Are you looking for a feeding schedule for 6-month-old babies – or probably up 8-month-olds? Or at least for a baby that has started eating solid baby food to some extent regardless of age?
Here you’ll find a sample baby feeding schedule for babies around 6 to 8 months old. Babies are very different when it comes to when they are ready to start with solid foods. But at around 6-8-months old, many infants are interested enough for it to be meaningful to try to stick to a set schedule.
How to Use a Baby Feeding Schedule
Remember, that a feeding schedule is never written in stone. If your baby is sleepy, not hungry, or you’re out somewhere, you can, of course, feed your baby both solid food and breast milk or formula at other times than suggested below.
The reason to at all suggest lunch as a good time to serve baby food is that this is a time of the day when your child is likely to continue to eat cooked food in the future. Another reason is that if your baby would get tummy pain from what he or she ate, it won’t happen late in the evening and thereby risking everybody’s sleep.
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.
Feeding Schedule for 6 Month Old Babies
During the whole day:
Breastfeeding or Formula according to your and your child’s rhythm.
Breakfast:
Breast milk and/or Formula
Lunch:
Cooked food, for example some strained vegetables proper for this age group
Possibly some fruit puree for dessert
Water and/or breast milk/formula to drink
Afternoon snack:
Infant cereal and/or fruit puree (can be served with the cereal for taste)
Water, Breastfeeding or Formula
Dinner:
Breast milk and/or Formula
Some babies eat more and some less than a few tablespoons of solid foods. Let your baby decide. Also, your child’s appetite can vary quite a bit between different days and depend on how much he or she likes what you serve. This is just fine!
Always remember to introduce new foods slowly over several days to observe any allergic reactions.For a list of foods to avoid for babies younger than 1 year, click here.
More helpful posts about feeding your little baby
- Yummy, simple baby recipes for beginner eaters
- How to help the picky eater
- Lots of helpful baby feeding tips and recipes!
What feeding schedule to you use for your baby? Same as the one above or something different? I’d love to hear about your feeding schedule for 6 month old babies below! :-)
Paula Dennholt founded Easy Baby Life in 2006 and has been a passionate parenting and pregnancy writer since then. Her parenting approach and writing are based on studies in cognitive-behavioral models and therapy for children and her experience as a mother and stepmother. Life as a parent has convinced her of how crucial it is to put relationships before rules. She strongly believes in positive parenting and a science-based approach.
Paula cooperates with a team of pediatricians who assist in reviewing and writing articles.
