Nutrition for Infants

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Nutrition For Infants(Birth to 1 year)

Birth to 1 Month:

• 16-20 ounces of formula per day

• 8-12 feedings per day

• 1-2.5 ounces of formula per feeding

1 to 2 Months:

• 18-26 ounces of formula per day

• 8-10 feedings per day

• 2-4 ounces of formula per feeding

2 to 3 Months:

• 22-30 ounces of formula per day

• 6-8 feedings per day

• 3-5 ounces of formula per feeding

3 to 4 Months:

• 24-32 ounces of formula per day

• 4-6 feedings per day

• 4-3 ounces of formula per day

4 to 6 Months:

• Start introducing pureed fruits and vegetables (25-70 cal/jar• Portion Sizes: Jar foods- 2.5 ounces (71g)

• Introducing spoon feeding (feeding 2-3 tablespoons per meal)

• Can Start Introducing Juices, Fruits and Vegetables (60-100 cal/bottle)using 4-6 ounce bottles (4-10 months)

6 to 8 Months:

• Introduce powdered cereals (60 cal/serving)

• Portion Sizes: Dry- ½ ounces or 4 tablespoons, mixed with water, juice,

breast milk, or formula• Introduce jarred cereal mixed with fruit (90 cal/jar)

• Portion Sizes: Wet- 4 ounces (113g) jar

8 to 10 Months: (No munching or food intolerances)

• Introduce fruits and vegetables, pureed textures, added ingredientslike tapioca and other mixtures

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Nutrition For Infants(Birth to 1 year)

• Portion Sizes: 4 ounces (113g) jar, 2 jars per meal

• Introduce Meat Mixtures containing 3-4 g protein per jar (50-60 cal/jar)

• Portion Sizes: 4 ounces (113g) jar, 1 jar per meal

• Introduce Deserts, 0-2 grams protein per jar (50-70 cal/jar)

9 to 12 Months: (Infants begin tongue movements and munching)

• Introduce fruits and vegetables with mixed textures, 0-4 g protein per jar (70-160 cal/jar)

• Portion Sizes: 6 ounces (170g) jar, one jar or 12 tablespoons per meal

• Meat-based dinners with mixed textures, 3-5g of protein per jar (90-130 cal/jar)

• Portion Sizes: 6 ounces (170g) jar, one jar or 12 tablespoons per meal

• Meats with textures, 10-11g of protein per jar (70-100 cal/jar)

• Portion Sizes: 2.5 ounces (71g) jar

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Star Introducing Finger foods to be picked up requiring self-feedingwith hands/spoon.

• Finger Foods: High-texture baby foods (Diced fruits, vegetables, andmeat dinners)

10 to 12 Months: (Requires biting and munching, limited chewing)

• Introduce baked products such as zwieback toast or biter biscuits

• Portion Size: One zwieback toast- 7 grams and One biter biscuit- 11grams

Tips:

• Many foods are unsafe for infants to eat because they present achoking risk.

• These include: popcorn, peanuts, raisins, whole grapes, uncut stringymeats, gum and gummy textured candies, hard candy, jelly beans, hotdog pieces, and hard raw fruits or vegetables like apples and greenbeans.

• Exercise: Since infants are so young, exercise is not promoted as abenefactor for healthy infants. Infants do not have the strength orreflexes to exercise and their bones are more easily broken than thoseof older children/adults.