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SOLID FOODS CHART

By Jill Tomlin

Track your baby's solid-foods progress with the chart below. Start baby on just one new food at a time. Watch for reactions. Then, after about five days, try another food. If baby doesn't like a food, give her a week, then try again.

Age/ Food Group	4 to 6 months	6 to 9 months	9 to 12 months
Cereals & Grains	iron-fortified rice cereal iron-fortified oat cereal iron-fortified barley cereal iron-fortified mixed-grain cereal	rice cereal with banana	cooked elbow macaroni flour tortillas rice mixed-grain cereals
Fruits & Vegetables		applesauce, unsweetened peaches, cooked and mashed pears, cooked and mashed bananas, mashed green beans, cooked and mashed squash, cooked and mashed peas, cooked and mashed sweet potatoes, cooked and mashed carrots, cooked and mashed	carrots, cooked and diced banana, diced peaches, diced
Meats			chicken, minced turkey, minced beef, minced lamb, minced pork, minced
Finger Foods			bread crusts dry oat cereal arrowroot crackers rice cakes toast zwieback
Dairy foods and eggs			fruit-flavored yogurt hard cheese, diced scrambled or hard-cooked egg yolk

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About The Author

Topeka, Kansas native Jill Tomlin writes about health issues for Your Baby Today. Her work appears in national publications.

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