From 6-9 months:

• Gradually increase amount of food you give either before or after milk feed.
• Continue 500-600ml breast or infant formula milk
• Dairy products: Cow’s milk may be used to mix solids. Cheese may be given as finger foods.
• Starchy foods-2-3 servings daily: introduce wheat based cereals- khichri (gruel of rice and pulses) –sooji halwa/porridge –nachni mixed with milk (porridge).
• Vegetables: 2 servings
  Raw soft fruits and vegetables may be given as finger foods e.g. –soft cooked strips of carrot, Cooked green beans, soft banana and pear, Apple stew, Spinach and tomato soup. Other cooked vegetables and fruits may now be coarser in texture.
• Meat and alternatives- 1 serving.
  Meat, fish, pulses may be coarsely pureed. Chopped hard cooked egg may be used as finger foods.

Remember:

1. Introduce lumpy foods by 6-7 months
2. Introduce feeding from the cup.
3. Encourage different textures and stronger tastes.
4. Food should not be salted or sweetened
5. Encourage a savoury preference to sweet Some meals to try:
Breakfast: porridge of rice or suji (rava) or nachni or dahlia or mashed banana
Lunch: minced chicken with vegetables and potato or khichri (gruel of rice and dal with vegetables and potato) or soft ripe peeled pear or apple.
Dinner: mashed boiled sweet potato with carrots with cauliflower.
From 9-12 months:

• Continue 500-600ml-breast milk or infant milk formula daily.
• Dairy products: To continue to use cows milk to mix with solids. Hard cheese used as finger foods.
• Starchy foods: 3-4 servings daily
  May be normal adult texture.
• Vegetables and fruits: 3-4 servings
  Encourage lightly cooked or raw foods. Chopped or finger foods is suitable, e.g. pear, apple, chickoo, banana and melon.
• Meat and alternatives: to try mixture of different vegetables and starchy foods, dal and rice or rice and chicken or rice cheese.

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Last updated on 16-10-2003