When Alicia was 6 months old, she ate only 1 semisolid food meal a day.
Here’s a sample of Alicia’s meal planner when she was 6 months old (after introducing various foods – see Feeding at 6 months for more details):
Mon
Barley Cereal with sweet potato puree
Tue
Oatmeal Cereal with mashed banana
Wed
Brown Rice Cereal with pumpkin puree
Thu
Barley Cereal with carrot puree
Fri
Oatmeal Cereal with avocado
Sat
Brown Rice Cereal, scraped apple
Sun
Oatmeal Cereal, mashed papaya
Note: Her meals were all mixed with breast milk. You can use water or formula in place of breast milk.
At 7 months, she started taking 2 meals (due to her sleeping habits, she ate lunch and dinner rather than breakfast and lunch). See Feeding at 7 months for more details of the foods that she took in that month.
Here’s a sample of Alicia’s meal planner when she was 7 months old:
Mon
Lunch
Brown Rice Gruel with cod, mashed papaya
Dinner
Barley Cereal with pea and pumpkin puree
Tue
Lunch
Oatmeal Cereal with mashed banana
Dinner
Brown Rice Cereal with sweet potato puree and cod
Wed
Lunch
Brown Rice Gruel with cod
Dinner
Barley Cereal, applesauce
Thu
Lunch
Oatmeal Cereal with egg yolk, mashed papaya
Dinner
Brown Rice Cereal with cod
Fri
Lunch
Barley Cereal with mashed banana
Dinner
Brown Rice Gruel with cod, applesauce
Sat
Lunch
Brown Rice Cereal with pea puree and cod
Dinner
Oatmeal Cereal with pumpkin puree
Sun
Lunch
Brown Rice Gruel with cod, applesauce
Dinner
Barley Cereal with avocado