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Feeding Your Baby the First 12 Months

Foods/Age	0-4 Months	4-6 Months	6-8 Months	8-10 Months	10-12 Months
Breast milk 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 breast milk. 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 are 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.