How Do I Know How Much to Feed My Baby?

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http://www.askdrsears.com/topics/feeding-infants-toddlers...

He has some good advice on what to feed. Try giving him a cut up banana or egg in addition to another serving, he will probably love it.

ALWAYS nurse, before solids. Otherwise a baby will wean from breast.
This is also per our Pediatrician.

For the 1st year of life, breastmik or Formula is a baby's PRIMARY source of nutrition. NOT solids and not other liquids. And to still nurse, on-demand and especially at growth-spurts.

For the 1st year, 'solids' and 'eating' is only and introduction to 'eating.
It is NOT a baby's primary meal or source of nutrition. In fact, breastmilk or Formula is more nutritionally dense, than solids.

I did not give breastmilk feedings 'with' meals. I always nursed my kids, first. And primarily.
At 7 months old, my kids were only getting solids, once a day.
Feeding solids 3 times a day, is gradually worked up to. It is not the focus. Because, and per our Pediatrician, breastmilk was still the focus.
On-demand.

My kids, even if on solids, still nursed, every 3 hours and more during growth-spurts. I nursed them on-demand, 24/7 day and night.
My kids, were big/tall kids as babies and they had ginormous appetites. But they still nursed a lot. And grew like weeds.

It depends IF you want him to wean, or not.
Then you fill him up with solids and not breastmilk.
But at this age, they still need breastmilk.

he will ween when he's ready- he may like the variety of flavors tho
veggies won't make him husky-
cut the cereal maybe- it's not necessary

so long as he's nursing and thriving he should be ok-

if he's given up the bottle maybe get his ears checked just to be safe-
my daughter had a-symptomatic ear infections for 8 months. it's by the
grace of god that I caught as many of them as I did.

best wishes!

Hi--
As long as you are feeding him milk first you don't have to worry about him weaning himself. If he still seems hungry then go ahead and offer him more--it won't hurt him. As long as you allow him to self-regulate you're good to go. And of course you already know that milk comes first until around a year of age. However, he will still need the milk even then. While in this country pediatricians say you can wean at one, the rest of the world recommends breast feeding for at least the first two years. And many go past that. A child will only wean off the breast if the milk is being replaced by another means---a bottle or sippy cup. It seems that he isn't into that, though, so I don't think you need to worry. You're doing a good job!
J.

If he seems to want more solid food just give him a little more, or add one more solid food meal to the day. Breastmilk will still be the most nutritious thing in his diet so it's still important. He will probably still want to nurse just as much, and he go through days when he is more or less hungry because of teething, growth spurts, minor illnesses, etc. Just let your baby be your guide, he will let you know if he is hungry!

In another month or two he can start eating more after nursing of course. He gets all the nutrition he needs from you. The food at this point is to teach him to swallow thicker substances and then eventually to chew and swallow chunkier foods.