6th Month Baby Feeding Schedule. 6 to 8 months. Offer three meals of solid food each day along with breast milk or formula distributed across 4 breast or bottle feeds. Also some 6-month-old babies may not be ready for 3 meals a day. Wake-Up Breastfed or bottle upon waking.
Get specific tips on how to tell whether your baby is getting enough breast milk or formula. Wake-Up Breastfed or bottle upon waking. Babies will generally take what they need at each feeding and stop eating when they are full. While you will still feed your child breastmilk or formula four to six times per day depending on how long your child sleeps at night and how much solid food he or she eats. Also some 6-month-old babies may not be ready for 3 meals a day. Offer three meals of solid food each day along with breast milk or formula distributed across 4 breast or bottle feeds.
While you will still feed your child breastmilk or formula four to six times per day depending on how long your child sleeps at night and how much solid food he or she eats.
Once your baby has become used to eating solid foods and is approaching 8 months old you can exchange more meals to solid food meals according to this schedule for older babies. Continue offering breast milk or formula in an open cup or straw cup with meals alternating between open and straw cups for practice. Also youll find some links throughout the schedule for my favorite cups and foods. 24 to 36 ounces of formula or milk or five to eight nursing sessions a day 1 to 4 tablespoons of cereal once or twice a day. For the first 4 to 6 months breast milk or formula is the only food your baby needs. Your baby will be up to at least 4 ounces 120 mL per feeding with a fairly predictable schedule of feedings about every four hours.