Recommended Feeding Schedule
Meals | Birth to __Month | __Month | __Month | __Month | __Month |
Breakfast (bottle, breast) | Brest or bottle feed on demand (2-6 ounces per feeding) | Rice Cereal, followed by other cereals such as oatmeal and barley (Mix cereal with breast milk or formula, do not mix with juice.) | Cereal | Cereal and Fruit | Cereal and Fruit |
Lunch (bottle, breast) | Cereal | Vegetable | Vegetable and Fruit | Vegetable, Meat and Fruit | |
Dinner (bottle, breast) | Cereal | Vegetable | Vegetable and Fruit | Vegetable, Meat and Fruit |
· Add new foods at 3-4 day intervals
· No egg whites, strawberries, chocolate or citrus
· Begin with yellow vegetables, followed by green
· Refrain from giving “desserts” such as puddings, etc.
Recommended Feeding Schedule (Infant to Age One)
*Special Notes:
· Add new foods at 3-4 day intervals
· No egg whites, strawberries, chocolate or citrus
· Begin with yellow vegetables, followed by green
· Refrain from giving “desserts” such as puddings, etc.
Texas Children’s Hospital Pediatric Nutrition Reference Guide, 1999
Modified by Dr. Abel J. Paredes and Pamela Alt Goodson, BS, MEd