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Foods/Age |
0-4 Months |
4-6 Months |
6-8 Months |
8-10 Months |
10-12 Months |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |