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Developmental stage of a six-month-old baby

Developmental stage of a six-month-old baby

by Christine Wood, M.D
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Q I'm trying to find out what stage my 6 month-old son should be at. At the present moment he eats 1 1/2 jars of baby food (stage 2) and drinks an 8 oz bottle of formula a serving (2). He is 19 lbs and stands 30 in tall. He wears size 12m clothing and 4 shoe. He has already mastered crawling and pulling up on household items. My question is he ahead of his age group and what is our next step? Where should we go from here?

A Your son does seem like he is developmentally advanced for his age, if he is already crawling and pulling up on furniture at 6 months. Usually at this age, they are eating solids 2 to 3 times a day with stage 2 foods. The average intake at a sitting is about 1 to 2 jars. Babies are all different, and their appetites will vary from meal to meal. Try to recognize his signals for being full and hungry. If he is enjoying eating and seems to want more than usual, that is fine. If he pushes the spoon away and closes his mouth, consider him done, even if it's less than he normally takes. Formula intake is at around 16 to 24 ounces in a day. Offer water in a cup at times. I usually wait on juices. It is better that he get used to water before the juices. When he can pick up little objects between his thumb and forefinger, you can experiment with a few finger foods, like bananas, cut up in small pieces.





Dr. Christine Wood is a practicing pediatrician in Southern California. She attended the University of Detroit for her undergraduate degree in chemistry and received her medical degree from the University of Michigan. She completed her pediatric resid


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chantelle, Texas, Travis
03/26/2009 5:56 pm
Wow that is awesome. I have twin girls that just turned 6 months old last sunday. One of which weighs 15 lbs 1 oz, height 26 inches and the other at 15 lbs 12.5 oz, height 24 inches. I have them on gerber 1st foods. I do 1 vegt. and 1 fruit around noon and the same around 6 or 7pm. They share that. formula, juice and water. They have not cut teeth yet therefor I haven't introduced gerber's 2nd yet. Should I? Neither are crawling nor pulling them selves up to reach furniture. One of them brings herself up on all fours now though so we think she will be crawling pretty soon.
Amie Carnes, WA, USA
12/08/2008 2:30 am
That's amazing that her baby is 6 months old and crawling and pulling up! My 6 1/2 month old is similar sized (18 1/2 lbs, 28 inches tall, size 12 month clothing and 4 shoes) All she does is sit unsupported and rolls all over. Occationally she will scoot a few inches here and there. I've seen her push up to all four very briefly, like a few seconds. She eats 1 to 2 jars of stage 2 baby food total a day, and breast feeds like 8 times daily, (today I pumped like 7 ounces so she's eatting like 56 ounces a day!) We are working on weaning off the night feedings. She hates veggies, will seem to only agree to eat apples and bananas and some fruit on the occation. I'm scared to offer her water as she seems very dependant on milk right now. She just cut her 2nd tooth (central incisor). We co-sleep and are working on stopping that as she is very active now and I'm worried she will roll of the bed. I have pillows propped on either side of the bed to prevent accident, but that will work for only so long! I appreciate the answer above, but feel it needs more! Unfortuantly I also know that each child needs their own advise, and the answer above is very broad. Thank you! It's good to compare!
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