Baby'S First Food Chart
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1Baby’s
6 months
7-8 months
9-12 months
12 + months
(Soft pureed foods)
(Soft mashed)
(Soft pieces)
(Modified family
meals)
first
Offer breastmilk or formula
Milk feed on demand even
Increase foods according to
before food
after solids have started
baby’s appetite
Offer small frequent meals
Watch for signs of allergies
and snacks.
Begin with rice cereal and
foods
introduce new foods one at a
Provide variety from the
time
different food groups and
allow the child eat according
Start with 1-2 teaspoons and
to appetite
build up to 2- 3 tablespoons
Fruits
Cooked and pureed apple,
Diced or mashed stewed
Sticks of watermelon,
Combinations of soft and
pear or peach. Finely mashed
fruit, grated apple
chopped banana, orange
cooked fruit.
segments. Soft, stewed apple
ripe banana. Mashed avocado
or pear
Vegetables
Peeled, cooked and pureed
Cooked, mashed vegetables.
Soft cooked vegetable cubes
Combinations of soft cooked
vegetables (sweet or white
Mashed well cooked lentils,
(Sweet potato, pumpkin,
vegetables, can also be
potato, carrot, zucchini,
zucchini). Sticks of cooked
included in casseroles, pasta or
legumes and beans
pumpkin, squash)
well cooked broccoli
rice dishes
Cereals & Grains
Baby rice cereal made with
Oat and wheat based cereals
Bread, rusks, toast crusts.
All grains
breastmilk or formula
(Weet-bix or porridge) made
Well cooked pasta.
with breastmilk or formula or
Sandwiches (with avocado &
small amount cow’s milk.
ricotta cheese). Toasted
Quinoa, barley
sandwiches with melted
cheese
Meat
Well cooked and pureed lean
Well cooked egg (scrambled
Strips of well-cooked lean
All lean meat
meat (beef, chicken, lamb,
or hard boiled and mashed)
meat, cubes of tofu, baked
Minced meat or finely
pork)
beans, boiled egg
chopped chicken. Flaked fish
or canned tuna
Dairy
Grated cheese, yoghurts with
Grated cheese,
Cow’s milk to drink.
soft lumps
yoghurt with soft lumps
Sticks of cheese,
yoghurt with fruit lumps
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