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Food for Baby’s First Year—General Guidelines for Feeding Healthy Infants
8 to 12 Months
At 8 to 10 months
Continue feeding pureed foods while starting your baby
on some mashed and ground foods.
Let your baby begin to eat some foods with his or her
fingers.
Feed your baby when the rest of your family eats. Eating
with your baby will make him or her more likely to try new
foods.
At 10 to 12 months
Continue feeding pureed, mashed, and ground foods
while starting your baby on some soft, chopped foods.
Let your baby begin to feed himself or herself with a
spoon.
As your baby begins to eat more solid foods and drink
from a cup, he or she can be weaned from the bottle.
Breastfed Babies
4 to 6 or more breastfeedings per day
Formula Fed Babies
6 to 8 oz formula per feeding
4 to 5 feedings per day for ages 8 to 10 months
3 to 4 feedings per day for ages 10 to 12 months
total of 24 to 32 oz of formula per day
Amount of Food per Day
Baby Cereal:
4 to 8 tablespoons or more per day of prepared cereal
Begin whole wheat and mixed grain cereal.
Other Grains: crackers, whole wheat toast, noodles,
brown rice, grits, and soft tortilla pieces
¼ cup—2 times per day
Vegetables: ¼ to ½ cup—2 to 3 times per day
Fruits: ¼ to ½ cup—2 to 3 times per day
Dairy: yogurt and diced cheese ¼ cup—1 to 2 times per day
Wait until your baby is 1 year old to give him or her whole milk.
Protein Foods: cooked lean meat, chicken, turkey, fish,
beans, egg yolk, or tofu ¼ cup—1 to 2 times per day
Wait until your baby is 1 year old to feed him or her egg whites
and shellfish such as shrimp, clams, crab, scallops, and oysters.
Water
Babies over 6 months old who are eating a variety of
foods may need to be given about 4 to 8 oz of plain water per
day. There may be times when your baby needs to be given
more water. Check with your baby’s health care provider for
more information.
Fruit Juice is not recommended for babies under 12
months of age.
Sample Daily Meal Plan
Early Morning
• breastfeedor give 6 to 8 oz formula
Mid Morning
• 4to8tablespoonspreparedcerealor grits
• ¼to½cupfruit
Noon Meal
• breastfeedor give 6 to 8 oz formula
• ¼to½cupvegetables
•
1
⁄8 to ¼ cup protein foods
Mid Afternoon
• breastfeedor give 6 to 8 oz formula
• crackersorwholewheattoast
• softcheeseor yogurt
Evening Meal
• ¼to½cupvegetables
•
1
⁄8 to ¼ cup protein foods
• ¼to½cupfruit
• ¼cupgrainssuchasnoodles,rice,orsoft
tortilla pieces
Before Bedtime
• breastfeedor give 6 to 8 oz formula
Note: More breastfeedings per day may be
needed, especially for younger babies.
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