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Most mum are being advised to start giving solid food to baby anywhere between 4-6 months old. However babies vary in their readiness to accept new food. Never force your baby to eat. The following are some sample menu and schedule I used as a guide to feed my daughter at different stage.
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6 months old
9 months old
12 months old
18 months old
| Sample menu for a 4 months old baby |
| Time
| Kind of food
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| 6.00am
| Milk
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| 9.00am
| Baby's first rice cereal mixed with milk. Some water after meal
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| 11.00am
| 3 tsp fruit juice
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| 12.00pm
| Milk
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| 3.00pm
| Milk
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| 7.00pm
| Milk
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| 10.00pm
| Milk
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If baby likes the new food, increase the amount and variety slowly.
| Sample menu for a 6 months old baby |
| Time
| Kind of food
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| 6.00am
| Milk 200ml
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| 9.00am
| 2 tsp scraped banana and some water
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| 11.00pm
| Brown rice cereal with half soft boiled egg yolk
| 3.00pm
| Milk 200ml
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| 6.00pm
| 3 tbsp mashed Potatoes mixed with 1 tbsp sieved Spinach and 1 tbsp mashed, boiled Fish. Some water after meal
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| 10.00pm
| Milk 200ml
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| Sample menu for a 9 months old baby |
| Time
| Kind of food
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| 7.00am
| Milk 200ml
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| 9.00am
| Oat and fruit cereal mixed with milk
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| 12.00am
| Half bowl of soft rice porridge mixed with 1 tbsp finely minced Liver and 2tbsp mashed, cook pumpkin. 2tsp papaya after meal
| 3.00pm
| Milk 200ml
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| 5.00pm
| Fruit juice 90ml
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| 7.00pm
| Half bowl of soft rice porridge mixed with 1 tbsp finely minced chicken and 2 tbsp finely chopped cooked Broccoli
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| 10.00pm
| Milk 200ml
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| Sample menu for a 12 months old Toddler |
| Time
| Kind of food
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| 7.00am
| Milk
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| 9.00am
| 1 half boiled egg and half slice of bread thinly spread with Margarine and jam
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| 11.00am
| 1 small banana
| 12.00pm
| 1 bowl thick porridge with minced meat steam with beancurd and chopped, cooked cauliflower
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| 3.00pm
| Milk and 1 piece of teething biscuit
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| 7.00pm
| 1 bowl of thick porridge mixed with 1 tbsp finely shredded chicken and 2 tbsp finely chopped cooked Spinach
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| 9.00pm
| Milk 200ml
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| Sample menu for a 18 months old Toddler |
| Time
| Kind of food
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| 7.00am
| Half bowl breakfast cereal mixed with 1 serve of Milk and a small banana
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| 9.00am
| Plain biscuits-2 pieces
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| 11.00am
| Chicken and Spinach pasta soup and 1 small piece of Honey dew cubed
| 3.00pm
| Milk and half plain bun
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| 7.00pm
| Half bowl of clear chicken soup and half bowl of soft rice. Stir fried long beans with carrot and steamed fish
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| 9.00pm
| Milk-1 serve
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