What Should My Sixth Month Olds Diet Look Like?

My daughter just turned six months old too!!! Our ped said that since she's still getting most of her nutrients from formula, that food is just for exploration. We have her on cereal mixed with fruit in the morning, a veggie at lunchtime and veggie and fruit at night. Sometimes she'll eat the whole container, and sometimes she won't. I would make sure to start your little girl on vegetables first. I've heard that if you start them on fruits, they won't want veggies. Also, you can start them out on the stage 2 foods. You get more in the container, so they're more economical. They're just a little thicker than 1st foods. Wait a bit to start her on things like the Gerber puffs and biter biscuits. She needs to be able to totally sit up on her own before you introduce things like that. As she grows, you'll start noticing that bottles just don't satisfy her anymore. Don't worry too much about it and let your little girl lead the way. She'll know when she's hungry.

Maybe rice cereal, mixed with fruit in the morning with some starting solids like bananas, bread, etc. Then vegees & maybe meats for lunch/dinner? We got the advice to introduce one new food at a time in case of a reaction. Wagon wheels (fruit, vegee) from I think Gerber are great snacks. Does that help?

Whatever satisfies her, you are doing fine! My son used to eat much like that; a bottle in the morning with cereal mixed with fruit, a bottle for lunch with usually a jar of veggies and a jar of fruit, and then a bottle between lunch and dinner, then dinner was another veggie (sometimes one of those chicken and noodles or beef and veggies, the pureed ones because the level three foods are NASTY) and then a dessert/fruit. Bottle too.

I started him on more table foods at around 7 months. Mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie, real soft stuff, and then cheerios and things like that. I used to let him sit in his high chair with a baby spoon, some cheerios and a sippy cup at around 7 months, he played more than anything but it was a nice (and very entertaining) introduction to the sippy cup and spoon. He's always had good motor skills but I do think having done that helped him become more apt with a spoon at a quicker rate than some other kids.

Watching him chase around cheerios was a riot!And as she gets more teeth you can try things like gerber makes a lot of "gumable" products like puffed fruit/veggie wheels, but then creamy well cooked noodles, well cooked veggies like green beans and carrots, stuff like that she will love!

More than anything trust your own judgment, you are her mom and know what's best, whether you realize it or not!

Always feed a bottle first. All a baby's nutrition comes from formula/breastmilk and solids are just teaching them how to eat and to like different tastes and textures. So, you want to make sure she gets what she wants of formula and then offer solids 30 minutes to an hour after. She's a bit young for snacks, around 8-9 months you can add crackers, cherios, raisens, etc...
It's also a bit soon for table foods, make sure she's used to thicker mashed foods with small chunks and can pick up things before introducing table foods. Oh, unless you just mean you want to make her food from what you are eating instead of buying jarred food. Making baby food is easy! Feel free to PM me if you want tips on making food :)
Good Luck!!

There is just so much information I have for you and such little time to type it all. The bottle should be given first---but only HALF of the bottle. Then let her eat, then give her the rest (or at least what she wants of the rest). Don't worry about having your daughter on that kind of diet until she is ONE year old exactly. She is much too young to have a diet like that... too much. My daughter didn't even START eating until she was 6 months old. So she wasn't even eating as much as your daughter until she was about 8 months old. She did not start table foods until she was about 10 months old and her first tooth was working on coming through. I can give you a wonderful list of first table foods if you would like. I have the monster of a list of easy to eat (w/o teeth) table foods! :)

Where did I get this info? I read a book called "Super Baby Foods" by Ruth Yaron. It teaches you how to make your own baby food as I did, but that is not the only benefit of the book. It tells you how much they should have at certain months of age, what to introduce to them at that age, etc. It also talks about allergy foods to avoid--honey, nuts of all kind until 3 yrs. old, tomatoes, etc. It also has ideas and recipes for snacks and stuff for toddlers... so it will serve you well for years to come.

Good luck and if you would like a list of those table foods just message me and I'll get back to you. :)