how much solids should i feed my 6 month old?
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The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends babies eat solid foods 2-3 times per day in addition to breast milk or formula.
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6-12 months If you're breastfeeding, your baby will naturally adapt how much they feed according to the other food they have eaten throughout the day. For formula fed babies, NHS guidelines suggest they may need around 600ml per day between 7-9 months and this will drop down to around 400ml between 10-12 months.
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6-8 Months At 6 months, Baby will consume about 4-8 ounces of formula or breast milk at each feeding. This is in addition to cereal and other baby foods. Most babies top off at 32 to 36 ounces of milk in a 24-hour period.
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At 4 months, your baby may be taking 4-6 ounces (120-180 milliliters) at each feeding, depending on the frequency of feedings and his or her size. By 6 months, your baby may be taking 6-8 ounces (180-230 milliliters) every 4 to 5 hours. This also depends on whether you've introduced any baby food.
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Broadly, most babies eat: 4 to 6 months: 3 to 4 tablespoons of cereal once a day, and 1 to 2 tablespoons of a vegetable and fruit 1 or 2 times a day. 7 months: 3 to 4 tablespoons of cereal once a day, 2 to 3 tablespoons of a vegetable and fruit twice a day, and 1 to 2 tablespoons of a meat and protein food once a day.
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Your baby needs less breastmilk in his bottle than he would formula because breastmilk has more nutrients per ounce, and your baby is able to digest it more fully than he would formula. Babies between 4 and 6 months old generally take anywhere from 3 to 5 ounces of breastmilk from a bottle during a given feeding.
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6-8 Months At 6 months, Baby will consume about 4-8 ounces of formula or breast milk at each feeding. This is in addition to cereal and other baby foods.
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Now that your baby is eating solid foods, planning meals can be more challenging. At this age, your baby needs between 750 and 900 calories each day, about 400 to 500 of which should come from breast milk or formula (approximately 24 oz.
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4-6 Months Aim to feed your little one about 1-2 tablespoons of food twice a day. Solid food shouldn't take the place of milk as the main source of nutrients. Indeed, babies should still drink about 4-8 ounces every four or five hours.
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As a rule of thumb, infants under 6 months who haven't yet started solids will take in 2 to 2 1/2 ounces of formula per pound of body weight within a 24-hour period. (That's 20 to 25 ounces per day for a 10-pound baby.)
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Plan on about 6 to 8 ounces of breast milk or formula, four to five times a day. Solid foods should include three meals a day as well as two snacks. Don't force your baby to eat if he's not hungry, though.
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6 to 12 Months Old Continue feeding your baby when he or she shows signs of hunger. Most 6 to 12 month olds will need infant formula or solid foods about 5 to 6 times in 24 hours. As your baby gradually starts eating more solid foods, the amount of infant formula he or she needs each day will likely start to decrease.
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Doctors recommend that you give your child bananas at the age of 6 months, right around the time he starts eating semi-solids. A small banana per day for a 6-month-old baby is ideal.
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By the end of their first week, most will need around 150 to 200ml per kilo of their weight a day until they're 6 months old. This amount will vary from baby to baby. Although most babies settle into a feeding pattern eventually, they vary in how often they want to feed and how much they want to drink.
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At 6 months, Baby will consume about 4-8 ounces of formula or breast milk at each feeding. This is in addition to cereal and other baby foods. Most babies top off at 32 to 36 ounces of milk in a 24-hour period. If he seems to have an insatiable appetite or doesn't seem to be eating enough, contact your pediatrician.
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Especially if your child is breastfeeding or drinking a bottle before meals, you can expect their solid food consumption to be on the lower end of the spectrum. On average, 6-month-old babies drink between 6 to 8 ounces of milk or formula at each feeding, and most are feeding every 4-5 hours.
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Gradually increase the amount of food to about four ounces, three times a day by the end of his sixth month. At eight months, bump up the amount of solids to six to eight ounces per meal, three times a day, with two two-ounce snacks in between, Narisety says.