at finn's 15-month appointment his doctor said at this age they usually eat one good meal a day.

finn eats 2 good meals a day, breakfast and lunch. on a typical day he'll get a waffle and a banana for breakfast with a cup of milk. lunch is usually some sort of fruit with half a jelly sandwich with a cup of milk. he gets whatever we're having for dinner and his last cup of milk, but he really doesn't eat much (tonight he only ate his peas). he also gets a morning snack with V8 fusion (1 cup has 2 servings of fruits and veggies), and an afternoon snack that's usually YoBaby.

anyway, sorry for going on there. i know finn's a few months older but he's been eating like this for awhile now. personally, i think they'll eat when they're hungry and if they're not interested, they must not be hungry. i do wish finn would eat more at dinner because i don't like to think he's hungry during the night, but he never wakes up so he must be fine.

oh, finn also gets a daily vitamin (a gummi flintstone).

Thanks, I figured it was normal I just wanted ot make sure. Sometimes I think he is going to starve because all he eats is the veggies (greenbeans mainly).

How does finn like the V8? I was just watching a commercial for that tonight and was thinking about picking some up for brayden! I don't know if he would like it or not..

he *loves* his V8! it's the light fusion kind, they have different fruity flavors. his favorite is strawberry banana. if you get the light, not only does it have 2 servings of fruit and veggies, it also has 50% less sugar than the regular. it's a little pricey so i only buy it on sale and stock up.

Great! Maybe we will give it a try! I know I tried it once, when they first came out with it and I didn't like it much but I bet he'd love it to!

val eats like a little piggy, shes only 9 months and she has a tub of stage 2 foods with rice mixed in then another tub of just rice or oatmeal (i fill it back up after its empty) or a stage 3 and then a small bowl of cereal, she eats that 3 times a day has a bottle with the morning one a cup of water with the afternoon one (then a bottle a little later) and a cup of water with the dinner one (and a bottle at then she has 2 snakes one between breakfast and lunch and one between lunch and dinner (usualy like a cinnimon crackers or friut or little puff things)

i cant wait until i can start giving her real foods....for now thats all we can do because it is SO hard trying to find real foods without milk or soy....or corn, for some reason she always breaks out from corn, i have a few things she can eat but not a lot lol

on the original note, im sure hes not gonna starve himself so relax a little (easier said then done i know trust me) just keep offering the food and let him eat when he wants to :hug:

Yeah the others are right. He won't starve. Just make what he eats healthy and he'll be fine. They go through stages that they don't seem to eat anything and other times they eat like hogs.

toddlers are tough.

Oni used to eat LOTS...se's have 3/4 BIG meals a day.

When she turned like 17 months, that changed.

She wasn't goin for the same thing everyday. She wanted variety.

In the mornings she'll eat:
french toast sticks w/ syrup
waffles w/syrup
fruit (peaches, mandarin oranges, nanars, fruit coctail, etc..)
oatmeal(apples & cinn)
grits & eggs
yoplait yogurt
toaster struddles
pop tarts

Lunch:
raviollis
spaghetti o's
mac & cheese (an entire bowl)
PB&J (whole sandwich)
Ham & cheese Sandwich
egg sandwich (w/mayo)
noodles & butter

Dinner:
red beans & rice
spaghetti
chicken
potatoes
veggies
etc...

snacks:
cereal bars
gummies
dry cereal
fruit
goldfish crackers
variety crackers

Basically she eats something different everyday. Maybe you could try swapping his choices up!

Oh, and for breakfast you can do this. In a bowl mix his yogurt with about a tablespoon of oatmeal cereal.
I did that for Oni after she got sick and lost lots of weight. It works WONDERS with filling them up!

It's good if he's eating his veggies.

And the v8 is deeee-lish! Oni gets milk with every meal, and crystal light in between!

Oni's also on a vitamin. It's the poly.vi.sol for toddlers!

Sarah

Thanks girls! I liked when he was on baby food because I knew how much he was consuming and now its just kind of guessing how much gets into his mouth! I guess it just seemed like he was eating more before like when he was on babyfood but maybe not..

Thanks for posting kind of what your kids eat, it helps me with ideas!

Brayden gets quite a variety to. Except when it comes to veggies, we ALWAYS have greenbeans because they are both his and my favorites! But he also gets other types too.

Thanks for the yogurt idea sara! I never really thought about doing that! We get the YoBaby that has like fruit and stuff in it but never crossed my mind to add more things!!

william has breakfast which he doesnt eat all of. he has lunch but if its a sandwich hes very picky and leaves most of the bread. at dinner, he eats it all which is a big meal and he usually has afters afterwards. he has snacks in between aswell, like an apple and biscuit etc

i know its great, but shes gonna be on mostly babyfood until at least a year if not 18 months (obviously she does get some real food but thats not her whole meal) because i have to be so careful and monitor EVERYTHING that goes into her mouth so it is just a LOT easier and as long as she still likes it ya know

From 12-14 months Ava didn't eat much at all. She'd graze, but not even that. I'd stress sooo much about it.
Well at 14 months, she started eating like crazy! She eats a good breakfast and either a good lunch or a good supper. Seldom does she eat all of her 3 meals. The last 3 nights, she's pretty much refused supper, but she drinks her milk cup. She too gets 3 cups of milk a day, one with each meal.
It can take up to 10 times I think for them to like a new food. She'll get stuck on something she LOVES, then not want it anymore.
She also loves the V-8 fusion. I buy it all the time and just dilute it with water. I recently switched to the light, so I probably don't have to dilute it.
I got my neice hooked on it too.

OH and she also eats snacks all day. She likes goldfish, dry cereal, and fruits.
Also, she doesn't really eat meat at all. She prefers her veggies.