Baby food chart with recipes for 7 months to 1 year Indian baby & toddlers - Swasthi's Recipes (2024)

Hi Swasthi,

My baby boy turned 8 month old recently. I am giving him solid 3 meals in a day 2 grain and 1 fruit/veggies puree. Apart from this he is breastfeeding as well. He is born with a very low birth weight(1.5kg). Can you please suggest some healthy weight gain recipies and schedule.

hi,
what specific diet will help 14 month old girl to help in making his leg muscle strong so that she will start walking.

worried mother.

Hi Zari,
Don’t worry! Some babies take a little longer to walk. Hope you are giving her a boiled egg everyday. If not start that. You can also try bone soup regularly. We usually do a massage after 4 weeks (twice a day) to strengthen the bones and calf muscles. If you are not doing that, you can start that now. We do that till the completion of 2 years. I know a lot of people limit or feed moderately potatoes and long bananas till the baby begins to walk. This is because of the vata nature (according to ayurveda). My mom always suggested me to add a pinch of turmeric, ginger powder, black pepper powder and roasted cumin powder at least twice a day as this helps to cut down the vata in the body. Also badam milk is helpful. Hope these help.

Yes You can follow them. I have used these recipes till my kids were 5.

Hi Anuprita,
I assume this is for a baby or toddler. It is good to carry dehydrated food like baby cereal (store-bought or homemade) where you just pour hot/warm water and milk powder to make it instantly. It is also good to check with your airlines if you are allowed to carry precooked baby food.

Hi Swasthi,

My baby is 11 months old. She doesn’t like to eat rice at all. I am unable to give a proper food schedule for her. Her day starts at 9AM or late or may be sometimes early. Please help with food timings for her. As she takes an hour to eat a meal. She only likes to eat Dosa, Upma. I am worried about her growth. She is active but i am worried about weight as this is growing age. She likes to drink more of milk, Its my feed. I dnt use formula. I am vegge, so she is not liking to eat non-veg. All other family members eat non-veg at home.
Please help me with the substitue for rice and food timings.

Hi Divya,
Try to follow the schedule I mentioned in this post. If she wakes up late start her schedule late. You can give her dosa everyday. We usually give steamed dosas for babies under 12 months as they are easy to digest since no oil is used. You can check my set dosa recipe for that. Yes milk is still important and is a major food till she turns 1.

Hi Swasthi,

Hope you are doing good.Thanks a lot for your recipes.I have a 8 months old baby and am following the above food chat.So,can you please help me how to give ridge gourd, bottle gourd,Beetroot and Broccoli etc….I mean to say the way we are giving the pumpkin and other veggies or is there any different way do you have? Can you please explain?

Thanks in advance!

Hello Indira,
Yes doing good. Thank you. I would pressure cook ridge gourd and bottle gourd with dal without spices for the entire family. Take out a portion for the baby and then temper the rest with spices. Blend the baby’s portion and add it to mashed rice. Blending is optional but most babies cannot chew the fibers. You can do the same with methi leaves, spinach, gourds, pumpkin, carrots etc. You can steam potatoes and broccoli. Puree and feed. Hope this helps.

Hi Venkat,
If possible call your local pediatrician and ask. I don’t live in India so I don’t know much about the brands available there. For my babies I used pediasure from 1 year onwards. You can also move to plain cow or buffalo milk. Hope this helps.

Hi Anshika
Yes it is normal. Call your pediatrician to confirm that.

Hi Sridevi,
Try using fruits with rice, oats and ragi. You can check these links
Apple Ragi
Apple rice
Apple oats
You can use other fruits instead of apple. Note these are too light for 16 months’ meal. So good to give for a breakfast after 2 hours of milk or for evening snack

Same question from my side also

Yes they need 14 hours sleep but not at a stretch. A baby wakes up every 2 to 3 hours for a feed

I see 6 meals a day mentioned above. So when do we feed milk? 8 – 9 months old the baby will still need mother’s milk right?

6 meals a day is difficult.

Hi my baby is 6 months and he doesn’t gain wait what should I gave her

Hi Komal,
Yes you can follow this food chart till she completes 4 years. I used the same for both my kids. When the kid begins to go to a full day school then it is hard to follow this schedule. The recipes are suitable till 4+. I have mentioned details in most posts. You will need to increase the quantities as she grows. Not sure if you have gone through the posts on the blog.
Firstly focus on early to bed, early to rise. This helps a lot in following the schedule. Eating late in the noon and dinner slows down the digestion so they won’t eat well the next day.
Secondly avoid incompatible combinations like – milk & fruit, dal & yogurt or anything of that sort. This results in low appetite.
Thirdly an evening walk, fruits – 45 mins to 1 hour before a meal is a must.
When she is fussy, just let her the skip the meal and give her steamed veggies or fruits.
If you follow the above schedule properly you will begin to see the results in 3 to 4 weeks.
Hope these help.
🙂

Hi Suma,
But have you stopped milk completely? At 9 months baby still needs milk. Which milk are you giving? Are you following the above food chart?

Hello Mimi,
It is very normal for toddlers at this age being too fussy especially when the food is repeated. Some times it is because they have a teething problem, sometimes indigestion and more times for fun or lack of activity. Make sure you don’t repeat the foods with in 3 to 4 days. I know it very difficult to make food that way. Introduce badam milk to her. Since she doesn’t like milk, try giving her milk based solids like powdered poha mixed with badam milk, cooked rice mixed with badam milk, sabudana cooked with badam milk. Give her soaked nuts, dal, kabuli chana,eggs, whole grains, moong dal dosa etc. Hope these help.