From 3 month to a year old a child needs 100kcal a day, per kilogram. That is 100kcal a day for every 2.2lbs. This means that a child in the 50th percentile at 10 months, at around 20lbs, would need about 900kcal a day.
Children often go through growth spurts during infancy - suddenly ravenous and gaining, and then they grow. What you are looking for is for your child to maintain a steady percentile in height and weight. If it suddenly plunges upward or downward, then you might need to look into if there is a problem.
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