By 9 months, your baby is used to solid foods and may 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 offering 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 breastmilk 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 food chart for your 9 months baby. And always consider preferring homemade foods for your baby, which is safe.
At 9 months, you can introduce the below foods in addition to the 8 months baby food chart.
Spices: as same as 8 months
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)
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). 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.
- 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
- 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. Here is the sample food chart with recipes (please click on the hyperlink to get the recipes) for 9 months old baby, please customize this chart with the above mentioned food options that can be included in 9 months baby’s diet based on availability, convenience and your baby’s preference.
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Days
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Early Morning
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Breakfast
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Mid-Morning
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Lunch
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Evening
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Dinner
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Bed time
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Day 1
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Cooked carrot or peas pieces Or Potato Salad (FF)/
Mashed carrot or mashed potatoes
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Moong dal khichdi/ Vegetables khichdi
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Idli/ Steamed Dosa/ Chapati or Roti (dipped
in dal or mildly
spiced sambar)
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Day 2
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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 |
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Day 3
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Crumbled Paneer (FF) or scrambled eggs
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Day 4
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Boiled mashed egg yolk (FF) or
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Rice with dal paneer masala
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Roti with dal
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Day 5
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Rice with mixed vegetable soup/ mashed ghee rice with egg yolk
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Day 6
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Mixed vegetables rice or egg rice Or Dalia Khichdi
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Poha upma or jaggery poha
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Day 7
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Plain homemade
curd or
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Roti or Chapati with dal or any mild paneer gravy or rice with chickpeas mash
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Notes:
- Sterilize the bowls and spoons used for feeding your baby in a vessel with hot water for five minutes and keep it immersed in the same vessel until use.
- Never introduce more than 1 food at a time when introducing solids to your baby.
- Salt and sugar is not recommended in baby’s food until 1 years 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.
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I do not want my child to drink milk, but I do not know what the best type on the market ?
Do you mean formula milk?
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~
The quantity given is approximate and varies from baby to baby. My 1/2 cup is approximately 120 ml
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.
this might help you: https://gkfooddiary.com/2015/12/foods-to-offer-during-cold-cough-in-baby-toddler-and-kids.html
Hi, my 9 month baby dosent like any cereal or porridge (kanji) what i can substitute her
Thank you in advance
you can start giving all family foods which you cook everyday minus salt and less spices. also try finger foods