7 Months Baby Food Chart for Indian Infant
Your baby at seven months of age understands a few basic gestures and emotions and is starting to crawl. It's also a sheer delight to watch your little one enjoying his/her first foods! From now on your child will get more curious, will begin to form words like ga-ga, ba-ba. Awww, such a cute phase!
During the 6th month, your baby was restricted to eating only two to three meals a day. However, now that he/she has grown up by a month, it’s the right time to introduce 'proper' solid meals, we'd say three to four times a day. Providing the right kind of nourishment is every mother’s objective and that is why we have introduced a variety of “old but gold” supergrains in your little ones' meal plans.
At 6 months, we recommended you should introduce limited flavours in their first-foods as a part of their daily and weekly diet plans. Now, that the lil munchkin is 7 months old, let’s introduce a variety of flavors and textures.
Have a look at the following weekly - 7 months baby food charts which will surely help you! We are also sharing our 'foods to introduce at 6 months' here because some old foods are also being included in our 7-months weekly food charts., e.g. ragi (millets)
Week 1:
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First day
Breakfast: Apple ragi porridge
Lunch: Mashed potato
Dinner: Pumpkin puree
Second day
Breakfast: Avocado/pumpkin puree
Lunch: Rice gruel cooked in vegetable stock
Dinner: Mashed sweet potato
Third day
Breakfast: Mixed fruit puree
Lunch: Suji porridge
Dinner: Vegetable khichri
Fourth day
Breakfast: Ragi porridge
Lunch: Cooked yellow moong dal
Dinner: Broccoli soup
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Fifth day
Breakfast: Pumpkin kheer
Lunch: Potato beetroot mash
Dinner: Carrot khichri
Sixth day
Breakfast: Banana oats porridge
Lunch: Carrot kheer
Dinner: Ragi porridge
Seventh day
Breakfast: Stewed pear
Lunch: Amaranth cereal
Dinner: Beetroot bottle gourd soup
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Week 2:
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First day
Breakfast: Chikoo oats porridge
Lunch: Carrot puree
Dinner: Vegetable khichri
Second day
Breakfast: Apple pear cinnamon puree
Lunch: Oats porridge
Dinner: Green beans and carrot puree
Third day
Breakfast: Makhana porridge
Lunch: Bottle gourd soup
Dinner: Vegetable khichri
Fourth day
Breakfast: Mango puree
Lunch: Carrot soup
Dinner: Oats porridge
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Fifth day
Breakfast: Banana and cinnamon puree
Lunch: Potato puree
Dinner: Carrot khichri
Sixth day
Breakfast: Banana and cinnamon puree
Lunch: Moong dal spinach khichri
Dinner: Mashed potato
Seventh day
Breakfast: Ragi porridge
Lunch: Apple suji kheer
Dinner: Bottle gourd and carrot soup
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Week 3:
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First day
Breakfast: Mango yoghurt
Lunch: Pongal
Late afternoon: Dal soup/dal ka pani
Dinner: Green beans with basil rice gruel
Second day
Breakfast: Ragi halwa
Lunch: Puffed rice porridge
Late afternoon: Mashed potato
Dinner: Moong dal soup
Third day
Breakfast: Apple pear puree
Lunch: Carrot khichri
Late afternoon: Dal soup
Fourth day
Breakfast: Bottle gourd halwa
Lunch: Pumpkin oatmeal puree
Dinner: Barley vegetable soup
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Fifth day
Breakfast: Papaya puree
Lunch: Pongal
Late afternoon: Dal soup
Dinner: Bottle gourd khichri
Sixth day
Breakfast: Chikoo oats porridge
Lunch: Raspberry cherry banana cinnamon puree
Late afternoon: Ragi banana halwa
Dinner: Strawberry chia seeds oatmeal porridge
Seventh day
Breakfast: Mashed plum
Lunch: Puffed rice porridge
Dinner: Apple khichri
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Week 4:
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First day
Breakfast: Peach mango quinoa chunky puree
Lunch: Puffed rice
Late afternoon: Ragi teething biscuits
Dinner: Tomato rice
Second day
Breakfast: Sweet potato pear and red pepper puree
Lunch: Banana tofu pear puree
Late afternoon: Ragi banana halwa
Dinner: Apple green beans and broccoli puree
Third day
Breakfast: Steamed Ragi dosa
Lunch: Wheat dalia porridge
Late afternoon: Banana puree
Dinner: Pongal
Fourth day
Breakfast: Poha
Lunch: Wheat atta halwa
Late afternoon: Steamed dosa
Dinner: Oats porridge
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Fifth day
Breakfast: Suji kheer
Lunch: French beans and carrot puree
Late afternoon: Vegetable khichri with mashed pumpkin raita
Dinner: Green gram and wheat porridge
Sixth day
Breakfast: Ragi banana apple and dates puree
Lunch: Wheat dalia porridge
Late afternoon: Vermicelli kheer
Dinner: Bottle gourd khichri
Seventh day
Breakfast: Chikoo oats porridge
Lunch: Strawberry yogurt
Late afternoon: Vegetable khichri with yogurt
Dinner: Barley porridge
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Disclaimer:
1. Make sure to follow the 3-day rule. Note down the new ingredients introduced in the baby’s diet to look out for any allergic reactions
2. It is common for babies to reject unfamiliar foods, as they wean. Be patient and keep offering a variety of foods. Do not worry, this is perfectly normal
3. Please remember that some foods can irritate your baby's digestive system. Avoid highly spicy or greasy foods. Also, avoid foods that could easily cause choking
4. If your baby as several episodes of vomiting after trying new food, has diarrhea, develops a rash, or has swelling of the lips or eyes, he or she may be having an allergic reaction. Stop the feeding and call your pediatrician
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Did you know?
Ragi has 10X more calcium than Wheat and Rice. Jowar is one of the richest sources of dietary fibre, while Lentils are a powerhouse of plant proteins.
This post is co-authored by Ms. Aditi Mehrotra, a two-time gold medalist- health educator, DIETED & Co-founder, Arney's Fitkids- School Nutrition Program. Her diet dictate is: "Diet is not a deprivation but a slight deviation from the normal. Love yourself! Make yourself a priority. Nourish your body and soul!"
