The average 9-month-old baby consumes roughly 500ml of milk (preferably breastfeeding) each day, which is normally divided into three feeds, in the morning, after lunch, and before night, as well as three solid-food meals.
Include three or four portions of carbohydrates (potato, rice, bread), three or four servings of fruit and vegetables, two servings of protein (meat, fish, eggs, dairy), and a healthy snack or two. This is pretty much how they’ll eat until they’re around two years old, and their finger-food skills will continue to improve. Allow them to feed themselves with a baby spoon now – it will, of course, be slow and messy at first!
Unless they drink a pint (500ml) or more of formula milk each day, all children under the age of five require daily vitamin drops comprising vitamins A, C, and D.
