Age-by-age guide to feeding your baby - ZT

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Age: Birth to 4 months

Feeding behavior

• Rooting reflex helps your baby turn toward a nipple to find nourishment

What to feed

• Breast milk or formula ONLY

How much per day

• See How to Tell if Your Baby's Getting Enough Breast Milk
• See How to Tell How Much Formula Your Baby Needs

Feeding tip

• Your baby's digestive tract is still developing, so solid food is off-limits for now.

Age: 4 to 6 months

Signs of readiness for solid food

Your baby probably won't do all these things – they're just clues to watch for.

• Can hold head up
• Sits well in highchair
• Makes chewing motions
• Shows significant weight gain (birth weight has doubled)
• Shows interest in food
• Can close mouth around a spoon
• Can move food from front to back of mouth
• Can move tongue back and forth, but is losing tendency to push food out with tongue
• Seems hungry after 8 to 10 feedings of breast milk or 40 oz. of formula in a day
• Is teething

What to feed

• Breast milk or formula, PLUS
• Pureed food (like sweet potatoes, squash, apples, bananas, peaches, or pears) or semi-liquid iron-fortified cereal

How much per day

• Begin with about 1 teaspoon pureed food or cereal. Mix cereal with 4 to 5 teaspoons breast milk or formula (it'll be very runny).
• Increase to 1 tablespoon of pureed food, or 1 tablespoon of cereal mixed with breast milk or formula, twice a day. If giving cereal, gradually thicken the consistency by using less liquid.

Feeding tips

• If your baby won't eat what you're offering on the first try, offer it again in a few days.
• Get more detailed tips on how to introduce solids.
• Print our step-by-step guide to feeding your baby.

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Age: 6 to 8 months

Signs of readiness for solid food

• Same as 4 to 6 months

What to feed

• Breast milk or formula, PLUS
• Pureed or strained fruits (banana, pears, applesauce, peaches)
• Pureed or strained vegetables (avocado, well-cooked carrots, squash, and sweet potato)
• Pureed meat (chicken, pork, beef)
• Pureed tofu
• Pureed legumes (black beans, chickpeas, edamame, fava beans, black-eyed peas, lentils, and kidney beans)
• Iron-fortified cereal (oats, barley)

How much per day

• 1 teaspoon fruit, gradually increased to 1/4 to 1/2 cup in 2 or 3 feedings
• 1 teaspoon vegetables, gradually increased to 1/4 to 1/2 cup in 2 or 3 feedings
• 3 to 9 tablespoons cereal, in 2 or 3 feedings

Feeding tips

• Introduce new foods one at a time, with at least three days in between to make sure your baby's not allergic.
• Get more detailed tips on how to introduce solids.

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Age: 8 to 10 months

Signs of readiness for solid and finger foods

• Same as 6 to 8 months, PLUS
• Picks up objects with thumb and forefinger (pincer grasp)
• Can transfer items from one hand to the other
• Puts everything in his mouth
• Moves jaw in a chewing motion

What to feed

• Breast milk or formula, PLUS
• Small amounts of soft pasteurized cheese, yogurt, cottage cheese (but no cows' milk until age 1)
• Mashed fruits and vegetables (bananas, peaches, pears, avocados, cooked carrots, squash, potatoes, sweet potatoes)
• Finger foods (small pieces of ripe banana; scrambled eggs; well-cooked and cut up yellow squash, peas, and potatoes; well-cooked spiral pasta; teething crackers; low-sugar O-shaped cereal; lightly toasted bagels, cut up)
• Small amounts of protein (eggs; pureed meats, poultry, and boneless fish; tofu; well-cooked and mashed beans with soft skins like lentils, split peas, pintos, black beans)
• Iron-fortified cereal (barley, wheat, oats, mixed cereals)

How much per day

• 1/4 to 1/3 cup dairy (or 1/2 oz. cheese)
• 1/4 to 1/2 cup iron-fortified cereal
• 1/4 to 1/2 cup fruit
• 1/4 to 1/2 cup vegetables
• 1/8 to 1/4 cup protein foods

Feeding tip

• Introduce new foods one at a time, with at least three days in between to make sure your baby's not allergic.

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Age: 10 to 12 months

Signs of readiness for additional solid food

• Same as 8 to 10 months, PLUS
• Swallows food more easily
• Has more teeth
• No longer pushes food out with tongue
• Is trying to use a spoon

What to feed

• Breast milk or formula PLUS
• Soft pasteurized cheese, yogurt, cottage cheese (but no cows' milk until age 1)
• Fruit cut into cubes or strips, or mashed
• Bite-size, soft-cooked vegetables (peas, carrots)
• Combo foods (macaroni and cheese, casseroles)
• Protein (egg; pureed or finely ground meats, poultry, and boneless fish; tofu; well-cooked and mashed beans)
• Finger foods (lightly toasted bread or bagels, small pieces of ripe banana; scrambled eggs; well-cooked and cut up yellow squash, peas, and potatoes; spiral pasta; teething crackers; low-sugar O-shaped cereal; )
• Iron-fortified cereals (barley, wheat, oats, mixed cereals)

How much per day

• 1/3 cup dairy (or 1/2 oz. cheese)
• 1/4 to 1/2 cup iron-fortified cereal
• 1/4 to 1/2 cup fruit
• 1/4 to 1/2 cup vegetables
• 1/8 to 1/4 cup combo foods
• 1/8 to 1/4 cup protein foods

Feeding tip

• Introduce new foods one at a time, with at least three days in between to make sure your baby's not allergic.

 

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