Feeding Schedule
| Approximate Age
|
Schedule
|
View products to help with
oral motor stimulation.
Click here
We recommend:
|
|
Newborn
|
Eats on demand every 2 hours |
|
1-4 months
|
Eats on demand every 2 ½ to 3 hours
|
| 5-6 months
|
Introduction of baby foods. Begin with baby food cereal.
|
| 6-7 months
|
Breast/bottle 6-7x/day and baby foods 2x/day
|
| 7-8 months
|
Breast/Bottle 5-6x/day and baby food 3x/day
|
| 8-10 months
|
Breast/bottle 4x/day, baby foods 3-4x/day and finger foods 1-2x/day
|
| 11-13 months
|
Breast/bottle 3x/day and beginning to wean. Breakfast, mid-morning snack,
lunch, snack, and dinner.
|
| 13-16 months
|
Breakfast, mid-morning snack, lunch, snack, dinner and possible bedtime snack.
|
*It is important to note that this information depicts a general range of
development, and should only be used as a guide. If you have any concerns
regarding your child’s feeding development, we recommend that you contact a
pediatrician or speech-language pathologist.
