I feel a little stupid asking this.
DS is 11 months old today. He nurses very frequently-- always has. He's a big fat dumpling of a boy. We didn't start solids til 7 months and he was very slow to really get into food. Now he's into it. We do a little pureed stuff but he mostly wants to feed himself. We are a vegetarian family. I feed him solids 3x daily. Sometimes it's easy to tell that he's done- but lately it's harder. Like dinner tonight. I gave him a few happy bellies organic green puffs while I got everything together. Then he and I split 2 pluots. I sauteed spinach in olive oil and blended it with cottage cheese. He was not really into it, but had maybe 6 spoonfuls? Then he ate black beans. Tons and tons. I mean, like more than I can eat. He loves them, and often his poop will be full of bean skins (sorry tmi) I feel like he would gave eaten them forever. So I decided to give him something else ....He had half a slice of cheddar cheese. And then he had 2 squares of nori. I gave him a little rice off of my plate, and some corn.
He cleared his tray. He was eating for almost an hour!!!!
My question is - should I have kept offering beans even though he ate so so many already?
I have been playing solids by ear and trying to give him balanced organic foods- mixing binding food with more fibery ones to keep him regular etc... My mother (who never breastfed us past 4 months old) told me that hes hungry, when I told her not to feed him more bread at an Italian resturant. At the time I knew she was wrong. He was fine and happy... But on nights like tonight when I control the portion in a sense instead of 100% following his lead I start to wonder....
How do you handle "portions" with your babes- ESP when feeding finger foods?
DS is 11 months old today. He nurses very frequently-- always has. He's a big fat dumpling of a boy. We didn't start solids til 7 months and he was very slow to really get into food. Now he's into it. We do a little pureed stuff but he mostly wants to feed himself. We are a vegetarian family. I feed him solids 3x daily. Sometimes it's easy to tell that he's done- but lately it's harder. Like dinner tonight. I gave him a few happy bellies organic green puffs while I got everything together. Then he and I split 2 pluots. I sauteed spinach in olive oil and blended it with cottage cheese. He was not really into it, but had maybe 6 spoonfuls? Then he ate black beans. Tons and tons. I mean, like more than I can eat. He loves them, and often his poop will be full of bean skins (sorry tmi) I feel like he would gave eaten them forever. So I decided to give him something else ....He had half a slice of cheddar cheese. And then he had 2 squares of nori. I gave him a little rice off of my plate, and some corn.
He cleared his tray. He was eating for almost an hour!!!!
My question is - should I have kept offering beans even though he ate so so many already?
I have been playing solids by ear and trying to give him balanced organic foods- mixing binding food with more fibery ones to keep him regular etc... My mother (who never breastfed us past 4 months old) told me that hes hungry, when I told her not to feed him more bread at an Italian resturant. At the time I knew she was wrong. He was fine and happy... But on nights like tonight when I control the portion in a sense instead of 100% following his lead I start to wonder....
How do you handle "portions" with your babes- ESP when feeding finger foods?
