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Feeding schedule for a 9-month-old baby
✓ Last verified against the official sources on September 1, 2026.
Three meals, with milk alongside
Your baby now eats solid food three times a day, with healthy snacks in between. Milk has become the supplement rather than the main event.
Wind formula down towards the first birthday — from 12 months, whole cow's milk can replace it. Toddler milks are not needed (AAP).
What changes this month
Three meals a day with healthy snacks in between, and milk becomes the supplement rather than the main event. Finger foods belong here: soft fruit and cooked vegetable sticks, so your baby learns to pick up and bite.
An example day
This is what a day could look like. It is an example, not a prescription: your baby tells you when they are hungry, and that shifts from day to day.
Work towards fixed eating and drinking moments: three meals and at most two snacks. Grazing all day blunts the appetite. You decide what and when, your child decides how much.
| Around | What |
|---|---|
| 7am | Milk feed (7 oz (200 ml)) |
| 8am | Breakfast: cereal or toast with fruit |
| 10am | Snack: pieces of fruit or vegetable |
| 12pm | Lunch: sandwich or yesterday’s leftovers |
| 2pm | Milk feed (7 oz (200 ml)) |
| 5.30pm | Dinner: eating with the family |
| 7pm | Milk feed (7 oz (200 ml)) and bed |
Move from bottle to an open or straw cup between 9 and 12 months — prolonged bottle use affects the teeth.
What about breastfeeding?
With breastfeeding you don’t count ounces — feeding on demand is the guidance, and your baby regulates the amount. The volumes above are for formula; the number of feeds a day is still a useful reference point either way.
Working it out for your baby
The rule of thumb is 2.5 oz per pound of body weight a day (150 ml per kilo), spread across the feeds — capped at about 7 oz per bottle. Work it out with your baby’s weight →
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