Calendar for feeding your baby for the first year of life
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Table 1: Calendar for feeding your baby for the first year of life.
Foods Birth 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 months
Breast milk or iron-fortified formula Breast milk or formula Continue breast milk or iron fortified formula   Start whole cow's milk from cup.
Cereals and grain products   Iron-fortified plain infant cereal (no fruit flavor or mixed grains). Start with rice, then oatmeal or barley. Teething biscuits. Mixed grain cereals. Noodles, rice. Bread and toast strips.
Vegetables   Strained, single vegetables Cooked vegetables, mashed or chopped. Sliced cooked vegetables for finger-feeding.
Fruit & fruit juices   Strained, single fruits. Unsweetened fruit juices Cooked, canned, or soft fresh fruits, mashed or chopped. Sliced soft fruit for finger feeding.
Meat and other protein foods   Strained single meats. Pureed dried beans, peas. Plain yogurt. Same foods, chopped or mashed. Cottage cheese, mashed egg yolk. Same foods, bite-sized pieces for finger feeding. Creamy peanut butter.
Egg white and fish   Egg white. Tender, flaked boneless