Indian Baby Food Chart for 7 Months Baby | 7 Months Indian Baby Food Recipes

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Indian 7 Month Baby Food Chart, Indian Baby Food recipes, By seven months, babies may learn to chew soft, lumpy food even if they have no teeth. So be sure to include well-mashed food gradually rather than a puree and make a thicker consistency. 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. Always consider preferring homemade foods for your baby which is safe.

Also, 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 six month baby food chart (to cross-check the foods you have introduced at six months) before you plan a food chart for your seven months baby.

What foods can be included in 7 months baby's diet?

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What's new in 7 months baby food list :

At seven months, you can introduce the below foods in addition to the 6-month food chart.

Fruits: Chikku, papaya

Vegetables: Beetroot, bottle gourd, tomato, ash gourd, green beans, peas, butternut squash

Cereals: Poha/Beaten Rice, Puffed Rice

Pulses: masoor dal

Dairy: cheese

Non-Vegetarian: Egg yolk

The complete list of options you can include in 7 month old baby's diet:

Fruits: Apple, Avocado, Banana, Pears, muskmelon, Peaches, Plums, Prune, Chikku, papaya

Vegetables: Carrot, Pumpkin, Sweet Potato, beetroot, bottle gourd, tomato, ash gourd, green beans, peas, butternut squash

Cereals & Grains: Rice, Ragi, Barley, Semolina/Suji/Rava, sabudhana/Sago/Tapioca, Ragira/Amaranth, Phool Makhana, Quinoa, Poha/Beaten Rice, Puffed Rice

Pulses: Yellow Moong Dal, masoor dal

Dairy: Ghee, Butter, cheese

Non-Vegetarian: Egg yolk

Sample Indian Food chart or Diet plan for seven-month-old baby (high-level food chart):

For seven months, baby, you can offer one meal and a snack for a day. Rest should be breastfeeding or formula feeding. Choose the timings for meals and snacks according to your baby's preference, but avoid giving any solids after 7 PM.

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:

¼ cup of fruit or vegetables
¼ cup of cereal. Gradually increased to ½ cup

Introduce one food at a time and follow three days rule, which will help determine allergic reactions to a particular food.

7 Months Indian Baby Food Recipes

Here is the collection of 7 Months Baby Food Recipes. Please customize the below sample charts with the mentioned recipes that can be included in 7 months baby’s diet based on availability, convenience, and your baby’s preference.

Here is the sample high-level food chart with recipes ( please click on the hyperlink to get the recipes) for seven-month-old baby. Please customize this chart with the options that can be included in 7 months baby's diet based on availability, convenience, and your baby's preference.

Days	Meal (Breakfast/lunch)	Snack (Breakfast/evening snack)
Day 1	Ragi Porridge with whole ragi / Ragi Porridge with ragi flour	Mashed Apple or Pear or avocado
Day 2	Moong dal khichdi	Mashed banana or chikku or papaya
Day 3	Rice Porridge	Mashed carrots or pumpkin or sweet potato or green beans or peas or beetroot
Day 4	Rice Porridge with moong dal	Pumpkin kheer or bottle gourd kheer
Day 5	Ragi Apple Halwa	Mashed Apple pear or mashed apple sweet potato
Day 6	Suji Porridge/ Suji Apple Kheer/Suji Banana Halwa	Mashed Carrot beetroot or mashed banana chikku
Day 7	Barley Porridge	Apple Carrot soup

Week-wise Indian Food Chart for 7 Months Baby

Along with the above high-level food chart, here I have provided a weekly chart for seven months of baby food to give an idea of how to introduce foods following three days rule and one new food for a day. Hope it helps new parents to plan a complete chart for a whole month.

Week 1:

		Early Morning	Breakfast	Mid-Morning	Lunch	Evening	Dinner	Bedtime
Week 1	Day 1	BM/FM	Apple Puree	BM/FM	Suji Porridge	BM/FM	BM/FM	BM/FM
	Day 2	BM/FM	Mashed Banana	BM/FM	Suji Porridge	BM/FM	BM/FM	BM/FM
	Day 3	BM/FM	Papaya Puree	BM/FM	Rice Porridge	BM/FM	BM/FM	BM/FM
	Day 4	BM/FM	Papaya Puree	BM/FM	Ragi porridge	BM/FM	BM/FM	BM/FM
	Day 5	BM/FM	Papaya Puree	BM/FM	Rice Porridge with moong dal	BM/FM	BM/FM	BM/FM
	Day 6	BM/FM	Pumpkin Kheer	BM/FM	Ragi Apple Halwa	BM/FM	BM/FM	BM/FM
	Day 7	BM/FM	Carrot Puree	BM/FM	Banana Halwa	BM/FM	BM/FM	BM/FM

* BM/FM-Breastmilk/Formula Milk

Week 2:

		Early Morning	Breakfast	Mid-Morning	Lunch	Evening	Dinner	Bedtime
Week 2	Day 1	BM/FM	Pear Puree	BM/FM	Apple Suji Kheer	BM/FM	BM/FM	BM/FM
	Day 2	BM/FM	Pear Puree	BM/FM	Rice Porridge with moong dal	BM/FM	BM/FM	BM/FM
	Day 3	BM/FM	Pear Puree	BM/FM	Ragi porridge	BM/FM	BM/FM	BM/FM
	Day 4	BM/FM	Mashed Chikku	BM/FM	Banana Halwa	BM/FM	BM/FM	BM/FM
	Day 5	BM/FM	Mashed Chikku	BM/FM	Rice Porridge	BM/FM	BM/FM	BM/FM
	Day 6	BM/FM	Mashed Chikku	BM/FM	Ragi Apple Halwa	BM/FM	BM/FM	BM/FM
	Day 7	BM/FM	Apple Pear Mash	BM/FM	Suji Porridge	BM/FM	BM/FM	BM/FM

* BM/FM-Breastmilk/Formula Milk

Week 3:

		Early Morning	Breakfast	Mid-Morning	Lunch	Evening	Dinner	Bedtime
Week 3	Day 1	BM/FM	Sweet Potato Mash	BM/FM	Moong dal khichdi	BM/FM	BM/FM	BM/FM
	Day 2	BM/FM	Sweet Potato Mash	BM/FM	Ragi Porridge	BM/FM	BM/FM	BM/FM
	Day 3	BM/FM	Sweet Potato Mash	BM/FM	Apple Suji Kheer	BM/FM	BM/FM	BM/FM
	Day 4	BM/FM	Chikku Banana Mash	BM/FM	Rice Porridge with Moong Dal	BM/FM	BM/FM	BM/FM
	Day 5	BM/FM	Apple Sweet Potato Mash	BM/FM	Moong dal khichdi	BM/FM	BM/FM	BM/FM
	Day 6	BM/FM	Beetroot Mash	BM/FM	Rice Porridge	BM/FM	BM/FM	BM/FM
	Day 7	BM/FM	Beetroot Mash	BM/FM	Ragi Porridge	BM/FM	BM/FM	BM/FM

* BM/FM-Breastmilk/Formula Milk

Week 4:

		Early Morning	Breakfast	Mid-Morning	Lunch	Evening	Dinner	Bedtime
Week 4	Day 1	BM/FM	Beetroot Mash	BM/FM	Rice Porridge with Moong Dal	BM/FM	BM/FM	BM/FM
	Day 2	BM/FM	Carrot Beetroot mash	BM/FM	Ragi Apple Halwa	BM/FM	BM/FM	BM/FM
	Day 3	BM/FM	Chikku Banana Mash	BM/FM	Rice Porridge with Moong Dal	BM/FM	BM/FM	BM/FM
	Day 4	BM/FM	Apple Pears mash	BM/FM	Barley Porridge	BM/FM	BM/FM	BM/FM
	Day 5	BM/FM	Apple Sweet Potato Mash	BM/FM	Barley Porridge	BM/FM	BM/FM	BM/FM
	Day 6	BM/FM	Pumpkin kheer	BM/FM	Barley Porridge	BM/FM	BM/FM	BM/FM
	Day 7	BM/FM	Nendran banana mash	BM/FM	Sooji Porridge	BM/FM	BM/FM	BM/FM

* BM/FM-Breastmilk/Formula Milk

I will update this chart with recipes regularly; please be updated by liking my Facebook page GKFoodDiary or following me through Google+, Twitter & Pinterest!

Last Updated: April 2018

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 one food at a time when introducing solids to your baby.
Salt and sugar are not recommended in a baby's food until one year of age.
Check for allergy symptoms when introducing new food to your baby, and stop feeding your child if you find any signs.
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.

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Comments

Shane Olson

June 27, 2016 at 11:53 am

For a new mother it is really tough to choose best baby foods in the beginning. Most probably new mothers are taking beneficial lessons and tips from experts regarding baby foods. In the beginning mother's milk is crucial for a baby and after 5 months we start other foods and here we can get some tips for 7 months baby foods; thanks for such wonderful tips on baby foods.
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Anonymous

September 14, 2016 at 12:26 pm

Hi can you please provide approximate timings for 7month old from early morning to dinner schedule I mean time range for breakfast(7:30am to 8:30am)? how much gap should I maintain from one feeding to another. I really appreciate if can reply

- gkfooddiary
  
  September 14, 2016 at 4:18 pm
  
  Timings are purely depends on your baby's schedule. Give breakfast from 1-2 hours after baby wakes up. 4 hours gap is ideal for one meal to the other. Always breastfeed or formula feed (at least till one year) before 45 minutes to solid food. Hope it helps!
  
  - Niranjani
    
    July 20, 2017 at 10:22 pm
    
    My baby wake up at 1pm and he to maintain the time of breakfast and lunch. N again 3-4 pm she sleeps. And again 5-6.30pm she sleeps. Then 8.30 pm- 9.30 pm. Finally sleeps at 12.30 am.
    
    - Karma
      
      April 11, 2018 at 1:42 pm
      
      I have the same issue with my DD... it’s really confusing when to feed her..
      
      - gkfooddiary
        
        April 11, 2018 at 9:42 pm
        
        Share your baby's schedule.. I shall try to help
- pooja
  
  December 11, 2018 at 8:27 pm
  
  1.30 to 2 hour gap is retired
  
Gayathri R

December 16, 2018 at 3:40 am

Hi, this page is very useful and a grt guidance for first time mom's. Am not sure of the quantity when you suggest 1/4 cup of puree. Could you pls let us the size of the cup which is mentioned here.

- Kalyani
  
  December 16, 2018 at 1:16 pm
  
  1 cup = 240 ml. These are approximate amount to give a rough idea. feed as much as your baby wants
  
Amreen

December 19, 2018 at 11:57 am

Can u give mosambi juice to a baby of 6 month old???

Amreen

December 19, 2018 at 11:59 am

Can u give mosambi juice to 6 month old baby ???

- Kalyani
  
  December 20, 2018 at 2:33 am
  
  it is better to give citrus juices including mosambi after ten months.
  
SINDHUJA L

February 21, 2019 at 1:45 am

Shall we give pomegranate juice to a 6+ baby?

- Kalyani
  
  February 27, 2019 at 12:53 pm
  
  yes
  
Praveena

April 11, 2019 at 4:47 pm

Please let me know when can we add green leafy vegetables.

- Kalyani
  
  April 12, 2019 at 1:52 am
  
  Do you mean spinach? please specify the name of vegetables
  
Sharmila

May 04, 2020 at 1:32 am

7 mnth old boy baby1)shall i give 3 meals..i am breastfeeding mother2)his body get heated up during night and early morning.nowadays he used to wake up 1 hour once in midnight.he lightly drink milk and fall asleep.what to do?3)how many ml water want to give 7 mnth baby during summer

- Kalyani
  
  May 04, 2020 at 4:07 am
  
  1, only one meal and snack should be sufficient at this stage, breastfeeding should be major
  2. Babies wake up at night for many reasons. They may feel cold/ hot, hungry/thirsty, wet diaper, sick/cold. Evaluate the cause and take action. Or baby can go through a growth spurt...during growth spurt baby may be more hungry than regular days. The growth spurt is a temporary phase, and the baby will be back to routine in a couple of weeks. Also, most of the breastfed babies wake up in the night until they turn two years. Also, aim for filling foods at dinner like oats, sooji, ragi, etc
  3. you can give a few tsp of water after a meal. And also, you can offer water anytime if you feel your baby is thirsty.
  
Bhavani

July 11, 2020 at 9:01 pm

Respected madam, i have a 7th month baby boy. He eat cerelac 2 Times wheat/ apple, formula milk 2 times per a day. And drink my brest milk too at baby needs. Cerelac timings is 11 am, 4pm. Is it correct or any time table. Please reply iam newly married and first baby

- Kalyani
  
  July 11, 2020 at 11:19 pm
  
  You can opt for homemade food, as suggested in the table above. Breast milk/formula milk you can feed as per baby's demands.
  
Priyanka

September 06, 2020 at 6:40 pm

Hello mam / sir
My baby is 7and half month old ...
I give him cow's milk 2times daily ,apple juice, daal ,sooji upma, sometime banana, breast feed when he required ....

Please suggest me this is enough for my baby

- Kalyani
  
  September 10, 2020 at 8:05 am
  
  please avoid cows milk and juices till one year
  
Sneha

November 24, 2022 at 1:13 pm

Hi
My baby completed 7 months on 20th November. Should I follow this or 8 months chart.

- Kalyani
  
  January 29, 2023 at 2:42 pm
  
  Yes

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