This is not a new thing... but it's not getting any better.
DS is 11 months, has been on 'solids' (real, actual "meals"... a bit of protein, rice, veggies, fruits, whatever... normally whatever I'm eating), since about 9 months. So 2-3 months.
He eats Everything. So far, I haven't found anything he won't eat, including seaweed (in sushi), lemon pieces, and fish (although fish is a new one and only been a few times). Actually, I haven't been able to decipher anything he actually LIKES because he just wants everything. Meals have always been difficult - he wants more, he wants it faster. He doesn't want the spoon - he wants the spoon coming at him faster. He doesn't seem to care either way, self-feeding or spoon-fed.
Although if he's self-feeding, it HAS to be one bit at a time, or else he'll just cram everything in his mouth, and at lightning speed.
Now has a high-pitched squeal. So where I used to be able to take him out to a restaurant, now the Squeal, when food is not coming fast enough, is almost too much for a public place.
And when the "meal" is over, he has a total melt-down. With Tears. Everyone has witnessed it (friends/family). It seems like he's still hungry; or more so, that he's Starving.
At home, it's quenched with me also ending my meal, casually grabbing all the plates and taking them away, AND giving him a sippy of water (which he'll drink a good 2+oz). If I don't get him out of his "chair" immediately, he'll start up again.
He is not hungry. He can't possibly be.
Yes, I'll admit that I do want to talk to his ped about this (in detail), going over what I feed him in a day. But between 3 "meals" and bottles, which he's still getting 5-4oz during the day, one to go down at night, and one (sometimes) during the night... it seems like he's getting a TON of food. He's a chunk... granted, he's stretching out a bit. But he was 22lbs at 9 months... I bet he is still 22-25lbs (haven't weighed him in a while).
I've never heard of a baby doing this (and never seen one eat as much as he does); and neither have any of my friends/family. It is starting to be a concern.
Ideas?
DS is 11 months, has been on 'solids' (real, actual "meals"... a bit of protein, rice, veggies, fruits, whatever... normally whatever I'm eating), since about 9 months. So 2-3 months.
He eats Everything. So far, I haven't found anything he won't eat, including seaweed (in sushi), lemon pieces, and fish (although fish is a new one and only been a few times). Actually, I haven't been able to decipher anything he actually LIKES because he just wants everything. Meals have always been difficult - he wants more, he wants it faster. He doesn't want the spoon - he wants the spoon coming at him faster. He doesn't seem to care either way, self-feeding or spoon-fed.
Although if he's self-feeding, it HAS to be one bit at a time, or else he'll just cram everything in his mouth, and at lightning speed.
Now has a high-pitched squeal. So where I used to be able to take him out to a restaurant, now the Squeal, when food is not coming fast enough, is almost too much for a public place.
And when the "meal" is over, he has a total melt-down. With Tears. Everyone has witnessed it (friends/family). It seems like he's still hungry; or more so, that he's Starving.
At home, it's quenched with me also ending my meal, casually grabbing all the plates and taking them away, AND giving him a sippy of water (which he'll drink a good 2+oz). If I don't get him out of his "chair" immediately, he'll start up again.
He is not hungry. He can't possibly be.
Yes, I'll admit that I do want to talk to his ped about this (in detail), going over what I feed him in a day. But between 3 "meals" and bottles, which he's still getting 5-4oz during the day, one to go down at night, and one (sometimes) during the night... it seems like he's getting a TON of food. He's a chunk... granted, he's stretching out a bit. But he was 22lbs at 9 months... I bet he is still 22-25lbs (haven't weighed him in a while).
I've never heard of a baby doing this (and never seen one eat as much as he does); and neither have any of my friends/family. It is starting to be a concern.
Ideas?
