Age Appropriate Foods
March 12, 2009
A mother’s job is never easy; nor is it ever done. First, there is the nine months of aches, discomfort, sickness, mood swings, and bizarre food cravings. And when you think it can’t get any worse, you go into labor for hours.
But at the end of it all, you’re presented with a beautiful, healthy baby. So now the hardest part is over…or is it? Now that your baby is here you have to deal with their sleeping and eating habits. One of the hardest things for a mother, especially a new mother, to grasp is how to properly feed her new baby. This feeding schedule will give you guidelines as to what food the child should consume at each stage of their life.
For the first four months your baby will receive all of its nutrients and sustenance from breast milk. If you choose not to breastfeed, select an age appropriate formula. A child will need to eat every two-to-three hours. For the next couple of months until the child reaches six months old, the child will still rely on breast milk or formula but this can be supplemented with iron-fortified rice cereal or grain cereals.
From age six-to-eight months the baby continues to take in breast milk or formula as well as the cereals but now you can add certain kinds of fruits and vegetables to the diet. They should be in pureed or strained form. As the child enters its tenth month, add some dairy products to the diet such as yogurt, cottage cheese and certain cheeses.
Children now can also eat soft, mashed fruits and vegetables as well as finger foods such as cereal and broken up bananas. You can also introduce easy to eat and digest protein sources to their diet such as beans. This is in addition to the diet they have kept during the past several months. Make sure everything is soft so that they can break it down with their gums.
By the time the child approaches one year of age, along with the formula, the child should be having cereals, finger foods, small protein sources, and soft fruits and vegetables that are cut into small pieces. One thing to remember when it comes to giving your child protein, if you give them an egg, make sure it is only the yolk.
Pretty soon your child will be able to eat the same table foods that you enjoy.
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