Baby Care

Keeping Track Of The Baby Feeding Schedule

Making sure your new baby is getting the right nutrition at all stages of growth is an important part of parenting.  Understanding baby’s needs as she rapidly grows can be crucial to her overall wellbeing.  From breast milk to formula to solid food, there are many things parents will need to understand when it comes to keeping baby healthy.  Keeping track of baby feeding schedules is one of many things parents will need to do.

From birth, baby will need to breastfeed 8 to 12 times a day.  Most of the time after the baby is born, she will be either eating or sleeping.  This will keep parents busy as they try to get used to the new schedule of parenting.  Starting at 3 months of age, she should be eating less, only around 7 to 8 times a day.  This means baby will be sleeping for longer stretches, giving parents a much-needed break.  At around 4 months, you can expect to add cereal to the breast milk and feed baby’s one to two tablespoons of fruits or vegetables.  

Baby will start eating between 5 and 7 times a day at around 6 months of age.  Starting at 7 months, parents will be feeding baby more cereal in their breast milk, and in addition to the fruit or vegetable, they can also expect to add meat or protein.  Feeding times will go down again between 7 and 12 months as parents continue to get used to baby feeding schedule.  At 12 months of age, baby will be eating only 3 to 4 times a day and will need increased levels of solid foods.  Keeping baby healthy is crucial to parents, and understand the baby feeding schedule is one of many things that will help parents keep them developing normally.

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