Around 8-10 Months
Consistency: Lumpy, textural foods promoting chewing and soft finger food
Introduce a range of temperatures: cold, room temperature and warm (note never give babies hot food and always test the temperature yourself before giving it to baby).
Amount: Up to 1 cup at meals and ½ cup snacks
Frequency: 3 times a day plus 1 snack
Note – Always seek individualised advice when you have a family history of allergy, intolerance, coeliac disease or your baby is suspected to have feeding delays (such as tongue tie or physical or mental disabilities).
Type of foods: Increase variety of foods, add legumes, variety of grains and cereals, fruits such as berries and citrus fruits, and stronger flavoured vegetables such as onion, and harder to eat vegetables such as sweet corn, shredded salad greens, spinach, tomato. Introduce eggs, and ground nuts & seeds, as well as cooked milk products in small amounts.
