I prefer oatmeal and mix it with pumped breastmilk.
Baby food and formula schedule 6 months.
When your child is about 6 months old you can start introducing him or her to foods and drinks other than breast milk and infant formula.
Wakes up and plays in her crib for a while then i give her a 6 ounce bottle.
6 month old feeding schedule if your 6 month old is ready to start solid foods you may be wondering how to do it.
The average baby drinks.
The foods and drinks you feed your child are sometimes called complementary foods.
First at 6 months the main priority is still breast milk or formula.
4 to 6 months.
Same as 4 to 6 months.
Pureed or strained fruits banana pears applesauce peaches avocado pureed or strained vegetables well cooked carrots squash sweet potato pureed meat chicken pork beef pureed tofu.
Alert icon you can think of these as complementing or adding to the breast milk or infant formula that you continue to feed your child.
Before we get to the actual schedule here are a few things to keep in mind.
24 to 36 ounces of formula or milk or five to eight nursing sessions a day 1 to 4 tablespoons of cereal once or twice a day.
4 to 6 bottles of formula a day until they are about 6 months old.
Your baby will feed around 6 times a day.
We explain the what the when and the how for feeding your 6 month old.
6 to 8 months.
6 month old feeding schedule.
This schedule is a combination parent led and baby led routine 9 to 10 a m.
3 to 4 bottles of formula between 10 and 12 months of age.
24 to 36 ounces of formula or milk now that your baby s a more efficient nurser you ll probably breastfeed her four to six.
Your child s prime source of nutrition will still be infant formula or breast milk most babies start off with cereals oatmeal and rice for their first foods.
Introducing food is to help them get used to it form a positive association with food and to start getting some additional nutrients that they will start to.
Breast milk or formula plus.
6 to 8 months.
3 to 5 bottles of formula between 7 and 9 months of age.
Breakfast 8 00 am serve oatmeal or rice cereal.
A formula feeding evening shift working mom of a 6 month old editor s note.
Signs of readiness for solid food.
The introduction of solids at about 6 months helps to fuel your baby s additional.
At the 6 month mark your baby will be ready to start experimenting with pureed foods.
Wake time for us is around 7 30 am so if your baby wakes up earlier or later just adjust the time slots below.
Wake 7 30 am nurse bottle.
1 to 4 tablespoons of a fruit and vegetable once or twice a day.
Breast milk or formula is still primary.