How often would I feed my 6 month old baby food on a daily basis? Right now I only feed her baby food once a day. Is that too much or too little? She luvs banana.
If you are nursing on demand, I would not worry about adding more now. If you are bottle feeding, I still wouldn't worry about more food until it becomes obvious that she needs more. You will know, trust your mama instincts. :)
Once a day is just fine to start...just fine for a 6 month old. At this stage, she is learning to eat from a spoon, not necessarily for the nutritional value. You can gradually progress to twice a day and then 3 times a day with baby food as she is ready...eating well from a spoon and taking in more. At that point you are transitioning from the nutrition all being from breastmilk/formula to regular food. At 6 months, we were down to breakfast, lunch, dinner and bedtime nursing/bottle. So we started with food at one meal and then added to each meal so the baby would drink and then have the jar food, except the bedtime was only drinking...jar food went with meal times. You're doing great! :)
I just went through the same thing with my little guy.
I started with cereal once a day at 4-5 months. At 6 months did veggies or fruit for dinner. A few weeks later moved to cereal with fruit in the a.m. and veggies and fruit or yogurt for dinner. Now at 7.5 months we are doing the same but have added fruit mid-day.
I hope this helps....
Sounds great! Solids are for practice until about 12 months of age. Until that point, almost all of the nutrition is from breastmilk/formula. We were feeding our children once a day for the first month or so, then increased it to two times, then finally three times to get them into good eating routines. We also closely followed the recommendations of trying one new solid for 3 days or so to be sure there was no reaction.
Honestly you have to tune into her. If she's seeming hungry after bottle/nursing; then you may want to give more food. I've always started with cereal w/ some fruit. Everyone is different though. One of my daughters didn't eat from a spoon until she was 8 months. My son ate at two months!! If she's happy, don't do a thing. She'll let you know if she wants more! Good luck with her! ;)
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