Baby eating chart- Baby Feeding Chart
Baby eating chart
Baby food chart to 12 months old
(Baby From around 6 months 7-9months 9-12 months
eating Please get advice before Encourage soft and Experience family food + Foods to avoid
chart) starting solids lumpier foods encourage self feeding
Artificial fruit juices with
coloring. Water is best after breast
Feeds begin to decrease as milk or formula.
Feeds begin to decrease as
Breast On demand(8 to 12 feeds baby begins to eat more Warning – If there is a family
baby begins to eat more solid
Milk per day) solid food (4 to 6 feeds history of dairy, fish, egg allergy,
food
per day) delay until after 12 months and if
there is a history of peanut allergy
delay until after 3 years
Drinking from a cup should
Formula decreases to 3 to
Every 2-3 hours (6-8 be encouraged.
Formula 5 bottles per day (16-20
feeds per day) Water is best after formula.
oz.)
(16 – 20 oz.)
Foods should be gluten free until
Homemade Veggie/Fruit
6 months of age – gluten is found
Oats, baby muesli, smooth Muffins (make in bulk and
Grains Rice Cereal in wheat, rye, oats & barley. High
bread, pasta and rusks freeze to have ready at all
Fiber, pastries and sweet baked
times)
products should be avoided.
Peeled, cooked and Cooked and pureed/mashed
Peeled, cooked and
pureed vegetables: vegetables: green beans,
pureed root vegetables:
broccoli, courgette creamed corn, parsnip,
Vegetables sweet potato, pumpkin, Chips and fried foods
(zucchini), spinach, asparagus, button
carrot(and
cauliflower (and mushrooms, leek cabbage
combinations)
combinations) (and combinations)
Peeled, cooked and
pureed fruit: apple and
Raw Fruit: seedless grapes,
Use baby’s usual fluids prune, Pureed apricots,
blueberries Fruit with small pits and seeds
Fruit (breast milk or formula)to peaches raw fruit:
Dried Fruit: Cranberries, (Baby eating chart)
make purees mango, mandarin,
apricots, prunes, etc
orange (and
combinations)
Cheese, goat cheese, milk
Dairy Full cream yogurts, Strong, rich cheeses (blue vein,
None puddings (rice pudding and
Food cottage cheese blue cheese, etc)
soy pudding)
Meat + Casseroled / minced / Tender strips of meat Sausages, salami, hot dogs- fatty
None
Chicken mashed meat: beef, lamb, chicken processed meats
pork and chicken
Warning- Starting from birth look
for signs of lactose intolerance
Cooked and mashed such as acid reflux, gas,
Lentils None Baked Beans
lentils, beans, tofu discomfort, colic, red bottom, etc.
Most babies will outgrow the
intolerance by one year.
Yolk only Whole cooked eggs: omelets
Eggs None
(Baby eating chart) fritters, sandwiches
Fish None White, thin boneless fish “Fatty” fish such as salmon Battered – processed fish Shellfish
Seeds Smooth nuts paste: almond
None None Whole nuts choking hazard!
+ Nuts butter
Baby eating chart
Baby Feeding Chart
The number and frequency of feedings for a newborn will change dramatically in the first few months. This Web page includes a chart of
standard baby feeding schedules provided by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends the following chart for baby feeding schedules.
Month For a Baby Boy For a Baby Girl Feedings per Day
Weight in lbs Formula in ounces per Weight in lbs Formula in ounces per (Baby Feeding Chart)
day day
Month 1 10 25 9 22½ Every 4 hours
Month 2 11½ 28¾ 11 27½ 6 to 7 feedings a day
Month 3 13 32½ 12 30 6 to 7 feedings a day
Month 4 15 37½ 13½ 33¾ 6 feedings per day
Month 5 16 40 15 37½ 5-6 feedings per day
Month 6 17½ 43¾ 16 40 5 feedings per day