Appropriate Food Age of Method of Example Amounts

Introduction Preparation
(in months)
Cereals(1st semisolid 4-6 mos Cooked, well Thin rice gruel, ½ cup thin gruel
foods given to the strained oatmeal, mashed 2-3 tsp
baby) root crops

7-9 mos Cooked Thick rice gruel, ¾ cup thick gruel

soft cooked rice

10-12 mos Cooked Slice bread and 1 cup

biscuit 1 piece
Druits 4-6 mos Mashed Ripe banana, 2 ½ tbsp
papaya, mango

7-9 mos Cut into small Soft fruit 3 tbsp

pieces

10-12 mos Cut into finger Any fruit 4 tbsp

sized pieces
Vegetables 7 mos Cooked very soft Carrot, sayote 1 tbsp
squash,
8-9 mos Cooked and finely abitsuwelas,
chopped potatoes, kamote
tops, kangkong
10-12 mos Cooked and tops, pechay,
coarsely chopped malungay leaves

All vegetables 1-2 tbsp

All vegetables 1-2 tbsp

Meat and alternatives: 7 mos Cooked well Chicken egg, ½ egg yolk
Egg/Meat/Fish/Poultry deboned, minced meat, ½ egg
or legumes, dried 11 mos mashed, ground, fresh or dried fish 1 1/3 servings
beans/Whole Milk/ flaked, or or minced 1 serving cooked
follow on formula (if 6-11 mos chopped well. chicken meat = 30 g or
not on breastfeeding) 10-12 mos about 3 cm cube;
fish 2: pcs,
medium size (55-
Mashed mongo 60 g each), about
meat, fresh or 16 cm long: 1 ½
dried fish or cups cooked
chicken dried beans/nuts
preferably taken
3 times a week
Other foods 8 mos up Steamed, baked Custards, simple 1 tsp
puddings, plain
 gulaman or jelly.
Fats and Oils 6-11 mos Steamed, baked Margarine, 4 tsp
cooking oil
Suagr 6-11 mos 3 tsp

Common disorders
Diarrhea, allergy, vomiting, constipation, and colic are disorders that affect the nutritional status
of the infant. When such conditions arise:

1. Determine the underlying causes (e.g., overfeeding or underfeeding, bacterial infections, unsuitable
food, etc.)

2. Maintain water and electrolyte balance

3. Modify the milk formula to suit the digestive capacity.

Diarrhea

- Caused by bacteria and viruses

- Overfeeding and underfeeding can also cause diarrhea
- Cow’s milk causes allergy to some infants leading to diarrhea

Colic

- An acute paroxysm of pain, fussing, crying, and irritability which lasts for 3 months.
 Causes
- psychologic factors
- maternal and family tensions
- gastrointestinal hypermotility
- functional immaturity of CNS and GI tract.
- placing the baby prone on a hot water bottle

INDICATIONS OF GOOD NUTRITION

Weight Gain

- A steady weight gain of 150-24- g/week that slows down toward the end of the first year to
about 120 g/week is considered as the proper weight gain (doubled at the end of 5 months and
tripled at the end of 1 year).

Length

Increases by about 25.4 cm or 50% more at the end of the first year.
Behavioral Development

0-1 months – suckles and smiles

2-3 months – vocalizes and controls head

4-5 months – controls hand and roll over

6-7 months –sits briefly and crawls

8-9 months – grasps and pulls up

10-11 months – walks with Support

12 months – starts to walk alone