I need to know what a normal 7 month old should be eating?

Question

I need a schedule because I feel as though my baby isnt eating enough. I would like an example daily menu for that age. She has not been drinking alot and I seem to be trying every hour with a bottle. she does eat solids but how much solids does she need and how much milk?

Answer 1

A normal 7 month old should be nursing and getting nothing more or *maybe* a teaspoonful of solid food. I hate to be the one to inform you, but bottle feeding is *not* normal in any way. That's why you don't have bottles hanging off you...

Answer 2

I have a nine month old and she has been on the same schedule since she was 6 months (starting solids), with exception of increased amounts.
A 6 month + baby should get 26-32 oz of formula a day. This is my daughter's schedule.
When she wakes up she gets 8 oz of formula, 2 hrs later she gets breakfast (a jar of fruit mixed in with oatmeal or rice cereal), 4oz of formula then a nap. When she wakes up from her nap she gets lunch and another 4 oz. Around 2-3 p.m. she gets 6 oz. Around 5:30 (after her 2nd nap) she gets dinner and another 4 oz. At bed time (7-7:30 p.m.) she gets another 6 oz.
As far as the amount of food feed her a jar or the equivalent of stage 2 baby food, if she's still acting hungry give her more. You really can't over feed an infant they need all that they can get. Also check out babycenter.com they have a chart of how much to expect them to eat in a given day. Some days your baby will eat more and other days she will eat less.

Answer 3

I have a seven month old. Here is my schedule, it does change but usually about the same.
Early morning he gets a 6oz bottle.
Then Mid-morning Cereal/oatmeal with Fruit. He usually eats the whole thing of fruit (Gerber) and the same amount of cereal.
he gets a 4oz bottle before him morning nap, but usually doesn't finish it all.
Lunch/Noon- he eats a three containers of baby food, sometimes two veggies, and one fruit. Or chicken mixed with apples, and a veggie. I usually mix fruit with a little bit of cereal for iron.
Then before his afternoon nap he gets a 6oz bottle.
Dinner/ around five- same thing as lunch but always has chicken or turkey.
Before bed/ seven or eight- a six once bottle.

Then if he decides he is hungry in the middle of the night, he usually is. he gets a 6oz bottle around 1am.

That's our schedule, he is pretty consistent. eats, naps and goes to bed around the same time each day.

Hope that helps, I was very unsure the first time I gave him solids on how much and when. But he let me know, sometimes all he wants is a bottle and doesn't want solids at all.
Good Luck.
I also give him a sippy cup of water, usually it ends up all over him but he does drink it when he is thirsty. I haven't started juice yet either.

Answer 4

It really depends on your baby. My son was a big pig and was always hungry (in the womb too) until he turned 1 and didn't want to eat anything. He's 2 now and still is finicky. I would say go with 3 meals a day. For a meal, feed him a jar of baby food. He may only eat half and that's ok. Save the rest for the next day. I used to mix the baby cereal (just a couple spoonfuls) that I used to get from wic with his baby food in a bowl (about half a jar to start) to make it a little thicker and give it a little more substance for her. Your doctor should have discussed with you how you should be introducing baby foods and in what order. After he eats his baby food/cereal then you can give her a bottle. I would say I was giving my son 6 to 8 ounces per bottle. Now, if your baby is wanting more between these "3 meals", then you could give her a bottle between breakfast and lunch and one between lunch and dinner. If you're wanting to give him juice, limit it to 1 bottle/cup a day and I would recommend diluting it with water so she doesn't get diarrhea. You could implement juice betwen meals instead of formula. If your baby likes to have a bottle before bed, then you could do this also. This should do pretty well for a 7-month-old. It's hard for me to remember as I was so frazzled during the first year of my son's life. Just remember that babies and children go through phases of eating where they'll be hungry for a couple of days or weeks and not-so-hungry for a couple of days or weeks. If your baby is losing weight, then you should start getting concerned. Talk to your peditrician at your regular visits and make sure that your baby isn't losing weight.
***Note: Do NOT feed your baby peanut butter before she is 2 years old.***

Answer 5

If she is using a formula, continue using formula up to one year. DO NOT give her normal cow milk or soy milk. These are way tow hard on her system. don't give her water as a normal fluid until she is eating something on a regular basis. by 7 months you should be giving her rice cereal. it is OK if she spits it right back up. that is a reflex. what we often forget is that eating and swallowing is a technique that has to be practiced. Once a week, you should introduce a new single fruit or vegetable baby food into her diet. For example, week one in the morning, give her her bottle until she doesn't want any more. after an hour giver her like 2 table spoons of rice cereal but don't force her. in the afternoon, give her something like a jar of level one baby food sweet potatoes in between meal give her a bottle. And maybe a mix of the two for dinner. give her as much as she will eat and no more when she turns away. as long as she is gaining weight you are not under feeding her and as long as you stop feeding her when she doesn't want anymore you are not overfeeding her you are good. Week two, introduce a new level one jar of single vegetable or fruit. take note of any allergies or changes in your baby's mood.

Answer 6

The formula/breast milk is the most important food still at this age. Perhaps she likes the solids a lot and is less interested in milk. Do you have a copy of "What to Expect the First Year?" Buy one or check it out at your library. I read that book almost daily with my first baby. It has answers to all these types of concerns and gives advice on feeding and daily quantities.

Answer 7

no cow's milk until 12 months, no peanut butter until 3 years and no honey or eggs until 12 months.
My son at that age, as much as I remember was having his regular amount of formula plus a bowl of baby cereal or a piece of lightly margerined toast for breakfast. 1/2 jar of 8 month heinz baby food and 1/2 jar of 6 month heinz baby fruits or baby custard. I didn't start him on the food we were eating until about 10 months because he just didn't want it, and to be honest I was really glad because I just didn't seem to have time to prepare a seperate meal for him. I tried homemade baby food, but it had too much flavour and texture for him apparently. If you go to Heinz I know for sure they have a meal plan for a week for different age groups. I don't know which other baby foods have them, but you could just use that for a guideline, and if your daughter doesn't eat as much as the meal plan says, don't worry. If my son ate that much then he would have been the size of a house as he wasn't walking yet and wasn't crawling as much as other babies his age, he was a little lazy and we probably carried him too much as well.
Take a look at something like that to get some ideas from the meal plan and customize it to fit you and your daughter. Also for bottles, Gabe is nearly 20 months now and has a 4oz bottle of milk with each meal then I fill his bottle to the top, probably 5 or 5.5 oz for just before bed.
You could also contact a public health nurse in your area and ask their opinion. We had one visit monthly until Gabe turned 14 months or so. They really come in handy in a situation like that.
Good luck.

Answer 8

they say not to give a child under one peanut butter because of allergic reactions, as far as cows milk my dr. switched my 2 year old to milk at 6 months old. my children's schedule for meals was:
breakfast: baby cereal mixed with formula, breastmilk, or regular milk, which ever you use, mixed with a baby food fruit, mid morning for a snack at that age i would give them a bottle, then for lunch: meat if they would eat it, fruit, and veggies, afternoon snack would be a fruit, my kids liked canned pears in light syrup, they had some teeth and could manage to chew are gum it, or a mashed bannana, then for dinner the same as lunch, then a bottle before bed. try giving them a sippy cup of juice or other drink with there meals, and cheero's is a good finger snack also try breaking them in half, cheero's dissolve well.

Answer 9

Breastmilk or formula is supposed to be the main food source for the first year. Always give milk first, until they've had enough, then top them up with solid food. At seven months, they should just be starting solid foods, such as different kinds of cereals and veggies etc. Here's a website you may find helpful
http://www.2coolbaby.com/Documents/brstsolid.htm

Answer 10

my doc said that a baby that is eating a well rounded diet only will take or need 2-3 bottles a day. And the well rounded diet includes, rice cereal in the morning, i liked to mix a jar of baby fruit in with the rice cereal to make it taste better with 2 ounces of the rice and 2 ounces of the nursery watter, at lunch a jar- 3/4 jar of baby stage 2 dinner or stage one, and at dinner 1 jar - 3/4 jar of stage 2 dinner or stage one. stay away from nuts, if your baby is alergic to nuts normaly the reaction is sever wait till you introduce more foods to your baby to tell how sensitive she is. you can tell also by the amount of dirty dippers, have they gone down or still the same, that will help you compare.

Answer 11

i can tell you what my 7 month old eats in a day he doesnt drink so much formula now he starts of with7oz formula and porridge then dinner he will have jar ready made food and yogurt with baby juice then he will have another 4oz later then a rusk then for his dinner he will have a cheese sandwich some fruit then another 7oz formula them another yogurt later but this varies from day to day hope this helps