My daughter is almost 7 months old and we are feeding her gerber food. We are doing morning bottle, gerber lunch and dinner, with puffs and bottles for snacks. Can any one tell me how much fruit, veggies, and/ or meat she should have a day? What is an ideal meal plan for a baby her age?
At 7 months one meal a day is sufficient. Right now solids are just a supplement, breastmilk or formula should still be the main part of her diet with solids just to get her used to eating.
also, consider making your own baby food. Its much cheaper, and it tastes so much better! www.wholesomebabyfood.com is a great resource to get started!
You'll find a lot of information at www.keepkidshealthy.com. It's a really good website!
You can go to www.gerber.com and get the exact amounts of what she should eat each day based on what her developments are!!!!
L.,
I have a 7th month as well. I give him a bottle in the morning at 8 to 9am or when ever he wakes up, then at 11:30 to noon I will feed him oatmeal cereal, between 2 and 3pm I feed him fruit, then between and 6 and 7 pm I give him a veggie with a bottle, and then when it is dinner time I give him a veggie and some rice cereal, and a bottle. Someimes when he is more hungery then normal I just give him a bottle.
They say to give then 2 fruits and veggies a day, but it also depends on how much your little one eats in a day.. Some babies do not eat as much as others.
Not sure if this will help, but thought that I would share. :)
I agree with Becky. One or two meals a day should be good right now, increasing until she's a year old. Until that time, formula or breastmilk should be the main focus of her diet...and she should always get formula or breastmilk before you offer her food unless you've gotten the ok from your doctor.
:)
Here's the schedule I use for my babies at that age:
8 am : cereal & bottle
12 noon: 1 fruit, 1 veggie and a bottle
4 pm: same as noon
8 pm: same as 8 am
I also work in the 3 oz of fruit juice during the day
Equals out to 2 veggies, 2 fruits and 2 cereal plus 4 bottles. I always have very happy, chubby babies :o)
J.
I had the same question a while ago about my son, now also 7 months. I went on the American Academy of Pediatrics and they reccommended the following for infants over 6 months.
2-4 Tbsp of cereal 2 times a day
2 tbsp veggies 2 times a day
2 tbsp fruit 2 times a day
My has to following eating schedule:
wake:
Breastfeed & Breakfast
(couple tbsp cereal mixed w/2 tbsp fruit)
Lunch:
Breastfeed & Lunch
(3 tbsp veggies)
PM snack - nurse
Dinner:
Breastfeed & Dinner
(2 tbsp veggies, 2 tbsp fruit)
I seem to be feeding him a lot more than most of you...maybe i'm doing too much? He alsways finishes what I give him and would eat more if I offered it. But he really isn't a heavy baby, and I always nurse before he eats to make sure he's filling up on breatmilk first as that is the more nutritious than food.
Good luck! :)
I used a very easy to follow baby food kit. It comes with a laminated quick reference sheet, book, CD, and BABY FOOD TRAYS WITH COVERS! Also, your pediatric office should have a recommendation of what they recommend for foods at certain ages.
http://www.freshbaby.com/buy_our_products/startkit.cfm
Please read the label on Gerber babyfood. Flour, cornstarch, sugars, (essentially fillers) how much is real fruits and veggies? Mashed fresh organic banana is at least one thing very easy to make. Also, remember how long it took the FDA to finally revise the food pyramid for adults?
I am a truly single mom who works full time and made babyfood every Sunday for the next week. It took only 30 minutes. Good luck with whatever path you choose.
go to http://www.gerber.com they have menu planners for each age & stage. Click on the Start Healthy Feeding Plan link. I've always used the gerber planners - for 14+ years.
