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I know that at that age my son was eating more solids and taking less forumla. He was also self-feeding a lot of foods. Just looking at your post, it doesn't look like you son is self feeding yet - is that right? It's so individual, though. Kids can grow and eat very differently. I've always heard that a healthy child, if offered adequate food, will eat as much as he/she needs. So if your son really doesn't seem interested in eating any more than that, then maybe it really is just because he is going to be a small boy.
Have you tried offering solids at other times a day? When he gets a jar of baby food, does he seem done when he gets to the end of the jar, or is he still going strong? Maybe he would continue eating? David really liked eating small chunks of squash, sweet potato, tofu, very ripe pear, sticky rice, etc. at that age that he could feed himself. Anything that was soft enough to mash up in his mouth and held together well enough to pick up with his fingers. But that was just him.
Aclee - I would have been seriously annoyed if David's pediatrician had yelled at us for not giving him meat protein! He's STILL never eaten meat - and isn't going to for that matter - and he's a healthy, growing boy.
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