Infant Feeding Schedule

Birth to 3 Months

AGE	Birth to 1 Month	2 Months	3 Months
Breast Milk	On demand of infant, nurse for 10-20 minutes on each breast. If difficulties arise, consult your physician.
Formula with Iron	18-22 ounces (per day)	24-28 ounces (per day)	26-32 ounces (per day)

Four to 12 Months

AGE	4 - 6 Months¹	7 Months	8 Months	9 Months	10 Months	11 Months	12 Months²
Breast Milk	On demand of infant, nurse for 10-20 minutes on each breast. If difficulties arise, consult your physician.
Formula with Iron	30-32 ounces (per day)	29-31 ounces (per day)	26-31 ounces (per day)	24-30 ounces (per day)	22-30 ounces (per day)	20-28 ounces (per day)	16-24 ounces (per day)
Infant Cereal (to be fed with spoon)	4-6 Tbsp Dry rice cereal w/ formula added	4-6 Tbsp Iron fortified infant cereal w/ formula added	4-6 Tbsp Cereal w/formula added	6-8 Tbsp Cereal w/formula added	6-8 Tbsp Cereal w/formula added	½ - ¾ cup Cereal w/formula added	½ - ¾ cup Cereal w/formula added
Vegetables	Introduced in small pureed amounts	2-4 Tbsp. strained	6-8 Tbsp Strained or Junior	8-10 Tbsp Strained or Junior	½ - ¾ cup Junior or finely chopped	½ - ¾ cup chopped	¼ cup green, and ¼ cup orange or yellow, chopped
Fruit	Introduce small pureed amounts	2-4 Tbsp. strained	2-4 Tbsp Strained or junior	4-6 Tbsp Strained or Junior	½ cup chopped fresh or cooked	½ cup chopped fresh or cooked	½ cup chopped fresh or cooked
Crackers, Teething Biscuits, Dry Wheat Toast		1 cracker 1 biscuit	1 cracker 1 biscuit	1 cracker 1 biscuit	1 cracker 1 biscuit	1 cracker 1 biscuit	2 crackers 2 biscuits
Meat, Poultry		1-3 Tbsp	1-3 Tbsp	1-4 Tbsp	2-4 Tbsp strained	1-2 ounces ground	1 ounce ground
Infant Juice		2 ounces diluted	2 ounces diluted	2 ounces diluted	2 ounces diluted	4 ounces diluted	4 ounces
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Egg Yolk, Yolk Only		1 Tbsp mashed egg yolk	1 Tbsp mashed egg yolk	1 Tbsp mashed egg yolk	2 Tbsp mashed egg yolk	1 hard cooked egg yolk	1 Whole Egg
Potatoes, Rice, Noodles, Spaghetti					¼ Cup Junior	¼ Cup Junior or table food	½ Cup Junior or table food

¹ At 6 months of age, begin to decrease the amount of milk and increase foods because of increased nutritional needs
² By 12 months of age, 16 ounces, whole milk per day is recommended unless allergy or intolerance prevents use.

General Notes about feeding schedule:
- Feeding is individual and must be adjusted to meet your child's needs. The above is a general outline.
- This feeding schedule has been adapted from: University of California Irvine Medical Center for Clinical Nutrition Services.

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