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As your child reaches 7months of age, his ability to eat—and chew foods improves, and thus tends to chomp on his food more. While this is a good sign, it’s necessary to know what foods to give.
Here’s a list of foods that a baby, 7 to 12 months, can have. Before you start, make sure your baby is not allergic to any of them(—including having any underlying reactions to the foods.)
6 to 8 months baby food
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Cereals, Grains, and Pulses |
Black, Red, and Pinto beans, Lentils, Barley, Rice, and Oats. |
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Fruits |
Apricots, Mangoes, Plums, Peaches, Pumpkins, Nectarines, and Prunes. |
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Vegetables |
Green Beans, Peas, Acorn Squash, and Parsnips. |
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Dairy |
Breast Milk and Yogurt of plain whole milk. |
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Proteins |
Breast milk (contains enough proteins) |
8 to 10 months baby food
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Cereals, Grains, and Pulses |
Millets, Pasta, Amaranth, Flax, Sesame, Spelt, Kamut, and Buckwheat.Toast, Bagel, Crackers, Iron-fortified infant cereals, and teething biscuits. |
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Fruits |
Blueberries, Cantaloupe, Cherries, Figs, Kiwi, Grapes, Cranberries, Plums, Dates, Papaya, and Plums. |
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Vegetables |
Broccoli, Onions, Mushrooms, Cauliflower, Asparagus, Leeks, Egg Plant, and Fennel. |
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Dairy |
Colby, Cheese, Cheddars, Cottage, and Jack |
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Proteins |
Tofu, Turkey, and Chicken. |
10 to 12 months baby food
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Cereals, Grains, and Pulses |
Unsweetened cereals, bread, rice, mashed potatoes, macaroni, and cooked or infant cereals. |
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Fruits |
Cut grapes, any fresh fruit, peeled/seeded, and Unsweetened can fruit packed in water/juice. |
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Vegetables |
Tomatoes, raw vegetables, spinach, cucumbers, and cooked vegetables. |
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Dairy |
Breast Milk or iron-fortified formula. |
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Proteins |
Small, tender pieces of lean meat, poultry, fish. Whole eggs, cooked dried beans. Fish, poultry Fish, whole eggs, and small tender pieces of lean meat. |
A 7-MONTH-OLD baby’s eating routine
Start your baby’s day with more nutrients through different fruits and foods. It’s better to group foods for this purpose. For instance, you can group the foods on a plate with portions with banana, shredded cheese, and apple. Avoid excessive bananas, it can cause constipation.
You can also grate the foods; grating is a great way to start with baby-led weaning.( Baby-led weaning can be a little tricky in the beginning as babies haven’t developed a pincer grasp.)
Shred the food before you put it on the table, as shredding makes it long and skinny. Which makes it easy to grab and unlikely to choke on.
For supper, give your child steamed broccoli which is cut into thin slices, and is easy to grab and put into mouth. Add smooth oatmeal, prunes that are soaked in water and pureed, along with breast milk.
Breastmilk makes food taste familar to babies and helps them start with different foods. So, add breastmilk to what they’re eating. Alternatively for suppers you can give steamed carrots cut into strips, along with oatmeal mixture but instead of prunes give them blueberries.
A quick note, never leave your babies alone while they’re eating, babies can choke quickly and be silent when they do choke.