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Pediatric Nutrition

Feeding Your Baby the First 12 Months

FOODS/AGE 0-4 MONTHS 4-6 MONTHS 6-8 MONTHS 8-10 MONTHS 10-12 MONTHS
Breastmilk or iron fortified formula 5-10 feedings per day 16-32 ounces 4-7 feedings per day 24-40 ounces 3-5 feedings per day 24-31 ounces 3-4 feedings per day 16-32 ounces start cup skills 3-4 feedings per day with meals, use cup 16-24 ounces
Grains, breads and cereals NONE Iron fortified infant cereal (rice, oatmeal, barley) Mix 2-3 teaspoons with formula or breastmilk. Feed with spoon. Single grain iron fortified infant cereals. 3-9 Tablespoons per day divided into 2 meals per day. Iron fortified infant cereals. Toast, bagel, crackers, teething biscuits. Infant or cooked cereals. Unsweetened cereals. Bread. Rice, mashed potatoes, macaroni.
Fruit juices NONE Infant juice NO OJ or tomato. ONLY 2-4 ounces/day Infant juice.Try cup. Only 4-6 oz daily All 100% juice, Vitamin C enriched. OJ , tomato-ok. Limit to 6 oz daily All 100% juices. Vitamin C enriched. 4-8 oz per day.
Vegetables NONE NONE Strained/ mashed, cooked vegetables. If giving corn use strained. 1/2-1 jar -1/4-1/2 cup per day. Cooked mashed vegetables. Junior vegetables. Cooked vegetables. Raw veg like cucumbers or tomatoes.
Fruits NONE NONE Strained / mashed fruits (fresh/ cooked: mashed up banana or homemade applesauce). 1 jar to 1/2 cup per day. Peeled soft fruit wedges, bananas, peaches, pears, oranges, apples. Unsweetened can fruit packed in water/ juice. NO grapes. Any fresh fruit, peeled/seeded. Unsweetened can fruit packed in water / juice. Cut grapes.
Protein Foods NONE NONE NONE Strained meats/ ground lean meat, fish, poultry. Egg yolk, cooked dried beans. Small, tender pieces of lean meat, poultry, fish. Whole eggs, cooked dried beans.

 

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