How can i change my soon to be 1year daughter eating habit?

Question

hi to all, my daughter will be one in a few hours, my problem is that she does not eat regular that much, she might take a couple of spoons, and still what the bottle(which i still give her), but since she is starting to get regular milk now, what should i do? should i force her to eat, and can i give her both regular milk and the infants milk?(more at night) Can i add oatmeal into the regular milk?

Answer 1

we kept our first daughter on formula til she was 2 they make one that is called next step. she will slowly start eating more as she gets older. just try and offer food the same times every day to set a routine. i also would not give milk to drink at or right before meal times. when mine was 1 she would get up at 7 drink a cup of milk then about 10 have some cereal around 12:30 she would eat some pasta or a stage 3 baby food and some stage 2 veggies then a couple hours later she would have some more milk and maybe some crackers then around 6 she'd eat about the same as she did for lunch and then before bed another cup of milk and small snack  

Answer 2

try to not feed her purees,  let her feed herself.  She should have been eating table foods on her own for a while now.

If she isn't eating well, I would possibly leave her on formula for a bit longer, until she starts eating at least 3 good meals a day.  My daughter is more a grazer, she eats 3-5 smaller meals a day.

Do not add oatmeal to the milk or formula in her bottle....all you are doing is teaching her to NOT EAT real food...she is getting full from the bottle.

Answer 3

try giving her finger foods and less milk!  She should be eating solid food.