Infant Feeding Guide

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Feeding Your 6-7 Month Old

Feeding Your 6-7 Month Old

Caregiver feeding a baby during mealtime

When you start to feed solids, always feed from a bowl with a spoon so your baby learns to eat correctly.

Never put cereal or other solids in the bottle. Solids in the bottle will not help your baby sleep through the night and may cause choking or other health concerns.

Begin to offer a cup.

Breastfed Infants

Continue to nurse your baby when they are hungry.
Babies may experience a growth spurt around 6 months of age and may breastfeed more often.
Remember, your baby’s first foods are intended to complement your breast milk and not replace it.
Nursing your baby before offering solid foods will help protect your milk supply.

Formula Fed Infants

24-32 oz.

per day

Your baby needs about 24-32 oz. per day of iron fortified formula. To begin the weaning process off the bottle, start to offer formula in a cup.

GRAINS

Use breast milk or formula to prepare 2-4 Tbsp. iron-fortified infant cereal such as oat, barley, wheat and rice.

Offer twice per day. 2-4 Tbsp. of small pieces of dry bread and baby crackers.

Finger foods may be added when your baby is ready, around 8 months. When ready, offer twice per day.

VEGETABLES

4-8 Tbsp. per day. Cooked, pureed, mashed vegetables such as peas, sweet potatoes, squash or carrots.

FRUITS

2-4 Tbsp. per day. Cooked, pureed, mashed fruits such as applesauce, peaches or bananas.

PROTEINS

2-4 Tbsp. per day. Plain strained, mashed or pureed meats, poultry, eggs, fish or legumes. May add smooth whole milk yogurt. Thinned, smooth peanut or nut butter. Click here to learn how to thin peanut butter!