Recommended Feeding Schedule for Infants

Recommended Feeding Schedule for Infants

March 23, 2021

Verras Pediatrics

Babies, especially during the first few months of life, grow rapidly. Therefore, good nutrition is very important period feeding is one of your baby’s most pleasant experiences. At feeding time, the baby receives nourishment from food and a feeling of security. The choice of whether to breastfeed or bottle-feed is up to you. While not identical to breast milk most formulas have approximately as nutritious and digestible as human milk. Whole cow’s milk is not recommended for babies under one year old.



Both you and the baby should be comfortable during the feeding time period both the mother and father should try to participate in this activity. A feeding schedule usually is most satisfactory if it is flexible, allowing the baby to eat when hungry. 

Age

Introduction of New Foods

Reasons for Introduction

0-2 months

Breast Milk or Formula

Meets the infant’s nutritional needs for the first 4-6 months.

4-6 months

1. Iron-fortified cereal-rice, oats, and barley.
2. Fruit juices, but no orange juice.
3. Fruits and vegetables.

Provides a dietary source of iron at the age when body stores from birth are depleted.

6-8 months

Cottage cheese, plain yogurt, strained meats, and meat alternatives (such as purees of beans and lentils) & dried beans

Provides additional proteins, vitamins, and iron for rapid growth. Encourages chewing when teeth erupt.

8-10 months

Chewy finger foods, fish, poultry, and soft-cooked vegetables.

Add variety and additional protein, minerals, and vitamins.

9-12 months

Variety of regular table foods.

Infant could feed themselves. Encourages the development of hand-to-mouth coordination

12 months

Whole eggs, orange juice, and cow’s milk (up to 16 ounces a day).

Infant can drink from a cup. The infant should be weaned from the bottle.

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