When your child is about 6 months old you can start introducing him or her to foods and drinks other than breast milk and infant formula.
0 to 6 months baby food.
Papaya mash with a fork or blend 6.
However solid food can be introduced for breakfast or lunch.
When starting solid foods make sure you only introduce one new food at a time so that you can trace back if any intolerance or allergies were to happen.
Introduce only one fruit or vegetable and feed it to your baby for at least three days.
Most common first food to start at around 6 months is rice oatmeal barley cereal as they are enriched with iron as baby s iron store is beginning to diminished at about 6 months of age.
Foods that can be given to the babies when they reach the age of 4 to 6 months are iron fortified baby cereals ragi powder suji sooji semolina and raw plantain powder cooked in milk mashed fruits apple pear banana or avocado and mashed vegetables pumpkin potato carrot or zucchini soups.
Pear peel and core steam for 5 to 6 minutes 5.
Apple peel core steam for about 5 to 6 minutes.
Banana mash with a fork or run in a blender.
Continue breast milk or formula for your baby as it is the main source of nutrition for babies until one year.
Food ideas for 6 months baby 1.
If she responds well and does not show any signs of allergy then you can continue with that fruit or vegetable and also try other foods.
Ripe avocado.
The foods and drinks you feed your child are sometimes called complementary foods.
Puree in a blender 3.
6 months baby food chart 1.
You can think of these as complementing or adding to the breast milk or infant formula that you continue to feed your child.