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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 |
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Start whole cow's milk from cup. |
| Cereals and grain products |
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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 |
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Strained, single vegetables |
Cooked vegetables, mashed or chopped. |
Sliced cooked vegetables for finger-feeding. |
| Fruit & fruit juices |
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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 |
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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 |
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Egg white. Tender, flaked boneless |
