Weaning Chart: The First Twelve Weeks
Taken from Secrets of the Baby Whisperer, Chapter 4: The E - Whose Mouth Is It Anyway?The following twelve-week schedule is based on weaning a six-month-old child. You will do the morning feed as usual, breast or bottle, and serve "breakfast" two hours later. "Lunch" should be midday and "dinner" late afternoon. Complete breakfast and dinner by finishing off on the breast or bottle. Remember that every baby is different; ask your pediatrician what's right for yours.
Week - Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner - Comments
1 - Pears, 2 tsp - Bottle or breast - Pears, 2 tsp
2 - Pears, 2 tsp - Bottle or breast - Pears, 2 tsp
3 - Squash, 2 tsp - Bottle or breast - Pears, 2 tsp
4 - Sweet potatoes, 2 tsp - Squash, 2 tsp - Pears, 2 tsp
5 - Oatmeal, 4 tsp - Squash, 4 tsp - Pears - *Increase amount to meet your growing baby's needs
6 - Oatmeal and pear, 4 tsp each - Squash, 8 tsp - Oatmeal and sweet potato, 4 tsp each - *Now you can give more than one food at a meal
7 - Peach, 8 tsp - Oatmeal and squash, 4 tsp each - Oatmeal and pear, 4 tsp each
8 - Banana - *From this point on, you can mix and match the above foods, introducing a new food each week as shown at the left, 8-12 tsp per meal
9 - Carrots
10 - Peas
11 - Green beans
12 - Apple
***Please remember that there are a lot of different resources available for weaning solids. These are Tracy's guidelines, but as always it is up to you as the parent to research and do what you feel is best for your baby***
For more information on starting solids, please see here:
Solids for 6-12months very useful Information
