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Is your baby ready for solid foods?
Think your baby is ready for solid foods? Check out our handy month-by-month
feeding guide:
Age: 4 to 5 months
Feeding Developments: Tongue-thrust reflex begins to go away
Suggested Foods: Cereals; pureed-consistency baby foods with single-ingredient,
strained vegetables and fruits
Approximate Amount of Formula or Breast Milk Per Day: 30 oz.
Age: 5 to 6 months
Feeding Developments: Opens mouth at sight of approaching spoon; head
control improves
Suggested Foods: A wider variety of pureed baby foods, including strained
meats
Approximate Amount of Formula or Breast Milk Per Day: 35 oz.
Age: 6 to 7 months
Feeding Developments: Supports himself in high chair; begins to drink
from a cup held by an adult; shows good control of lips and tongue
Suggested Foods: Lumpier semisolid foods, such as mashed bananas; soft
chewables, such as cooked unseasoned carrots, skinless potatoes, and other
vegetables with a similar consistency; crunchy solids, such as Cheerios
and teething biscuits
Approximate Amount of Formula or Breast Milk Per Day: 28 oz.
Age: 7 to 9 months
Feeding Developments: Holds own bottle; picks up food between thumb and
forefinger
Suggested Foods: Finger foods and mashed table food, such as meatloaf,
well-cooked macaroni, scrambled eggs, well-chopped chicken and hamburger
Approximate Amount of Formula or Breast Milk Per Day: 24 oz.
Age: 9 to 12 months
Feeding Developments: May use a spoon, messily; holds own cup, messily;
begins to bite off food, such as from a sandwich; enjoys independence
of self-feeding
Suggested Foods: A wider variety of coarsely chopped table foods--the
same foods as the rest of the family, but bite-sized for easy self-feeding
Approximate Amount of Formula or Breast Milk Per Day: 22 oz.
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