Serving size question

My DD is a really small eater when it comes to table food. I am having a hard time imagining how much table food is equivalent to a jar of baby food. For example, green beans....how many would she have to eat for it to be considered a serving? I swear, she eats like a flea and I do get worried about her lack of appetite.

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My grandfather always used to say "They will never starve to death, if they are hungry, they will eat."

In other words, as long as she is growing and thriving, I would not worry so much about how much food she is consuming, just that she is eating SOMETHING kwim?

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this is my worry too and so i give ds both. he gets table food but then he also gets jar food bc he loves it so

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ive always wondered the same.....

the only thing i have ever really read about is #1- dont give them too much and overwhelm their plates with large portions....better to have them ask for more than to be too overwhelmed by what is on their plates....and #2- dont feed the protein first- feed the fruit and vegetable first...

lol- sorry i am no help...i find kinda of that the long string beans- hannah will eat about 5 or 6 of them- peas- she will eat like 7 or 8 child spoonfuls...broccoli- about 4 small florets...

and again, not the only thing she eats, i just think that k, enough of that, lets have a meatball, chicken, whatever...

hope this helps!

and ps- i find hannah eats better portions in the moring- a packet of oatmeal, a whole banana, a piece of french toast, a pancake, and egg with cheese...i find its easier to tell what they are eating in the morning....

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At a mommy and me class a food spealist came in and said that a toddlers serving size is a table spoon per age ( for ex: if your dc is 1 they should get 1tbs veggie, 1tbs meat/chicken or as foor a sandwich a toddler portion is half a sandwich) then when your child turns 2yrs old it would be 2tbs each of what ever you are eating. I was shocked because I always feel like my son doesn't eat but yet he'll eat a whole sandwich therefore it's sorta like 2meals. But if your child wants to eat more that's fine. This is what I was told. And my ped said a child will not starve themselves.

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I forget actually BUT I remember that I once figured out how to do this....It's something like a jar of baby greenbeans is 70 calories so I then figured out how many greenbeans were 70 calories...etc...etc..you couldnt go by the jar as being 4oz b/c that jar was greenbeans and water...you can go on a diet calculator to find out the amounts etc...