what is a good meal plan for a 4 month old baby? I mean, do I just give her jarred food and milk or jarred?

Question

food and juice??? Just a good days meal plan please.

Answer 1

this is WIC suggestions

4 months formula or breast milk (6-8 ounces)in 3 to 4 feedings
infant cereal 1-2 tablespoons twice a day. give with a spoon.

5 months formula (6-8 ounces)in 3to 4 feedings
infant cereal 2-4 tbs. twice a day
vegetable: 2-4 tablespoons twice a day,strained.
infant fruit juice 2-4 ounces in a cup daily.

at 6 months I started giving my kids a jar of food at each feeding basically they will tell u when they r full.

Answer 2

My daughter is the same age as your baby. Start off with one meal a day (what ever time it suits you). Start witha breast or formula feed, then about two tablespoons of whichever solid you choose to start with. There are lots of commercial foods for four month olds, but you can also start with homemade. My baby loves apple. Just peel and cook in a little water, then use a blender or a sieve and puree the apple. Don't add anything else, but make sure the apple is not a sour tasting one. In a week or two, move on to two meals a day. Other first foods that you can try are potato, sweet potato, pumpkin, carrot and raw foods like avocado and banana. Only when your baby get to be about 9 months will whole food become more important than milk and then you can start the meal with the whole food and follow on with the milk part of the meal.

Answer 3

You are not supposed to give babies juice, because it has too much sugar. Cow's milk is also a no-no!

4 months is just the beginning of starting solids. They really don't need to start solids before 6 months.

Start with rice cereal 1-2 x a day with formula every 2-3 hours when they seem hungry. Then you can start to try different things. Start with the stage one jarred food (organic is recommended). Ask your pediatrician. some links with info.

http://www.babycentre.co.uk/baby/startingsolids/6months/

http://www.parenting.com/parenting/article/0,19840,1586845,00.html

Answer 4

Babies shouldn't be eating anything other than breastmilk or formula for the first 6 months of life.

After that, start her off with 1 meal of single-grain cereal a day, after stage 2 you can start giving her vegetables.

We've changed our little guy's feeding schedule to what HE wants, he really loves trying new foods so we give him new food every 3 days, if he seems like he needs some extra time, we keep him on his latest food for an extra day or two. This past weekend he chewed on a piece of steak, he loved it so much he got angry when I took it away!

Good luck on your feeding adventures!

Answer 5

My son started solids at 4 months, too, which is relatively early but he was definitely ready. Providing your baby is ready, it's a good idea to give solids gradually while keeping up with her milk feeds. Use jarred foods for convenience, but there are also some foods which are super easy to mash at home yourself- ex. banana, avocado, potato. My son tends to enjoy having a couple of flavors at each meal (tonight was jarred squash and fresh banana, for example), he has some water from a cup during his meal, and about half an hour later I breastfeed him. Be very flexible about what constitutes a meal- my son prefers several flavors in a meal but oly has a little of each. Veggies and fruits are great starters, and baby cereal is supposed to be good but to be honest it tastes like paper!!

Answer 6

formula/ breast milk needs to be the primary source of nutrition for the first year.

www.beechnut.com
they have good meal plan so does www.askdrsears.com.

my son is 8 months old breastfeeds and gets 1 step 2 jar of food and a yobaby yogurt daily.

Answer 7

You don't necesarily have to give solid food to a 4 month old baby unless she is really showing interest.

I started mine at 6 months and tried rice cereal first and then added fruits and veggies a few at a time.

But formula or breast milk is still going to be like 80 percent of their daily diet.

Answer 8

its not recomended to give any solids til 6 months old. just stick with the formula for 2 more months.
at 6 months start adding cereal. a little at a time without reducing the amount of milk. you can add 2 oz juice mixed with 2 oz of water a day
at 7 months start adding veggies. one new veggie at a time for several days to check for allergies
at 8 months add fruits
at 9 months add meat
you can mix and match these any way you want but make sure baby is getting at least 24 oz of formula every day til the first birthday. formula is the main source of nutrition for the entire first year.

Answer 9

the diet for a 4 month old should consist of formula or breast milk and nothing else. it is too early to start them on jarred food and especially juice. wait until the baby is 6 months old before you give them jarred food and juice.

Answer 10

Your baby will be ready to start solids when she is at least 6 months old and meets all of the following milestones:
* Baby can sit up well without support.
* Baby has lost the tongue-thrust reflex and does not automatically push solids out of his mouth with his tongue.
* Baby is ready and willing to chew.
* Baby is developing a “pincer” grasp, where he picks up food or other objects between thumb and forefinger. Using the fingers and scraping the food into the palm of the hand (palmar grasp) does not substitute for pincer grasp development.
* Baby is eager to participate in mealtime and may try to grab food and put it in his mouth.

At only 4 months, she does not need any food besides breastmilk or formula. Introducing solids early could cause digestive problems, food allergies and obesity later in life.