Eating Schedule for 11 Month Old

Looks great!
I would only add a snack in the morning between breakfast and lunch.
Have you tried giving him food before his bottles. That might help.
Bottom line - the doctor says not to worry - don't worry! Just keep trying and he will eventually eat more food and need less bottle.

i have a 10 mos girl. she is about 16-17 lbs. she is pretty petite, has been since we brought her home. i had the same questions on feeding, and found 3 meals a day with snacks and 22-32oz formula is standard, but we know every kid is different!!! she has cereal in the morning, 7oz bottle, 6-8oz solid, 6-8oz solid, 7oz bottle in evening then another bottle before bed..
one thing i have started trying is giving her snacks throughout the day. things like cut up fruit, baby cookies or puffs. and she loves pancakes(wheat no white flour of course). it is great for her feed herself and you can tell if they are hungry.
i find some days they just don't eat a lot. if he were hungry he would eat, don't worry. i am sure you are doing a wonerful job.
email me anytime. she is my first, i am no expert but we can share things since our little ones are so close in age.
-M. ____@____.com

Some children are very different. Some can get bigger food like french fries....some can eat table scraps,but be careful. If the child has teeth...try crackers,gram-crackers, or something in that nature.

It sounds like he's eating enough. You just might want to improve the quality of solid food. Instead of feeding him feeding him jarred fruits and veggies, try a variety of mashed fresh fruit like bananas, blueberries, mango, avacado, grapes. Steam and mash veggies and add a little olive oil for healthy fat. You can also sprinkle nutritional yeast for extra nutrition and flavor. Put some organic plain soy yogurt on his tray at least once a day. Let him play with the food in his hands and feed himself. This will help him to enjoy the food and eating experience more and enable him to self regulate the quantity.

Hope that helps!

Hi M.,

Are you concerned your son isn't eating or he's hungry still? I guess I didn't understand. My only sugegstion would be to give him something between breakfast and lunch. Maybe a small snack. At that time i remember I was trying to set up 3 meals a day plus two snacks (wasn't working well, but i was told that's what i was supposed to do). later i learned that the snacks were filling up my girls who were already picky eaters, so at mealtimes they were eating much. I also remember at this age i started offering table foods, like what we were eating though iw as making theirs separate so not a lot of spices, but just try it in the beginning, give a mini pancake after you have finished feeding him breakfast and see how he does. earlier you start introducing real foods it is better to avoid having difficulties later. And then lunchtime after he has finished what you have planned for him give him a triangle of grilles cheese for example or some cooked pasta with a bit of butter, just so he starts getting used to that texture. Around 12 months is when you will switch him from formula to milk, and it would be a good time to get him off the bottle then and start him in a sippy cup (trust me that ended up being another battle for us).
isn't it fun? i always wondered, and still do, how come babies didn't come with a handbook? and every day i learn a new thing or i learn of a mistake i have done :)
good luck
V.

Sounds like baby is eating as much as he wants...Is he gaining weight at a steady pace?
Don't worry...I had the same concern with daughter at this age (my son was always a healthy eater). My doctor told me that their appetite picks up the second year when they start toddling around and building up that appetite!
I didn't formula feed, so I'm not sure how much is the right amount, but I would agree with some of the other mamams about adding some "real" food to his menu. My kids loved for me to cook frozen peas and carrots at that age--they are a good finger food, and very soft. They also loved any kind of pasta (but I found spirals the easiest for them to gum), slices of cheese, banana chunks, and avacado chunks. He may just be bored with the baby food!

My son refused the jars early at around 9 months. He showed me how independent they can be sometimes... Instead of jars of vegatables and fruits, try finger foods with your son with his cereal at his normal feeding times. Incourage your him to use his teeth! Here are a few of my son's favorites...
rasberries (they are soft and easy for them to eat), blueberries, sweet potatoe puffs (they dissolve easily), beans (kidney or baked beans), tortilla, cheese (sargento makes star shaped cheeses that he loves), cheerios, strawberries, orange slices, goldfish crackers, graham crackers, pretzel rods, dried fruit (cranberries, rasberries), raisins (they love the little box gives it gives them something to do for a while), nutrigrain bars or waffles.... i hope this is of some help to you.

honey, a good eating schedule is the one your child will stick to. my daughter is 10 months and she has her good days and bad days. you just have to look at what he eats in a week. at his age he is still getting most of his nourishment from the formula or breastmilk. mine was not a big eater but oh when she finally started. she can eat you out of house and home. if your baby is growing and contented he just may be a picky eater.maybe he does not want to conform to a "schedule".eating is something they do in their own time and not one minute sooner. if you have spoken with the ped. and he is satisfied that he is hitting his developmental milestones and you can see for yourself that he is happy and healthy, i would not sweat it. hungry babies are not happy babies. sometimes it is our own fears that consume us and we don't look at the obvious.you made it this far and it is not because you are lucky, its because you know what you are doing. you can always join a support group for mothers where you can bring the baby and ask all the questions you want.call the la leche league for a group in your area.

How about trying this way?

the 7am breakfast is fine
the lunch at 11 or 11:30 is fine too
at 3:00 pm instead of formula try a finger food snack
at 5:00 dinner and 6 oz. formula
at bedtime you could also give a little formula

Try that why it is more of a better schedule. It worked for me.

I think it sounds okay to me. My oldest didn't eat much more that a tablespoon of cereal and a tablespoon of fruit until she was 11 months old. She was breastfed so I don't know how much she was drinking except when I was at work she got 12-15 ozs of breast milk and one or two bottles of juice for a 12 hour shift-3times a week. I think you'll find during growth spurts he'll of course eat more and then slow down. I tend to look at what my kids eat over the course of the day, and make sure they are getting protein fruits veggies and starchie carbs(which is what I make sure I don't give too much of because that can spoil an appetite) I always through some real food in their tray, cheerios, rice chex, etc, while I'm getting their meals. I also use steamed veggies, carrots, green beans, peas, canned fruit that I rinsed, dried w/paper towel and sliced into sticks, they always loved the pears and that fixes a lot of constipation problems as well. Even if they don't have too many teeth.

Now, I noticed at bedtime you give a 7 oz bottle. Could that be triggering his reflux? I always kept my kids bottles around 4 oz otherwise they seemed to spit up. We had very mild reflux issues and that seemed to keep it under control. Still at almost 18 months my twins drink 4-5 ozs at a time.

HTH,
LaurieK
www.mymonavie.com/LaurieK

As you probably know, every baby is different. Thought I'd let you in on what works for my child. My baby boy is 14 months old. And what I've done from 4 months of age is do meal time like we do. Three meals a day. My child has constipation problems so I never did cereal in the beginning. We have fruit or toast and 8 oz of milk for breakfast. Then lunch around noon which is usually veggies and another 8 oz of milk. Then a snack between lunch and dinner. Crackers, applesauce, yogurt, whatever your child likes. And juice mixed with water in the afternoon for constipation. Then dinner around 6 pm. I still give him a #3 baby jar with meat and veggies with 8 oz milk. So my child gets about 24 oz. of milk for a 14 month old. Hope this may give you a little help. Good luck.

I have an 11 month also. She eats everything in sight. She eats pizza, hot dogs, chicken nuggets, canned peas, french fries, mashed potatoes. And on top of that usually a HUGE bottle of milk. I just can't get her to drink juice, she doesn't like it. I say if you can get them to eat at all it's better than nothing. My 5 year old barely eats anything, so if she wants waffles with peanut butter for every meal I am happy with that too.

Check out a site called www.babycenter.com and search food schedules for 11 month old babies. good luck!!