Question

“How much food should an 11-month-old baby consume daily?”

Answer

“For an 11-month-old, the main foods include congee, soft rice, and noodles, along with complementary foods such as breast milk, formula milk, and cod liver oil. The daily routine can include two feedings of breast milk or formula milk, and three meals of complementary food. The schedule of meals is as follows: one complementary meal in the morning, noon, afternoon, and evening, with an additional feeding of breast milk or formula milk in the evening. Specific meal times and food options are detailed below: Morning:

  • 6:00 Breast milk for 10-20 minutes or formula milk 200 milliliters;
  • 8:00 Chewing food/mini snack, vegetable soup/meat soup 100-120 milliliters, fruit 1-3 slices;
  • 10:00 A small bowl of congee with 2-3 spoons of meat floss, vegetable puree, and vegetable shreds, half an egg, 2 cookies/one small bun;
  • 12:00 Minced meat/vegetable shreds/tofu/animal blood/liver 30-60 grams; Afternoon:
  • 14:00 A small bowl of soft rice, minced meat/vegetable shreds/tofu/animal blood/liver/pork 30-60 grams, half an egg;
  • 16:00 Chewing food/mini snack, fruit 1-3 slices, warm water/fruit juice/vegetable juice 100-200 milliliters;
  • 18:00 A small bowl of noodles/noodles, minced tofu/animal blood/liver/pork/tofu shreds/vegetable shreds 30-50 grams,