how much food?

My DD is just now starting on stage 2 meat {today was her first, actually}. She took 1/4 jar of the chicken. She also had a half a pack of bananas and about 3 baby spoons of green beans along with it, otherwise she probably would have eaten more of the meat. However, when she just has one thing, she usually takes about a half a pack of it and then is done. I would go by when your son gets fussy telling you that he is done eating the baby food for the most part, don't force more etc. etc...

My niece was taking a whole jar of baby food around 5-6 months. My DD is completely different as I had to start her late on baby food and rice etc. because we had some trouble figuring out which formula would work best with her, ended up having to switch to soy altogether. So that delayed other foods for a while. My niece was just fine with the first formula she was on so she was started a lot earlier than my DD was on other foods.

My brother, at 3-4 months of age, was eating about 300 jars of baby food per month. He hardly drank formula as he didn't want it and he was starving with just the formula. Every baby is different. I'd just go with what your baby wants as far as how much baby food to give them, just make sure you're letting him get a few drinks of formula or breastmilk whichever you use in between every few bites. I let my DD have 1/2 oz to an ounce after about 5-8 baby spoons of food, depending on how she is acting with it.

I dont know about jarred food but i always fed dd whatever she wanted, we started with one cube, and went from there, some days shed gobble two, some days three, some days one, i think it depends on the child, but if your baby is hungry id give more until you see signs of being full, also at six mos milk/formula whichever you use is still the most important so i wouldnt worry too much

I would let the baby tell you how much they want. When they get fussy or turn away, that means they're full.

 Babies are good at self control, unlike us sometimes! When they turn their head or are easily distracted, theyre done. They eat when theyre hungry and stop when they are full. They dont eat because they are sad or depressed, thats mom after a crappy day. Give me a bunch of chocolate and a glass of wine, and a little peace, i can dream!

When ever he is uninterested.