meal time for baby?

Question

im always concerend im feeding my baby too little or too much. Just wondering what a routine daily menu would be for a 9 month old. thanks

Answer 1

This is from babycenter.com - I have used it a lot with my three.
http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/baby/babyfeeding/1400680.html#4

For 8-10 month olds feed:
• Breast milk or formula, PLUS
• Small amounts of soft pasteurized cheese, yogurt, cottage cheese (but no cows' milk until age 1)
• Iron-fortified cereals (rice, barley, wheat, oats, mixed cereals)
• Mashed fruits and vegetables (bananas, peaches, pears, avocados, cooked carrots, squash, potatoes, sweet potatoes)
• Finger foods (lightly toasted bagels, cut up; small pieces of ripe banana; well-cooked spiral pasta; teething crackers; low-sugar O-shaped cereal)
• Small amounts of protein (egg yolk, pureed meats and poultry; tofu; well-cooked and mashed beans with soft skins like lentils, split peas, pintos, black beans)
• Non-citrus juice (apple or pear)

This is how much per day
• ¼ to 1/3 cup dairy (or ½ oz. cheese)
• ¼ to ½ cup iron-fortified cereal
• ¼ to ½ cup fruit
• ¼ to ½ cup vegetables
• 1/8 to ¼ cup protein foods
• 3 to 4 oz. non-citrus juices

These are guidelines. My first liked and was on jar baby food until probably 18 months. My next two wanted what was on my plate from as soon as they could chew. Your baby will be your guide as to how much and what they want to eat. When they get into a growth spurt they will eat almost non-stop and you wonder where all that food goes. Other times they will seem to eat next to nothing. It all evens out in the end. Also, take what your baby eats in a week, not just one day. If they want nothing but fruit one day and nothing but cereal the next, that's OK too.
My youngest is 17 months and when he's growing he sometimes eats more than his 8 year old brother.

Good Luck!

Answer 2

I have a 9 month old nephew and a typical day goes something like this--breakfast at 9ish includes quarter cup infant cereal, fruit, toast, bottle of milk. Midmorning snack a few crackers or yougurt and bottle of milk. Lunch a gerber graduate meal and juice. Snack is bottle of milk and pudding or fruit, dinner is whatever the rest of the family is having just mashed up--he eats mashed spaghetti, meatloaf, greenbeans, whatever, then another snack before bed and a bottle of milk. Let your baby be your guide!

Answer 3

I agree with the person who posted above - call the airline and find out from them, rather than a bunch of random people from the internet. But I will say this - be prepared for if the airline "drops the ball" and forget the meal. I require a special meal on flights, and learned this lesson the hard way when I was on a long flight with nothing to eat.

Answer 4

well, my little guy is 10 months old.. and since 8 months for breakfast he has a jar of applesauce, 2 graham crackers, cereal.. and about an hour later a bottle (just 4 ounces)... for lunch 2 jars of baby food.. or something I cooked... for supper 2 jars of baby food (same as lunch)... and a bottle (6 ounces)... for late snack at about 8 he eats a dessert and some crackers.. and 2 bottles before bed....
all of his bottles are thickend with rice cereal (he has acid reflux)

we go to a nutritionist with him, and she was impressed how well he ate, and said that was a good diet...
in fact she said it would be easy to take his bottle away at 1 year.

there are days when all he wants is a bottle (when he is having a rough patch with teething, or gerd problems)

he loves spiniach lasana, creamed spinich, green beans, mashed potatos, peach cobbler, carrots and beef, green beans and turkey, coconut pudding, applesauce, graham crackers;.... added last week waffles, and french toast (big big hit!) and a little ice cream

oh yeah.. the nutritionist says absoulutly no homemade baby food from carrots, spinich, corn.. they contain nitrates

Answer 5

well i have a daughter who is 21 months and no matter what they are always hungry and thirsty first thing in the mornig so whenever he wakes up(put him at bedat the same time evry night,exact if u can, so threefor he will wake up about the same time in the morning to start the routine)so feed him when he wakes up.i put my daughter down at 9 every night she wakes up between seven thirty and 8 i feed her then aroumd eeleven she has some kind of snack and juice or something then she takes her nap at about 11 30 or 12 or one, she wakes up and gets her lunch then a snack a few hours later and thendinner, the best way to start a routine is with when u put them to bed, hope this works,and trust me u will kno when the babe is full

Answer 6

well my daughter is 8 and a half months and I often have the same concern. I am feeding her about 4 or 5 - 6-8 ounce bottles plus one thing of yogurt, one thing of cereal and one jar of vegetables.That seems like plenty to me. I had planned on asking her doctor at her 9 month check up.

Answer 7

It really depends on the baby I think, my daughter didn't eat very much when she was that age...but I tried to give her a good mix between cereal, veggies, fruits, and meats. Breakfast, snack, Lunch, snack, then Dinner...

I'm sure if you google baby sites...they would have a good idea on "how much" they should be eating.

Good luck

Answer 8

Honestly it depends on the little one. Children are very smart, even at a young age. You child will let you know when they are hungry and when they're not. Usually I could tell that my daughter was full when she would lose interest in the food and start reaching for other stuff that might be nearby.

Answer 9

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