Almost 7 Months...

My daughter is 9 months old. Here is normal day for her:

7:30am - 9oz bottle

Noon - Rice cereal made with 5 ounces of Formula and a Stage 2 Fruit.

5:00pm - 1 jar of 2nd food meat, 1 plastic container of 2nd food veggie, 1 jar of 2nd Food chicken noodle or 1/2 a jar of 3rd food lasagna, 1 plastic container of 2nd food fruit

9-9:30pm 9 oz bottle.

My Little guy is 7 months 3 weeks and he starts his day at 6:00a.m. with a bottle, another at 9 or 9:30a.m., has snacks, like banana puffs, at lunch he eats a stage one fruit or vegetable mixed with oatmeal (doctors order for digestive health), or both and has 2 oz of a bottle, then again between 3:30 and 4:30 he will eat a stage two fruit or vegetable with a bottle,and then he will have one more bottle before he goes to bed around 8 or 8:30p.m. He always tells me when he is hungry for more and when he is full. He has figured out that he loves to eat so I let him. If we happen to go out to a restaraunt he will eat mashed potatoes, bread, pudding, and small amounts of meat. As we have no teeth yet we are very careful to give him small bites that he can taste but not choke on. Doc says that this is fine. I hope that this helps.

At 7 months my son was eating 2oz of formula mixed with cereal or oatmeal for breakfast and a bottle of i think around 4oz and then he would have a bottle for a snack after a couple hours and for lunch he would eat some for cereal and either a fruit or veggie (sometimes he would eat it all and sometimes not. just go by when she seems full) then mabye some puffs or a bottle for a snack and for dinner he would eat either a squash or sweet potatoe with a fruit or veggie. we just alternated each day so he got a variety. then he would take a 6 oz bottle before bed. every kid is different. my son has always been a big eater. he is now 13 months and eats everthing and loves it. hope that helps a little. just try one thing at a time and see how she does with it. she will let you know when she is full.

I stopped at 10 months but whenever you feel right about stopping is the right time you have already done great. just remember to stop slowly it will hurt less.

My daughter has ALWAYS eaten every few hours. She really doesn't eat much meat (I give her other forms of protein) but she loves to eat!

@ 4 tbs cereal in the morning and 1/2 a chunked up banana. Level 2 vegetable at lunch. Level 2 Fruit at dinner. In between and with meals he would get snacks like cheerios, puffs, small crackers, etc so he could practice self feeding, which he loved. Also, I always gave a sippy cup with water in it at his meals. A lot of times he would just play with it, but after a while he started taking sips. I also work full time and breastfeed.

my daughter is just now 7 mos also, and she'll eat a full yo baby cup amount of yogurt for each of 3 meals (she had trouble gaining weight, so her cereal was replaced with yogurt) plus half that same amount of table food (ground in a food mill). Sometimes she'll only eat half of that, sometimes more. she also nurses still about every 2 hrs or so during the day (none at night) and gets crackers and like for snacks. Each kid is different, she just eats till she's full =)

that all depends. some moms dont feed any baby foods at all until around a year old.
i wouldnt hurry anything. dont feel like you HAVE to be feeding your baby anything but nursing or bottle. dont let anyone else's opinions change how YOU want to parent your child. if you feel your child is not ready for solids, dont feed them to him. it actually helps prevent allergies or sensitivities if you dont feed solids too soon. so just relax, take it little by little. ONE FOOD AT A TIME is most important, and no you dont have to start with rice cereal, or any cereal. you can start with any food you want, except meats... and no dairy either.

remember, solid/baby foods are not nutritionally needed until after a year old! :D so just take it easy... they will eat you out of house and home soon enough! why rush anything! :D

I was curious about this also, particularly with how much to feed my baby at one feeding. My baby is just over 6 months old. I was feeding him 2T rice cereal (dry mixed with water or breastmilk) and maybe 2t of veggies or fruit twice a day. At my 6 month appointment with my pediatrician, she said I could increase the rice cereal amount to 4T dry and feed him 3 times per day. I was kind of surprised by that, but it has been working well for the last week or so. I hope that helps.

Hi T.,

My son is 8 months old, but his diet hasn't changed in the last month.

I am no longer breastfeeding. He drinks three to four 9 oz. bottles each day. He also drinks 1-2 oz. here and there when he is thirsty. We are transitioning him over to a sippy cup.

Besides the formula, he eats 4x a day: breakfast, lunch, supper, and a bedtime snack. His foods vary from day-to-day, but he eats: oatmeal, fruit sauces (apple and apple+apricot), pears, peaches, bananas, scrambled eggs, vanilla yogurt, squash, peas, carrots, and sweet potatoes.

With the exception of the "baby oatmeal", we do not feed him "baby" food. We just mash the food, or, if needed, puree it in the blender.

My son was still mainly on breast milk. They don't need anything else until 1 year. We did try different foods those to get him exposed to a variety of foods. We did rice cereal and pureed various fruits and veg (bananas, peas, sweet potato, mango, etc.). About that time we also gave him "Teddy Puffs" (brand name) to try a hard food that mostly melted in his mouth. He had 4 teeth by the end of 7 months. Enjoy the process :)

Hello,

At 7 months my son was still exclusively receiving breastmilk. He would nurse every 3 to 7 hours during the daytime....

Babies can't digest cereal yet, so it is just an "extra" that they really don't need. If you are/ or want to feed something besides milk, I suggest going with fruits and veges. Especially if you're making them homemade. But even from a jar I would feed that before feeding cereal!!!

You could feed 1/8 cup of fruit at breakfast, 1/4 cup friut and vegetable at lunch and the same at supper. Your baby will give you cues as to when she's full or wants more. Let her lead the way. Yogurt is another option. Full of good bacteria.

Definitely give the sippy cup throughout the day. (Take out the spicket if she doesn't understand that she needs to suck. That's how my kids learned.) This is a great skill to pick up early so it's easier to wean off the bottle. (If she has one....)

Just don't force the food issue if your baby seems fine. Babies have a built in system that's perfect and we (as parents) tend to think we know better and do it our way. That is how we teach our children to over-eat. (There have been studies done on this....)

Hope this helps.

My baby turned 7 months on the 8th. I nurse about 5-6 times during the day and she wakes up 2-3 times at night. She gets solids 3 times a day.

Solids we have done:
Rice Cereal
Barley Cereal
Bannana
Apple Sauce
Turkey
Yo baby yogurt (bannana and vanilla)
carrots
rice crispies (dry)
we will be trying avacado today.

I don't really measure the amounts but I can guess. 1-2 tablespoon cereal (before mixed with water) and 1 teaspoon of something else. Sometimes she eats it all and other times she eats 1-2 baby spoonfuls. I nurse her after she eats the solids. At the 6 months well baby check-up our doctor suggested that she should be eating at least 1/2 cup of cereal each day.

We should also be working on finger foods, hense the rice crispies. I've also cut up bannana and turkey for her. We will try the avacado this way too. She can't really pick these small peices up yet.

Note on meats: Some people suggest waiting until 8 months for meats because of the high protein could be bad for their kidneys. Much research and many health professionals are saying that babyies need meat as a first food for iron and zinc. I am choosing to do very small amounts of meat for this reason.