Food To be Given for Babies till 1 year

Suggested Ages and Growth Clues for Adding New Foods
Age Growth clues for adding foods Foods to introduce

Birth to 4 months Baby can:
Breast milk *
• Suck and swallow liquid. or
• Push tongue out. Iron-fortified infant formula

4 to 6 months Baby can:
Baby cereal
• Sit with support. First:
• Hold head steady. • Rice, then oatmeal or barley.
• Take food off spoon with mouth • Feed cereal from a spoon.
and swallow it easily. Later:
• Fruit juice with vitamin C.
• Use a small cup to give juice.

6 to 8 months Baby can:
First:
• Grab and hold onto things. • Strained, pureed, or mashed
• Sit without support. cooked vegetables.
• Begin to chew. • Strained or mashed soft fruits.
Soft fruits do not have to be cooked.
Later:
• Strained meat; cooked, mashed
dry beans; cooked, finely chopped
chicken; cooked,boned fish.

8 to 10 months Baby can:
• Mixed baby cereal may be introduced.
• Take a bite of food. • Cooked, mashed egg yolks.
• Pick up small pieces and feed self. • Cottage cheese and yogurt.
• Use a cup with help. Finger foods:
• Toast squares or crackers.
• Small pieces of cooked vegetables
and peeled, soft fruits.
• Small pieces of cooked, ground
meat, chicken, or fish with all
bones and tough parts removed.
Continue to introduce new fruits
and vegetables to baby, baby will
like a variety of foods.

10 to 12 months Baby can:
Small pieces of cooked or soft foods
• Chew and swallow soft, the rest of the family eats:
mashed foods. • Cereals, bread, and crackers.
• Use a cup. • Vegetables and fruits.
• Begin to use a spoon. • Cheese, cottage cheese, and yogurt.
• Cooked meat, cooked dried beans,
peas or lentils, cooked egg yolks.

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