Track your baby's first solid-foods progress with the chart
below. Start baby on just one new food at a time. Watch for reactions. Then, after about
five days, try another food. If baby doesn't like a food, give her a week, then try again.
Age/
Food Group |
4
to 6 months |
6
to 9 months |
9
to 12 months |
| Cereals
& Grains |
- iron-fortified rice cereal
- iron-fortified oat cereal
- iron-fortified barley cereal
- iron-fortified mixed-grain cereal
|
|
- cooked elbow macaroni
- flour tortillas
- rice
- mixed-grain cereals
|
| Fruits
& Vegetables |
|
- applesauce, unsweetened
- peaches, cooked and mashed
- pears, cooked and mashed
- bananas, mashed
- green beans, cooked and mashed
- squash, cooked and mashed
- peas, cooked and mashed
- sweet potatoes, cooked and mashed
- carrots, cooked and mashed
|
- carrots, cooked and diced
- banana, diced
- peaches, diced
|
| Meats |
|
|
- chicken, minced
- turkey, minced
- beef, minced
- lamb, minced
- pork, minced
|
| Finger
Foods |
|
|
- bread crusts
- dry oat cereal
- arrowroot crackers
- rice cakes
- toast
- zwieback
|
| Dairy foods
and eggs |
|
|
- fruit-flavored yogurt
- hard cheese, diced
- scrambled or hard-cooked egg yolk
|
|
*Work-at-home ideas