A few questions for everyone.

[papal]

To get an idea of what your babies are eating.. please could you answer the following questions?!

Age:
Weight (actual and %):
Height (actual and %):
Solid meals per day:
Number of bottles/nursing sessions per day:

Thanks in advance!!

[papal]

Age: 8.5 months
Weight (actual and %): Almost 13 pounds.. below 3rd %
Height (actual and %): 25 ".. below 3rd %.
Solid meals per day: 2 (rice and veggies in the morning, fruit in the evening)
Number of bottles/nursing sessions per day: 7-8

[jbowman]

Age: 7 months (tomorrow)
Weight (actual and %): 15 lbs 11 oz/50% (almost a month ago)
Height (actual and %): 26 1/2 in/75% (almost a month ago)
Solid meals per day: 2-3 (oatmeal or rice and a little fruit for breakfast; if we go out to lunch, I'll feed her something; veggies for dinner)
Number of bottles/nursing sessions per day: 7 sessions

[jk3]

Age:13 months
Weight: 19 Pounds 5th percentile
Height: 30 Inches 10th percentile
Solids: Breakfast:cereal + fruit, lunch: yogurt, american cheese + turkey, dinner: jarred meat + veggies + some of our dinner
Bottles: 4-6, approx. 24-30 ounces

Jenn
DS 6/03

[hez]

Age: 10 months
Weight (actual and %): ~24 lbs (23 lbs, 14 oz, ~90% at 9 months)
Height (actual and %): 28.75" at 9 months, ~75%
Solid meals per day: 2-- cereal and 1/2 fruit for breakfast, veggies and 1/2 fruit for lunch. We'll be adding dinner with some protein sometime soon.
Number of bottles/nursing sessions per day: 7-8 EBM bottles or nursing sessions per day (24 hours)

[sdjeppa]

Age: 9 months
Weight (actual and %): 19.5 lbs - 25-50%
Height (actual and %): 28.5 ".. 75%.
Solid meals per day: just starting 3 per day
Number of bottles/nursing sessions per day: (4) 7 oz bottles or (5) 6 oz bottles.

Jenny, Mommy to Zachary, 9-27-03 (6 weeks early)

[stillplayswithbarbies]

Age: 15 months
Weight (actual and %): 21.5 lbs 40%
Height (actual and %): 30" 40%
Solid meals per day: 3 plus snacks, all table food of whatever we are eating (with maybe some extra fruit or veggies if we are not eating a balanced meal. I keep grapes and canned mandarin oranges on hand.)
Number of bottles/nursing sessions per day: 12-18oz of cow's milk in a sippy cup (breakfast, lunch and one snack) plus nursing three times a day (after work, bedtime, and morning)

you know, with all the stress I had over when to start solids and what to start first and what to give next, it's nice to see where we are now. She's a normal kid who eats normal food. :)

...Karen
Jacob Nathaniel Feb 91
Logan Elizabeth Mar 03

[DebbieJ]

Age: 7 months today
Weight (actual and %): ~16 lbs at six mths (50% ?? I don't remember)
Height (actual and %): ~ 27 in at six mths (90%)
Solid meals per day: 2--cereal and fruit in the a.m. and veggies in the p.m.
Number of bottles/nursing sessions per day: 5 during the day and 2 during the night.

~ deb
Mommy to my sweet boy
B born 12/03

[jpang]

Age: 8.5 months
Weight: Almost 19 lbs. Last checkup 75%
Height: ?? Last checkup 45%
Solid meals per day: 3. Rice cereal and fruit for breakfast, Babyfood (incl. some kind of protein), fruit and cheerios for lunch and dinner
Number of bottles/nursing sessions per day: 3-4 bottles EBM (5oz per bottle)

[hobey]

Age: 6.5 months
Weight (actual and %): 16 lb 9 oz @ 6 month check up, 50%
Height (actual and %): 26.5", 75%
Solid meals per day: 1, Dinner - usually fruit or veggies
Number of bottles/nursing sessions per day: 4-5 6-8 oz bottles

Raquel
Nathan's Mom 12/19/03

[LucyG]

Age: 16 months

Weight: 18 lbs. (1% at her 15 mo. check-up)

Height: 27.5" (3% at 15 mo.)

Solid meals per day: She's eating three meals, and usually two snacks. Since around 11 months we've basically fed her what we're eating, with the exception of things that are too hard for her to chew. She is a cheese fiend, and would eat it at every meal if I would give it to her. She is a typical toddler eater, I guess, as she's gotten pretty picky since her first b'day.

Bottles/Nursing sessions: water in a sippy at meals and at will during the day, nurses 5-6 times per day

[TraciG]

Age 8 1/2 months
weight- about a month ago 18 lbs 4 oz
height- a few months ago 25 inches
solid meals a day- 3,
fruit & cereal for breakfast/bottle
yo baby yogurt for lunch /bottle or sweet potato or
avacodo, one of the 3
dinner- chicken,potato,green beans , carrots & barely, homeade/bottle

6 bottles a day about 20-24 oz

[sntm]

>Age: 13 months
>Weight (actual and %): 19 3/4 (5-10%)
>Height (actual and %): a hair under 30 inches (50%)
>Solid meals per day: three plus 1-2 small snacks, basically all table food
>Number of bottles/nursing sessions per day: weekdays - nurses 3-6 times, 6-10 oz of EBM at daycare; weekends - nurses 6-10 times.



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shannon
not-even-pregnant-yet-overachiever
trying-to-conceive :)
PREGNANT! EDD 6/9/03
mama to Jack 6/6/03

[amp]

Age: 13 mths
Weight: 25.5 lbs (haven't checked his %)
Height: 30"
Solid meals per day: 3 meals, plus 2 snacks
Number of bottles per day: 2 (first thing in am and last thinkg at night). (occasionally 3, and sometimes he doesn't even drink the bedtime one.)

[rrosen]

Age:10 months
Weight (actual and %):19lbs (60% I think)
Height (actual and %):28 inches (75%)
Solid meals per day:3 Breakfast-fruit(cut up) cereal, lunch (yogurt,fruit or veggies (cut up) and cherios or pirates booty, Dinner pasta or rice, beans, chicken,or other protein, veggies and fruit
Number of bottles/nursing sessions per day:Sippy cup of formula with each meal and one other bottle


DD has wanted to self feed for a long time. She will no longer let me feed her with the exception of yogurt or avocado. She also really does not want anything to do with the bottle anymore either.

[squimp]

OK, this baby will fill out the other end of the curve....

Age: one week shy of 9 months
Weight (actual and %): about 24 lbs. (>97th)
Height (actual and %): about 28" (70th)
Solid meals per day: 2 plus snack
Number of bottles/nursing sessions per day: one 4 oz. bottle plus 4-5 nursing sessions

We have our 9-month checkup next week, so the weight is rough. I had to look up the numbers on a CDC graph - our ped does not give us percentiles.

[babymama]

Good idea, Rashmi!

Age: 7.5 months

Weight: 19 lbs + 3oz. (not sure of %ile - consistently 75-80th)

Height: can't remember, but consistently 75th - 85th %ile

Solid meals per day: 2, sometimes 3 - mostly fruit, veggies, cereal, yogurt, cheerios

Number of bottles per day: 5-6 bottles, approximately 24 oz./day

Mama to Santiago, born 11/16/03

[jec2]

Age: almost 9 months
Weight (actual and %): aprox. 18.5 lbs (aprox 10%) (but DS has been sick and now has ear infection so his appetite has really gone south the past week or so & I think he's lost some weight :().
Height (actual and %): aprox. aprox 28" (aprox 50%)
Solid meals per day: 2 and sometimes a fruit or cheese snack for practice
Number of bottles/nursing sessions per day: 7-8

[todzwife]

Age: 9 Months
Weight: Probably 20ish pounds
Height: 28ish
Solids: 2 meals and some cheerios
Nursing: 6-8 depending on how much he wants to eat :P

[tarahsolazy]

Age: 4months
Weight 18lb, 5oz (last week) >>95%
Height 27in ~95%
Solids: no way, not til 6 mo!
bottles/nursing sessions: 3 bottles (6 oz) while I'm at work, 4-6 nursing sessions

(I know you wanted mamas whose babies eat food, but I felt left out...)

[Vajrastorm]

Age: 9 months
Weight (actual and %): 22 lbs (approximately 90%)
Height (actual and %): 29-30 inches, prob. closer to 30 (approx. 97%)
Solid meals per day: none, just little "snacks," usually of mommy food
Number of bottles/nursing sessions per day: I have no idea how often she nurses - whenever she wants to :)

[kijip]

>Age: 1 year
>Weight (actual and %): 25 pounds (can't remember the percentile)
>Height (actual and %): 31 inches (90 or 95)
>Solid meals per day: 3-4 (2 big and 1-2 small)
>Number of bottles/nursing sessions per day: No nursing, no bottles. Maybe 15-25 ounces of whole cows milk per day in 3 or 4 sippy cups per day- one in the morning, one at about 11, 1 at 5ish and sometimes one at 7:30 before bed. Most often he gets 5 ounces in a cup and then a refill of say 2 more ounces.

[Mom to Brandon and 2 cats]

Age: 1 wk shy of 1 year
Weight: ~19.5 or 20 pounds (about 25% or less)
Height: 31" (90% +)
Solid meals: 3 (bkfst - cereal, bread, cheerios), (lunch - some rice porridge with meat and veggies mixed in, plus some of whatever I'm having), (dinner - table foods). ALSO, one big afternoon snack after afternoon nap. This includes some apple juice and baby cookies/crackers.
Nursing sessions: 4, none at night (but by no means does he sleep through the night!)

[JenCA]

Age: 11 months (as of 7/12)
Weight: 21 lbs., 75th % (down from 90th % at birth)
Height: 30", 95th % (consistent since birth)
Solid meals per day: 3 (mostly table foods)
Number of bottles/nursing sessions per day: 3-6oz bottles and sometimes 1-4oz bottle, so 18-22oz per day

[chlobo]

Age: 8 months (yesterday)
Weight (actual and %): 13lbs 9 oz/?
Height (actual and %): 26in/?
Solid meals per day: 3 (oatmeal & fruit, fruit/veggie, fruit/veggie)
Number of bottles/nursing sessions per day: 6-7

[Jen in Chicago]

Age: 13 mos
Weight (actual and %): at 1, 22 lbs
Height (actual and %): at 1, 33 inches
Solid meals per day: 3 meals, 1 snack
Number of bottles/nursing sessions per day: 3-4

[sntm]

Andrea, he's 75th%
(I'm a nerd, I have the growth charts in my office to help with buying ahead from Hanna/LE/J&J sales ;))
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shannon
not-even-pregnant-yet-overachiever
trying-to-conceive :)
PREGNANT! EDD 6/9/03
mama to Jack 6/6/03

[amp]

Thanks, Shannon! I have the CDC charts bookmarked, but it's so hard to read on the computer and I don't have it printed out. Guess I could do that, eh?! Wow, he used to be off the charts when he was born, then dropped to the 90th % or thereabouts. Guess he's evening out now. :D

[mharling]

Age: 15 months
Weight: 21 lb, 4 oz - 10%
Height: 30 1/4 inches - 10%
Solid meals per day: 3 meals + 1 or 2 snacks
No more nursing. :( He gets milk with each meal/snack and water at all other times.

Mary
Lane 4/03

[sirensrise]

>Age:11 month in 2 days
>Weight (actual and %):9 month at 19lbs 6 ozs. 50%
>Height (actual and %):9 mos. at 28inches? 75%
>Solid meals per day:at the time, she refuses all foods. now 3? but dont really eat much earlier in the day. LOVES chicken and rice crispy.
>Number of bottles/nursing sessions per day: dont know. but stopped eatting twice a night about a week ago, just stopped.
from day 1 of solids, she took the spoon and put it in her own mouth. but her version of finger food is using my fingers! go figure.

[sadie427]

Age: 11 months this week!

Weight and height: at 9 mo visit, 18 lbs 6 oz and 26 inches (i think); I think he's around 25%ile for height and 50th for weight.

Solid meals per day: 3 meals plus snack, plus a breakfast-snack before daycare so he'll sit with me while I eat. All table food since about 9 mo, and usually refuses the spoon.

Bottles per day: 4-5 6oz bottles per day.

[jerseygirl07067]

Age : 6 1/2 months
Weight : 18 lbs. 4 oz (at 6 month visit)
Height : 27 inches (at 6 month visit)
Solid meals : recently started, so only 1/2 jar per day of peas or sweet potatoes
# of nursing sessions per day - 6 (sometimes 7)

Our ped doesn't give percentiles but I think we're between 75-90% for height and weight.

Marcy

[cdmamatutu]

Age: 6.75 months
Weight (actual and %): ? estimating nearly 20 lbs...she's a chunk!! (was 15.5 lbs, 90% at 4-mo. checkup)
Height (actual and %): ? estimating at least 27" (was 25.5" at 4-mo. checkup)
Solid meals per day: 2 or 3 (usually something like plain goatsmilk yogurt w/bananas or mango for a.m. feeding, wholegrain rice cereal w/ sweet potatoes or avocado for p.m. meal)
Number of bottles/nursing sessions per day: 8, breastmilk

note: dd was exclusively breastfed until the 6-mo. mark. Also, she's my second child and seems to be gaining much more quickly than my firstborn.

I think it would be interesting to add birth weight to this questionaire. I'm guessing that there were a lot of tiny babes out there! Of course, I could be way off! :) My dd was 7 lbs, 4 oz at birth.

[Judegirl]

Age: 2 months
Weight (actual and %): 13 lbs, 2 oz - 90th %ile
Height (actual and %): 24 inches - 90th %ile
Solid meals per day: 0
Number of bottles/nursing sessions per day: varies: 6-10

[llcoddington]

Age: 7 months
Weight: I don't know, but at 6 months- 16 lbs. 1 oz.
Height: 26 1/2 inches
Solid meals per day: we are attempting one (Oatmeal cereal and veggies)
Nursing: 6 or 7 times per day

Lana
mommy to Lauren 12/5/03

[mudder17]

Even though Kaya's not on solids yet, I want to play! :)

Age: 20 weeks (tomorrow)
Weight: 14.5 lbs (50%)
Height: 26 in (85%)
Solid meals per day: 0 (does prune juice count? :))
Number of bottles/nursing sessions/day: 6 + 1 at night

Eileen

Mother of Beautiful Kaya
born 22 February 2004

http://www.chemicalgraphics.com/kaya

[tori]

This was such a great idea!!!!!!! I was wondering how much an average 10 month old eats and drinks and now I have more of an idea.My son has often eaten less than 24oz a day and I got a little concerned, but it looks like it is the norm. I think it is just part of the transition that occurs around now from eating liquids to solids.

Age: 10 months this Wednesday
Weight (actual and %): 21.2 (at 9 mon. appt.)
Height (actual and %):28.5

Solid meals per day: 3

6:30-7:00AM 6oz Bottle of Good Start
10:30 6oz Bottle of Good Start and solid food (cereal/fruit)
2:30 8 oz Bottle of Good Start and solid food (yogurt/cheese/meat/veg)
6:30/7:00 6oz Bottle of Good Start and solid food (meat/veggies)
7:30 Bedtime

Number of bottles: 4 bottles

Thanks!
Victoria

[kamal]

Thanks Rashmi for initiating this poll! Its so useful to see what other moms are doing with their babies, feeding wise.

Age: 7mos
Weight: 18 lbs One month ago (90th percentile)
Height: 27" (also 90th)
Solids: 2 per day (rice/oatmeal+veg in the morning, fruit in the afternoon)
Milk: 4bottles per day (4oz each) and 3+ nursing sessions per day (3 if she can sleep through the night, 4 or 5 if she does not!)

[missmelis01]

Age: 6 and half months
Weight (actual and %): 17.4 lbs (75%)
Height (actual and %): 28 in (90%)
Solid meals per day: We're experiencing some eating issues -- I try to give my DS 2 meals a day (cereal in the AM and veggies in the PM), but it's hit or miss if he will eat.....
Number of bottles/nursing sessions per day: 5 bottles while I am at work and 2-3 nursing sessions

[californiagirl]

>Age: 7 months and a bit
>Weight (actual and %): at 6 months, 16 lbs 10 oz -- according to http://pediatrics.about.com/cs/usefultools/l/bl_percentiles.htm this is 57th percentile

>Height (actual and %): at 6 months, 27 inches -- according to above this is 82nd percentile

>Solid meals per day: No "meals" as such. I try feeding her at least 3 times a day, plus snacks, but rarely get more than a tablespoon or so of anything into her. In the evening she will sometimes take a tablespoon of babyfood, but most of the day it's finger food or nothing.

>Number of bottles/nursing sessions per day: About 8-9, 4 of them at night, alas

[mamaturk]

Age: 10 1/2 months
Weight: 25 lbs (dont know %)
Height: 28" (as of her 9 month)
Solid Meals: 3 total.. Breakfast(cereal and fruit), Lunch(fruit and whatever I'm having), Dinner(cereal and veggies and a little of whatever we're having) and sometimes snacks throughout the day.
Number of Bottles: 4 6oz bottles

[shamrock]

Age: 5 months
Weight (actual and %): 15lbs 15 oz (14, 14 and 50% at 4 months)
Height (actual and %): 26in 50%
Solid meals per day: Just started 1 meal of cereal last night
Number of bottles/nursing sessions per day: 6-8

[Puddy73]

Age: 13 months
Weight (actual and %): 23.5 lbs/?%
Height (actual and %):31"/?%
Solid meals per day: 3 plus two snacks, mostly table food
Number of bottles/nursing sessions per day: 4-5 nursing sessions, depending upon how much whole milk I can convince her to drink

Jennifer
Mommy to Annabelle Mae 9/8/03

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."

[TahliasMom]

No solids but I want to play!

Age: 5 months, 1.5 weeks
Weight (actual and %): 14.10 lbs 61%(4 months)
Height (actual and %): 25.5 inches 81%(4 months)
Solid meals per day: none
Number of bottles/nursing sessions per day: 6

I have to say this is really great. Gives me an idea of what to expect when we start solids at 6 months.

Katherine