Hello,

Im a working mom of 8 months old baby,i breastfeed her at early morning and at night. She takes bottle feed around 20Oz(4-5 small bottles), khichdi and cerelac both once in a day..is this sufficient for her? if i increase solids could milk can be decreased proportionally? pls suggest what should be the ration of solids vs milk? Hetal replied. hi,

at 8months even though your baby is on solids, formula or breastmilk is still the part of her PRIMARY diet.which means its not adviced that in order to increase solid intake, you have to decrease milk qty.
at the same time, until 9months, your role is just to introduce her variety of foods but with limited quantity considering that her primary diet as milk AND solids.
at 8months, a healthy baby is expected to eat in the range mentioned below.please note 5oz here and there, a couple tablespoons less or moree is okay !!
Breast milk: 3–5 feedings, or on demand
OR Iron-fortified formula: 3–5 feedings of 6–8 ounces each==total approx 18oz to 40oz,,dpending on how he has accepted solids & ofcourse apetite.

Infant cereal: 4–6 tablespoons
at 8months, your baby is expected to complete all the single grain cereals like rice,barley,oatmeal,millet,,you can combine them and start offering..

Infant juice: 2–4 ounces (from cup only),,100% juice is not recommended at 8months,so give diluted juice with 1juice:4water..add more water if your baby seems to be showing reflux with this.offer at later noon times with a light snack as this is the part of day when babies need to take alot of liquids. best way to offer this before 1 year is to use fresh fruit puree/juice and add water to it.avoid outside juices even though they are 100% natural..

apart from juices,a diff serving of Fruit: 1–2 tablespoons
Vegetables: 5–7 tablespoons
Meats: 1–2 tablespoons
Finger food: One small serving (toast, crackers, teething biscuits, plain dry cereal like cherrios) often great with juices or after dinner snacks.

so it is expected with this chart that if baby drinks approx this much amt of milk or formula, considering he is a healthy baby, your baby should be able to EAT approx in this range of the measurements by SOLIDS..
also, at 8months COMPLETE,introduce them with proteins like fully cooked egg yolks(no whites until 1year),tofu,cheese(sharp or hard cheese without animal fat),curd(yobaby if in US or fresh homemade curd, at room temperatures),,and also introducing multigrain varieties like pastas,multigrain pancakes,,is a good start..but only after your baby compeletes 8months..not before that.
hope this suffices.