9 Months Baby Food Chart | 9 Month Baby Food Recipes

Indian 9 Month Baby Food Chart, Indian Baby Food recipes, By 9 months, your baby is used to solid foods and might be bored with it. Hence it is important to include variety of new flavors and textures. You should try introducing minced or chopped food as part of 9 months baby’s diet. Baby is not completely ready for family foods at this stage, but still you can offer some.

By this time, your baby may try to feed himself with a spoon, he may not be successful in the attempt. But still it’s a good idea to offer one, to encourage his self feeding. Always keep an eye on baby when he’s eating to avoid choking. Also continue including spices in baby food and finger foods as same as 8 months. Don’t force the baby though, as each baby is unique and adopt eating habits at their own pace. Just keep trying at your best to encourage his eating habits.

Always remember that solids food can’t replace the nutrients breast milk or formula provides during the first year. So consider including solids in your baby’s diet as a complementary feeding. Please read on 8 months baby food chart (to cross check the foods you have introduced till 8 months) before you plan a chart for your 9 months baby food. And always consider preferring homemade foods for your baby, which is safe.

What foods can be included in 9 months baby’s diet?

At 9 months, you can introduce the below foods in addition to the 8 months baby food chart.

What’s new on 9 months baby food?

Fruits: watermelon

Vegetables: coconut, Tindora/Ivy Gourd, turnips , asparagus, bell peppers and almost all seasonal vegetables

Cereals: as same as 8 months

Pulses: as same as 8 months

Dairy: as same as 8 months

Non Vegetarian: chicken ( stock or clear soup)

Spices: as same as 8 months

Complete list of options for 9 months baby food

Here are the complete list of options you can include in 9 months old baby’s diet.

Fruits: Apple, Avocado, Banana, Pears, muskmelon, Peaches, Plums, Prune, Chikku, papaya, blueberries, cherries, dates, figs , grapes, kiwi, mangoes, watermelon

Vegetables: Carrot, Pumpkin, Sweet Potato, beetroot, bottle gourd, tomato, ash gourd, green beans, peas, butternut squash,White Potato, broccoli, cauliflower, eggplant, onions, turnips, coconut, Tindora, turnips , asparagus, bell peppers and almost all seasonal vegetables

Cereals & Grains: Rice, Ragi, Barley, Semolina/Suji/Rava, sabudhana, wheat, broken wheat (Dalia), oats, quinoa

Pulses: Yellow Moong Dal, masoor dal, chickpeas (white & black chana), urad dal, green gram

Dairy: Ghee, Butter, cheese, Curd or Yogurt, cottage cheese (paneer), tofu

Non Vegetarian: Egg yolk, chicken (stock or soup)

Spices: Turmeric, garlic, ginger, asafoetida, cumin seeds, pepper, coriander seeds, fennel seeds, caroms, fenugreek, mustard seeds, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom (all can be added in little amount say a pinch)

Sample Food chart or Diet plan for 9 months old baby

For 9 months baby, you can offer two meals and a snack that can be finger food or any light snack for a day. Rest should be breastfeeding or formula feeding. Also if your baby is not ready for finger foods and rejects the same , just offer mashed food instead. But continue trying Finger foods once a day to your baby. Hence I have given both the options (finger foods & mashed food) in the diet chart. Choose the timings for meal and snack according to your baby’s preference.

How much quantity per day?

For the quantity of food, always be guided with your baby’s hunger as appetite vary from baby to baby, and most babies change from day to day. Here is an approximate amount:

1/4 to 1/2 cup of cereal
1/4 to 1/2 cup of vegetables
1/4 to 1/2 cup of fruits
2 to 3 tbsp of dairy products
4 tbsp of meat/protein

Introduce one food at a time and follow 3 days rule which will help to find out allergic reactions to a particular food.

9 Months Baby Food Recipes

Here is the collection of 9 Months Baby Food Recipes, please customize the below sample charts with the mentioned recipes that can be included in 9 months baby’s diet based on availability, convenience and your baby’s preference.

Sample Food Chart for 9 Months Baby

Here is the sample food chart with recipes (please click on the hyperlink to get the recipes) for 9 months old baby.

9 Months Baby Food Chart

Days	Early Morning	Breakfast	Mid-Morning	Lunch	Evening	Dinner	Bed time
Day 1	BM/FM	BM/FM	Cooked carrot or peas pieces Or Potato Salad (FF)/ Mashed carrot or Mashed potatoes	Moong dal khichdi/ Vegetables khichdi/Beetroot Khichdi	BM/FM	Idli/ Steamed Dosa/ Chapati or Roti (dipped in dal or mildly spiced sambar)	BM/FM
Day 2	BM/FM	BM/FM	Raw Apple/pear or muskmelon or papaya/chikku or banana (FF)/ mashed banana chikku/ mashed papaya/Mashed Apple or Pear/mashed muskmelon	Curd rice with homemade Curd / Rice with Vegetables dal soup	BM/FM	Wheat pancakes or Wheat porridge/ Dalia Porridge /wheat Apple halwa	BM/FM
Day 3	BM/FM	BM/FM	Crumbled Paneer (FF) or scrambled eggs	Mashed rice with tomato rasam	BM/FM	Ragi Apple Halwa /Ragi Porridge with ragi flour / rice noodles or steamed rice cakes	BM/FM
Day 4	BM/FM	BM/FM	Boiled mashed egg yolk (FF) or mashed sweet potatoes with apple	Rice with dal paneer masala /curd khichdi	BM/FM	Roti with dal or Oats banana Porridge /Barley Porridge	BM/FM
Day 5	BM/FM	BM/FM	Toasted bread cubes/ banana pancakes /bread omelette (FF)	Rice with mixed vegetable soup/ mashed ghee rice with egg yolk/oats khichdi	BM/FM	Vegetables dosa or steamed Idli or bread upma	BM/FM
Day 6	BM/FM	BM/FM	Pomegranates Juice/ Apple carrot soup/Pumpkin kheer/Chicken clear soup	Mixed vegetables rice or egg rice Or Dalia Khichdi/Curd Oats	BM/FM	Poha upma or jaggery poha or poha porridge	BM/FM
Day 7	BM/FM	BM/FM	Plain homemade curd or plain Lassi	Roti or Chapati with dal or any mild paneer gravy or rice with chickpeas mash /Dahi Chura	BM/FM	Suji Apple kheer or Suji Banana Halwa or vegetables suji upma	BM/FM

* BM/FM-Breast milk/Formula Milk, FF-Finger Food

Notes:

Sterilize the bowls and spoons in a vessel with hot water for five minutes and keep it immersed in the same vessel before feeding your baby.
Never introduce more than one food at a time when introducing solids to your baby.
Salt and sugar is not recommended in baby’s food until one year of age.
Check for allergy symptoms when you introducing a new food to your baby and stop feeding your if you find any symptoms.
Feed your baby with breastmilk or formula milk on demand other than the timings mentioned in the chart.
This food chart is prepared to give an idea on what foods can be included in babies diet at particular month. It should not be considered as a medical advice.
Always check with your pediatrician before introducing any new food.
Steaming is a healthy option for baby food than pressure cooking. So I prefer steaming using a Idli pot or steamer.

Last Updated: May 2018

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Comments

Matt Jordan

October 04, 2015 at 4:24 am

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June 17, 2016 at 9:38 am

Baby food for your baby is very important. Food for the baby that refuses to let you rest even for a minute. The baby, that even at its most stubborn, never fails to make you smile. Babies are special. So their food should be as well.

Elizabeth Smith

July 29, 2016 at 9:16 am

I do not want my child to drink milk, but I do not know what the best type on the market ?

- gkfooddiary
  
  July 29, 2016 at 3:33 pm
  
  Do you mean formula milk?
  
Dhvani

February 06, 2017 at 9:14 pm

Hi!! I love your website and use so many of the recipes for my baby.
I wanted to ask you if you would know what are the quantities of food that is required to be given at each meal? you have written 1/2 cup but how much is that in terms of ml?

would really help if you could help me with this. Thanks a lot~

- gkfooddiary
  
  February 07, 2017 at 5:51 am
  
  The quantity given is approximate and varies from baby to baby. My 1/2 cup is approximately 120 ml
  
Monika

August 14, 2017 at 9:52 pm

Hi, a really helpful website and ideas n ur website . I appreciate ur effort to post these things. My nine months old baby is having fever . Any home remedies option for him can u suggest? Thank you.

- gkfooddiary
  
  August 15, 2017 at 10:53 am
  
  this might help you: https://gkfooddiary.com/foods-to-offer-during-cold-cough-in-baby-toddler-and-kids/
  
Sobha

November 28, 2017 at 11:59 am

Hi, my 9 month baby dosent like any cereal or porridge (kanji) what i can substitute her
Thank you in advance

- gkfooddiary
  
  November 29, 2017 at 12:54 am
  
  you can start giving all family foods which you cook everyday minus salt and less spices. also try finger foods
  
Malavika

June 11, 2019 at 3:47 pm

Hi when do u give nuts like almond , peanut, cashew to babies

- Kalyani
  
  June 11, 2019 at 11:49 pm
  
  You can start nuts to the baby from 8 months. First, introduce each nut separately to your baby in powdered form or paste form (one at a time) in paste or powder form by adding to baby food to see if it suits her. The nuts powder can be given to babies after introducing each nut, and dry fruits separate. Once you introduced each nuts separate and ruled out allergies, try the nuts powder.
  
  Start with 1/2 tsp of nuts powder and check whether the baby shows an allergic reaction, check it for three days, and if the baby is not allergic to it, you can increase the amount gradually. Check the nuts powder recipe here:https://gkfooddiary.com/nuts-powder-recipe-for-babies-toddlers-and-kids/
  
Trupti Deshpande

July 20, 2019 at 2:29 am

Very detailed and pretty good explanation of all the receipies for little ones.My kid is 9months old now and already bored of the same moong dal khichadi I make and so I was very confused about what should I give him so that he starts enjoying food.Really on your website found so many more options can’t wait about my lo reaction when I make something new tomorrow for him!!

- Kalyani
  
  July 20, 2019 at 5:43 am
  
  Thank you so much for your lovely words:)
  
chandni

November 08, 2019 at 2:12 pm

My baby is 9months old but she is not at all eating anything after so much of pamper or to show something she will have to a bite what to do I’m worried please suggest any idea

- Kalyani
  
  November 08, 2019 at 10:24 pm
  
  Encourage self-feeding and Try soft finger foods like banana, steamed tiny cut carrots, peas, potato, pasta, etc.
  
Aparna

December 22, 2019 at 5:27 pm

how do i introduce chapati/ roti..my babies are 9 months now

- Kalyani
  
  December 22, 2019 at 11:43 pm
  
  dip it in baby’s milk, plain dal or any mild gravy and give.

9 Months Baby Food Chart | 9 Month Baby Food Recipes