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Indian 8 Month Baby Food Chart, Indian Baby Food recipes, By 8 months, your baby may figure out how to use her thumb and forefinger to pick up food. This motor skill is known as a pincer grasp. Baby will let you know that she's ready for self-feeding by grabbing the spoon when you are feeding or snatching food off the plate.

Offering finger foods to your baby is the best way to encourage self-feeding. Hence, you should include finger foods in your eight-month-old diet chart and other meals. Don't force the baby, though, as each baby is unique and adopts eating habits at their own pace. Just keep trying your best to encourage his eating habits.

By this time, you can also include a small number of spices in your baby's diet. Introduce one spice at a time and wait for three days to introduce the next spice to check out allergic reactions.

What are finger foods?

Any bite-size pieces of food that the baby can pick up quickly and eat by themselves are called finger foods. Finger foods can be introduced to a baby's diet from 8 months.

Finger foods help to teach the baby to chew, encourage self-feeding & introduce different textures! Do supervise the baby when eating finger food to avoid the risk of choking! Babies can try finger foods even if they don't have teeth. The baby can bite the food using the gums, which also helps speech muscles develop!

Cooked carrots, peas, cut apples, papaya, banana, boiled potato salad, crumbled paneer, and chopped boiled egg are some examples of finger food.

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 complementary feeding. Please read on seven months baby food chart (to cross-check the foods you have introduced at seven months) before you plan a chart for your eight months baby food. And  Consider preferring homemade meals for your baby, which are safe.

What foods can be included in an 8-month baby's diet? 

At eight months, you can introduce the below foods in addition to the 6 & 7 months food chart.
8 Months Baby Food List

What's new on eight months of baby food?

Fruits:  blueberries, cherries, dates, figs, grapes, kiwi, mangoes, apricots
Vegetables: White Potato, broccoli, cauliflower, eggplant, onions, squash, zucchini
Cereals: wheat, broken wheat (Dalia), oats
Pulses: chickpeas (white & black chana), urad dal, green gram
Dairy: Curd or Yogurt, cottage cheese (paneer), tofu
Non-Vegetarian: Egg yolk
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 amounts say a pinch)
 

The complete list of food options for eight months baby:

Here is the full list of options you can include in 8 month old baby's diet.

Fruits: Apple, Avocado, Banana, Pears, muskmelon, Peaches, Plums, Prune, Chikku, papaya, blueberries, cherries, dates, figs, grapes, kiwi, mangoes
Vegetables: Carrot, Pumpkin, Sweet Potato, beetroot, bottle gourd, tomato, ash gourd, green beans, peas, White Potato, broccoli, cauliflower, eggplant, onions
Cereals & Grains: Rice, Ragi, Barley, Semolina/Suji/Rava, sabudhana, wheat, broken wheat (Dalia), oats
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
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 amounts say a pinch)

Sample Food chart or Diet plan for eight month old baby

For eight months baby, you can offer two meals and an optional snack that can be finger food or any light snack for a day. The rest should be breastfeeding or formula feeding. Also, if your baby is not ready for finger foods and rejects them same, offer mashed food instead( but continue trying Finger foods once a day). Hence I have given both options (finger foods & mashed food) in the diet chart. Choose the timings for meals and snacks 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 varies from baby to baby, and most babies change daily. Here is an approximate amount:
  • Vegetables - ½ cup
  • Fruits - ½ cup
  • Cereal - ½ cup
Introduce one food at a time and follow three days rule, which will help determine allergic reactions to a particular food.

8 Months Baby Food Recipes

Here is the collection of 8 Months Baby Food Recipes. Please customize the below sample charts with the mentioned recipes that can be included in 8 months baby’s diet based on availability, convenience, and your baby’s preference.

Sample Food Chart for 8 Months Baby

Here is the sample food chart with recipes (please click on the hyperlink to get the recipes) for eight months baby food,
8 Months Baby Food Chart
 
Early Morning
 
Breakfast
 
Mid-Morning
Lunch
Evening
Dinner
Bed time
Day 1
BM/FM
BM/FM
Cooked carrot or peas pieces (FF)/ Mashed carrot
Moong dal khichdi 
BM/FM
Mashed carrot potato/ Mashed carrot potato beetroot/Mashed
Broccoli potato
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 / Vegetable dal soup
BM/FM
Mashed vegetable with cheese/Mixed vegetable soup/Mashed Potato Salad 
BM/FM
Day 3
BM/FM
BM/FM
Boiled mashed egg yolk (FF)
Rice moong dal porridge
with vegetables
Stock/mashed apple sweet potato 
BM/FM
Wheat porridge/ Dalia Porridge /wheat Apple halwa
BM/FM
Day 4
BM/FM
BM/FM
Crumbled Paneer (FF)
Chickpea mash
With Vegetables
BM/FM
Ragi Apple Halwa /Ragi Porridge with whole ragi / Ragi Porridge with ragi flour
BM/FM
Day 5
BM/FM
BM/FM
Toasted bread cubes/ banana pancakes /bread omelet
(FF)
Moong dal khichdi with vegetables /mashed ghee rice with egg yolk
BM/FM
Idli/ Steamed Dosa/ Chapati or Roti (dipped in dal)
BM/FM
Day 6
BM/FM
BM/FM
Pomegranates Juice/ Apple carrot soup
Mashed rice with tomato rasam or mixed vegetable soup
BM/FM
Oats banana Porridge /Barley Porridge 
BM/FM
Day 7
BM/FM
BM/FM
Plain homemade curd
Dalia Khichdi
BM/FM
Suji Apple Kheer/Suji Banana Halwa 
BM/FM
* BM/FM-Breastmilk/Formula Milk, FF-Finger Food

Notes:

  • Sterilize the bowls and spoons used to feed your baby in a vessel with hot water for five minutes and immerse it in the same container until use.
  • Never introduce more than one food at a time when introducing solids to your baby.
  • Salt and sugar are not recommended in the baby's food until one year.
  • Check for allergy symptoms when introducing new food to your baby, and stop feeding your child if you find any signs.
  • This chart shows what foods can be included in the baby's diet at a particular month. It should not be considered medical advice.
  • Feed your baby with breastmilk or formula milk on-demand other than the timings mentioned in the chart.
  • 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 an Idli pot or steamer.
 

Also, Check out the food charts  for 6 months to 3 years of Homemade Baby food recipes

More Baby Food Charts (6 to 12 Months)

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  1. Especially new parents are worried about their baby's diet plans. Due to lack of proper diet most of the times we have found that babies are suffering from various diseases and therefore parents are always taking the help of expert advice before choosing food and recipes for their babies. Here in this article we have found the complete list of baby's diet plans and what should be eat in the 8 months of age. I hope new mother should follow this diet plan for their 8 months baby.
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  2. I have a Philips baby food steamer but I feel the food is uncooked as compared to pressure cooker

  3. For every food u need to steam for a particular time for example carrot takes 15 minutes & potato takes at least 20 minutes of steaming.. I haven't faced any problem yet

  4. Half a cup for 8months..how much is half cup?

  5. Half cup is approximately 120 ml. Always feed baby on demand. Quantities given here are just to give an rough idea

  6. Dinner at what time should be given for 8 months baby

  7. Timing is purely depends on your baby's schedule. Two to three hours before sleep is ideal for dinner

  8. My baby is not like any sweet... Wt can do.. Also not drink other milk

  9. No problem if baby don't take milk other than breastmilk/formula. Don't need to worry about sweet as well. Just give whatever baby prefers.

  10. Thank u for this info. It gives a clear picture. Very useful article.

  11. thank you for your feedback:)

  12. My child s October 11 2017 born. Which diet plan should i follow... she s 7 months running so can i follow 7 months diet plan

  13. Solid food can be included in baby's diet at 6 months , i.e after 180 days completed, Hence as of now you should follow 6 months food chart.. From May 11 2018, 7 months food chart as your baby completes 7 months

  14. My baby girl is about to complete her 8th month.her weight is 5.7 kgs. Her birth weight is 2.4kgs. she hardly takes 4 or 5 spoons(silicon) what should I do?

  15. Dont worry much about weight if baby is active. For 8 months baby, breast milk/formula should be a major thing. solid food is just complementary. so make sure she is getting enough milk. also try variety of foods as babies get easily bored if same food offered everyday.

  16. Your article was really very helpful. Can you please suggest how to increase baby immunity and weight esp in a premature baby girl with very low birth weight. My baby girl is 8 months old i.e her corrected age. She takes only 120 ml milk wveey four hours. Doesnt eat anything and shuts her mouth tight when she see bowl and spoon in my hand. Im extremely worried. Can you plz help.

  17. Babies of this age eat only less amount. MAke sure to feed enough breastmilk/formula until one year. Also, Don't worry about weight if the baby is active and meeting milestones. However, for weight gain include healthy foods like banana, potato, milk products, chicken, eggs, sweet potato, ghee, dry fruits nuts, urad dal, sesame seeds, avocado, raw banana powder, cheese which helps in healthy weight gain (in any form your baby prefers).

    For improving immunity, you can include a small amount of Turmeric, Tulsi, ghee, ginger, peppercorns, cinnamon, red bananas, pomegranate, barley, fenugreek, almonds, walnuts, eggs oranges, and Vitamin C rich foods in your baby's weekly/monthly diet.

  18. My baby HS complete 8months...she has gas problem n she use to drink in bottle so bar bar infection horaha tha..so my doctor told stop milk fr smtym .n even bottle...BT she wants milk wat should I do...n I ws gvg her amul milk nw witch milk should I give her...

  19. Only formula milk or breastmilk is good for the baby until 12 months. Try to change the formula milk brand(after consulting with the doctor) and see.

  20. My baby having a constipation. Could you please recommend some home remedies and the food that he can eat.

  22. Can i add very little cow's milk to their porridge??if baby has no teeth yet how can we introduce finger foods??is there any chance for choking??

  23. No cows milk is recommended until one year. Babies can chew with their gums. Give soft finger foods and always watch for choking

  24. my baby hates milk and is losing weight, how many oz do you think the baby should drink after having the following meal?

  25. how old is your baby?

  26. Hi my baby is 8 mnths nd not sitting. I follow all your diet chart nd it helps me a lot. Pls suggest food for weight gain of baby as she is low weight. Till what age parboiled rice to be guven

  27. Don't worry about weight if baby is active and doing well, However, For weight gain include foods like banana, potato, sweet potato, ghee, dry fruits nuts, urad dal, chicken, eggs, sesame seeds, avocado, raw banana powder, cheese which helps in healthy weight gain (in any form your child prefers ) check some weight gain recipes here
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUW9RMBlrio&list=PLmmmsKso8Fs9a1JJnFjDCm8wpDMpt1iw5

    you can give any rice variety to the baby which is a staple for your family and use it every day

  28. Hey. How to give cheese, paneer. Is butter a choking hazard?....can I give paneer homemade...but my baby has not got teeth....how can she chew it???....and home made paneer is made using nimbu satva...so is it good for baby?

  29. Hey...include prune ..that helped me

  30. Hey...cheese is processed and has salt also right...then which brand will be good?.....

  33. Hey...u said about pasteurised milk right....Ghar pe jo cow milk comes...is that ok after boiling it?

  34. yes boiled cows milk can be given to babies after one year

  35. For preparing cheese...my baby is 8 months old...can I use Ghar ka cow milk?

  36. yes

  37. Hey when to start dry fruits?

  38. Hey...fan of this lovely site... Really a great work
    Just want you to put the recipe of other home made cheese to be fed to babies..
    Thank you in advance ?
    Have a great day

  39. 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/