How much supplemental food is normal for a six-month-old baby to eat in a day

Complementary feeding for six-month-old babies is gradually increased from 10mL to 20mL (about 1 to 2 scoops) to about 125mL (about 1/2 bowl) per meal. As there is a large individual difference in the amount of complementary food intake is taken into account, it is limited to the amount that does not affect the total milk intake. Six-month-old babies can eat six times a day milk, a complementary food, by trying to gradually increase to two meals a day to breastfeeding, this time the baby complementary food can be eaten pureed food, such as vegetable puree, fruit puree, iron-containing formula rice powder. The first stage of complementary foods to add the principle from less to more, each time to add the amount can be gradually increased, so that the baby has to adapt to the process; complementary foods to add the principle of the second stage from one to a variety of, can be a kind of vegetable puree every day to the child to eat 2 to 3 times, and then 3 to 4 days later, then change to another kind of vegetable puree. Pay attention to your baby’s digestion during the addition of complementary foods, and consult a healthcare professional if you feel unwell.