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How to make a healthy meal plan for
your child each day.
These are general feeding recommendations meant to assist parents in planning
healthy meals.
Birth to 4 months:
5-10 feedings of breast milk or 16-32 oz. of infant formula
4 to 6 months:
4-7 feedings of breast milk or 26-40 oz. of infant formula
Infant cereal (rice, oatmeal, or barley) and infant juice can be introduced.
6 to 8 months:
3-4 feedings of breast milk or 24-32 oz. of infant formula
Strained mashed food, including cooked vegetables (avoid corn and peas),
such as carrots and green beans, and fresh or cooked fruit are good choices
to try now.
Try serving infant juices in a cup.
8 to 10 months:
3-4 feedings of breast milk or 16-24 oz. of infant formula
Serve foods mashed or finely minced.
Cereal and bread-type foods (2-3 servings daily): infant cereal, Cream
of Wheat, oatmeal, toast, bagels, crackers
100% juice (4 oz. daily): orange, tomato, pineapple, or infant juices
Cooked or mashed vegetables (1-2 servings daily)
Ripe fruit (fresh or cooked) (1-2 servings daily)
Meat, chicken, fish, egg yolk, plain yogurt, beans, cottage cheese (1
-2 tbsp. daily)
10 to 12 months:
3-4 feedings of breast milk or 16-24 oz. of infant formula
Serve foods minced or chopped.
Cereal, breads, all varieties of unsweetened cereal, rice, noodles, crackers,
spaghetti (2-4 servings daily)
Vitamin C-rich juice (4 oz. daily): orange, grapefruit, pineapple
Cooked or raw vegetables (1-2 servings daily)
Fresh or cooked fruit (1-2 servings daily): ripe peaches, pears, and oranges
are good choices.
Protein-rich food (1-2 tbsp. twice a day): lamb, beef, pork, fish, poultry,
eggs, cheese, yogurt, beans, tofu, peanut butter
12 to 24 months:
Cow's milk and cow's milk products can replace some or all of the formula
or breast milk feedings after 1 year of age. 2-3 feedings of breast milk
or 16-24 oz. of formula or 2-4 servings of milk or other calcium-rich
food: yogurt, cottage cheese, tofu, green leafy vegetables.
Cereal, bread, rice, pasta, noodles (4 or more servings about 1/3 of an
adult-size portion) Vitamin C-rich juice (4 oz. daily)
Vegetables, raw or cooked (2 or more servings)
Fruit (2 or more servings) -- offer at least one citrus fruit daily
Meat, fish, or poultry, eggs, nut butters; beans; tofu (2 servings daily,
each portion at least 1/2 ounce)
Excerpted with permission from Meals That Heal
for Babies, Toddlers, and Children , Pocket Books, 1996.
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