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Baby's First Foods: A Guide to Nutrition from 6-12 Months
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Family and Consumer
Sciences MOB-4-09 Food for Baby’s First Year M ost babies only need breast milk or iron-fortified formula for the first 4 to 6 months. If you feel your baby needs solid food before this, consult with • If the baby has trouble swallowing, he/she may not be ready for solids yet. Wait a few days and try again. your doctor. As you add solid foods, continue to offer • Feed the baby the same cereal for one week before breast milk or formula on demand. Babies will rely on changing to another flavor. breast milk or formula for its nutrition until the first • Thicken the consistency of the cereal slowly over birthday. a period of several weeks. Baby is ready for solid food if: Moving On • Birth weight has doubled. After your baby is used to cereal, you can begin • Can hold own head up, steady and upright. adding vegetables, fruits, meat, and bread. Offer a few • Can sit with help. tablespoons of vegetables or fruit in the same meal as • Shows interest in foods you are eating. the cereal. You will know when the baby is full when • Nurses more than 8 times a day or drinks more he leans back in his chair, turns his head away, refuses than 32 ounces of formula. to open his mouth, or starts playing with the spoon. • Does not use the tongue to push food out of the Here are some additional things to keep in mind: mouth. • Try one new food at a time, for several days, to make sure the baby is not allergic to any foods. How to Start • Stick to single foods first, then try mixed foods Here are some tips to remember to make the first and dinners. feedings easier. Babies need practice and experience. • When the baby starts getting teeth, add finely Do not be discouraged if the feeding does not go as chopped or mashed foods. Texture helps sore planned at first. gums. • Pick a time when both you and baby are in a good • At 6 months, start offering juice in a cup only. mood and she is not too tired or too hungry. Never put juice in a bottle. An infant, put to bed • Hold your baby on your lap or have the baby sit or naps with a bottle containing juice, is at risk for up in an infant seat. developing baby bottle tooth decay. • Start with rice cereal. This is easiest on the baby’s • If your baby will not eat a particular food, try it stomach. A tablespoon mixed with 3 or 4 table- again later. The more you offer a food to a child, spoons of formula or breast milk is all you need the better chance she has of liking it. at first. Keep the cereal very thin. • Babies do not need sugar or salt added to their • Use a small spoon and put cereal only on the tip. food. • If your baby does not seem very interested in eating • Do not limit the amount of fat in a baby’s diet. Fat off the spoon, let him smell and taste the cereal. is needed for the brain to grow. Copyright © 2009, The Ohio State University
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Food for Baby’s
First Year—page 2 Ages for Introducing New Foods and the Amounts to Feed Age Foods to Add How Much to Feed Birth to 4 months Breast milk or iron-fortified infant formula Feed on demand as long as baby chooses 4 to 6 months Baby cereal—rice first, then oatmeal or barley 1–2 tablespoons 6 to 8 months Vegetables—strained, pureed, or mashed 2–3 tablespoons cooked Fruits—strained or mashed 2–3 tablespoons Fruit juice—using a small cup 3 ounces Meats—cooked and strained or chopped 1–2 tablespoons Dry beans—cooked and mashed 1–2 tablespoons 8 to 10 months Cooked, mashed egg yolks Allow baby to decide how much to eat. Cottage cheese Do not encourage baby to eat more than Yogurt he wants. Crackers or bread Continue to offer new fruits and vegetables. Vegetables—cooked and in small pieces Fruits—soft and peeled, in small pieces 10 to 12 months Allow baby to eat the same foods the family Allow baby to decide how much to eat. is eating. Foods should be in small pieces and Do not encourage baby to eat more than cooked or soft. he wants. Foods That Can Harm Your Infant Sweet dessert foods: Sweets promote obesity by add- Honey and corn syrup: These foods can cause botu- ing food energy with few nutrients to support growth. lism, which can cause death in infants. Sugar alcohols, found in many reduced calorie sweet foods, may cause diarrhea. Commonly allergic foods: Egg whites, peanut but- ter, cow’s milk, citrus fruits, and shellfish are common Food that may cause choking: Hot dogs, candy, allergic foods that should be avoided in the first year, nuts, grapes, uncut meats, raw carrots and apples, and depending on how careful you want to be about certain popcorn can get stuck in a baby’s throat. allergies. Cow’s milk should not be substituted for in- fant formula or breast milk because it does not supply Sources enough iron and has too much protein for babies less Satter, E. (2000). Child of Mine: Feeding with Love and than 1 year old. Good Sense. Palo Alto: Bull Publishing Co. Updated by Julie Shertzer, Program Specialist, Human Nutrition, July 2008. Original author: Lisa Pescara, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences. Visit Ohio State University Extension’s web site “Ohioline” at: http://ohioline.osu.edu Ohio State University Extension embraces human diversity and is committed to ensuring that all research and related educational programs are available to clientele on a nondiscriminatory basis without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, or veteran status. This statement is in accordance with United States Civil Rights Laws and the USDA. Keith L. Smith, Ph.D., Associate Vice President for Agricultural Administration and Director, Ohio State University Extension TDD No. 800-589-8292 (Ohio only) or 614-292-1868 Copyright © 2009, The Ohio State University