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posey_84
Feb 18, 2009, 09:51 AM
Strange question I know but I'm not a mother and am worried about a friends baby. How much liquids on average should ten month old be drinking every day. I know every child's different but just an average from your own experience maybe?

DoulaLC
Feb 18, 2009, 07:21 PM
A rough guide is about 20 ounces or so... if he is also taking in a decent amount of solids. This will sometimes vary from day to day... once in awhile a bit more, sometimes a bit less.
If he is not having much solid foods yet, then he will need to have more formula.

posey_84
Feb 19, 2009, 09:08 AM
What about other things like where should the average ten month old be as in sitting/crawling standing etc and what about interaction? Like a guide to where his development should be... thanks x

DoulaLC
Feb 19, 2009, 07:29 PM
It will be somewhat individual, but here is one guide. Keep in mind, some babies will master certain skills a bit earlier or later than others and it can still be perfectly fine. For example, you will get some 9 month old babies starting to walk, while others won't take off until around 15 months... majority will be somewhere in the middle.

First Year of Development: American Pregnancy Association (http://www.americanpregnancy.org/firstyearoflife/firstyeardevelopment.html)