How much are your kids eating?

Question

Seems my son is only losing weight.  He just recently started eating so am not sure how much kids should eat at his age. Until he turned 2, he would eat either nothing or 2 table spoons a day and half an apple. 
Well now, in a day he can eat an ⅛ of a pizza, a full apple, sometimes 2,  a small cup of porridge or juice, half a banana and breast milk. Is that enough? He is definitely eating more but i dont want to underfeed him only because am accustomed to him eating less. We still struggle but so much better
Update: 
Omg thanks guys for the detailed responses. Am so grateful and this is so helpful. I sure am not feeding him enough. Just wish he would stop saying no no to food. 
One more thing,  how do you space out the 3 meals and 2 snacks? At what time do you they have their meals?

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Honestly every day is different for my girl. Some days she’s eats a good amount some days I’m lucky if she eats at all. We just try to do 3 meals with 2 snacks in a day. She loves her whole milk so still drinks quite a bit.

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Its a hit or miss with Junie. Somedays he will eat 2 meals. Or somedays he will literally go all day without breakfast or lunch but will eat dinner oh and he will eat his cookies for snack time. His main thing is milk and diluted apple juice its the only way I can get water in him.

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His eating varies. He can eat 3 full meals for a few days then one meal every day. It just depends on how active he is. It sucks though because he will not eat veggies but it’s my fault because I never cook any sooo he’s not used to them. He does love fruits though! He gets pancakes or cereal for breakfast along with some fruit. For lunch he gets his food served with more fruit. For dinner he doesn’t always eat I have no idea why.

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2 year olds should be eating 3 full meals and 2 snacks every day. 
Ava eats as much as I do. (She has a lot of food allergies so thats why she doesn't have cheese or meat) 
 She has a full adult serving size of oatmeal with 1 tbsp of peanutbutter mixed in for breakfast and a cup of rice milk. 
 For morning snack she has half a pound of strawberries or whole banana. 
 For lunch she has a whole steamed sweet potatoe or a can of green beans or a can of peas or a bag of steamed broccoli. 
 For afternoon snack she will eat 2 cereal bars or some puffs or crackers. 
 For dinner she will eat a peanutbutter sandwich or a cup of rice or noodles and a little bit of fruit or veggies on the side. 
She also has a cup of flax milk with pea protein before bed.

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I’ve never really measured or checked. But every day seems different. Example if it’s what we do in a day. For breakfast half a waffle or small pancake, 2 fruit cups the insides of a sandwich a yogurt, dinner 1 cup of shepherds pie, along with a cup of puffs, two packs of fruit snacks and 6 strawberries cut up into slices as snacks. I always have drinks available all day. And then other days I feel like she probably took two bites and everything else went on the floor.

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Jesse has never been the best eater either. I’ve beat myself up a ton and worry but his pediatrician always reassures me. His motto to me is “one good meal a day” meaning that of course I make him 3 good meals a day, but as long as he does well with one then that’s a win! As long as I’m consistent and offer him snacks a couple of times too then he’s got what he needs. He’s gotten a lot better over time too (besides with meat) he eats much more of a variety.

How much are your kids eating?

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