tea: toast and fruit, cow's milk

Lunch: Meatballs with steamed vegetables / shepherd's pie / pasta

Afternoon tea: fruit and milk arrowroot

Dinner: pesto pasta with broccoli / zucchini rice slice with cheese / cheese and spinach ravioli with red sauce and parmesan / lamb and sweet potato cassarole

Sometimes blueberries for dessert (DD loves blueberries and could eat a whole punnet if I let her!)

200mL formula before bed and sometimes another 150mL if she wakes during the night.

The only thing I would suggest OP is maybe serving more vegetables. Have you considered a hot lunch? I also think he's having too much milk considering the other dairy he consumes. But I wouldn't say either of those is a big issue though. What did your ECHN say at his 12 month weigh in?

[mum2jp]

I am still waiting for his 12 month check with the nurse there is a waiting list because of xmas. Might have to call again this wek have already caled twice since the new year. He was weighed last at about 10 or 11 months i think, thats when the nurse did the pecentile in the book.

[F1widow]

Wait and see what they say. I'm sure he's fine! Better to be a chubby bubby than an underweight baby.

[Shorty78]

My DD is 16mths, but thought I would contribute:

Wake up - breastfeed

An hour later breaskfast - 1/2 weetbix, water and offer her full cream milk in a cup (may have a mouthful).

Morning tea: a banana and a few grapes + water (sometimes yoghurt)

lunch - either a cheese sandwich or a platter with avacado, cheese, chicken, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, carrot etc (usually eats a good amount). offer milk. Followed by a breast feed.

Afternoon tea: fruit and maybe a mini muffin + water

Late snack: arrowroot biscuit

Tea: whatever we are having tonight was spag bol, salad and garlic bread. + milk offered

Bed - breastfeed

Trying to get her to drink milk, but she won't so she is drinking maybe 60mls a day. She loves her water has at least 1ltr a day.

[Kitty Fantastico]

My 14 month old eats about the same, but has A LOT less milk. He has about 100-120mls in the morning before his nap and anywhere between 120-180ml before bed at night.

If he's hungry, let him eat! At that age they're burning off so much energy crawling or walking. He obviously needs it.

[mummy.to.one]

DS is 16monthd but his food hasn't changed in awhile.

Breakfast- weetbix or oats with a banana, 150ml cows milk

Morning tea- fruit bar, cheese stick

Lunch- one or two sandwiches (ham and cream cheese, ham and avocado, peanut butter, Vegemite)

Afternoon tea- yoghurt and a piece of fruit.

Tea- can be anything, usually pasta and a sauce, 200ml formula

DS is probably on the 15th percentile for this age, so eats alot we think but doesn't grow!

[Gonewiththewind:...]

We have the opposite problem. 13mth old DS eats barely anything, I have no idea how he even maintains his weight.

Today he ate:
Breakfast: 2x teaspoons wheetbix, 1x rice cracker
Morning tea: 50ml milk, refused all food offered

Lunch: 2x sticks cut up capsicum (2cm long), 2cm square piece of a savoury veggie muffin

Dinner: 2x tsp chicken/rice/veg dish, 1/4 cup cut up apricots, 5x tablespoons yoghurt

Yep THAT IS IT!! He got 1x bf before his morning sleep.

I have no idea what to do, we've seen a speech path & will see the paed again in April.

He still wakes at night for a bf because he is hungry, I tried cutting it out in the hope he'd eat more during the day but it didn't work I went 2 weeks with no overnight feed (and a very unsettled baby overnight) but he didn't eat a single mouthful more.

[CherryAmes]

mtilly, my bub eats barely anything either, tho she breastfeeds all day and night! I'm not too worried, she still has chubby legs and tum, and is happy as larry. Another bub I know who is also breastfed a lot doesn't eat much (and is also chubby). I think the whole relying on food thing can take a little longer perhaps with breastfed bubs?

[mum2jp]

Good to see some other bubs eating about the same. Though he does have alot of milk which he probably dosn't need as he is still having 2 breastfeeds as well. I had to wean his day feeds so i can start back at work so i just swapped them for bottles of milk (which are his 2 bottles a day). I will speak to my MCHN when i finally get in to see her and see what she says. I guess i was a bit worried because some days he actually eats as much or more than i do. He is a solid boy but i wouldn't say he looks overweight. And yes he is now running so i guess he needs the extra energy.