8 Months Indian Baby Food Chart with Recipe Videos

Around 8 months, many babies are on the move – crawling, reaching, and developing their pincer grasp. This is a great time to introduce finger foods as part of weaning, the process of gradually introducing solid foods alongside breast milk or formula.

You can now introduce finger foods to encourage self-feeding to your baby’s diet.As your baby’s taste buds develop during weaning, you can now introduce a small number of aromatic and mild spices like turmeric and cumin..

Do not force the baby and let him/her develop eating habits at their own pace. Just encourage them by introducing different foods.

What is Finger Food?

Finger foods are an exciting part of weaning! They encourage self-feeding, develop motor skills, and introduce new textures. By 8 months, most babies are ready to explore finger foods safely.

Quantity of Food to be given to 8 months old

The amount of food varies depending on your 8-month-old’s appetite. Start with a small amount (around ½ cup) and increase gradually as their hunger cues indicate. You can offer 2 meals & a snack for 8 8-month-old baby, along with breastfeeding and/or formula milk. You may decide the timings for meal & snack as per your convenience.

Things you should keep in mind

• Thick consistency food

• Introduce different taste, flavor & texture food

• Always given freshly prepared food

• Do not forcefully feed your child

• Gradually increase the portion

• Always feed the baby when he/she is sitting. Do not feed when the baby is lying on back

• Sterilize the bowls, spoons, vessels used to feed the baby in hot water

• No salt, sugar, or honey for the baby until 1 year

• Always feed breast milk/formula milk on demand of the baby

• Steaming is healthier than pressure cooking.

What foods can be given to 8 months old?

You can now introduce a wider variety of foods suitable for 8-month-old babies during weaning

• Breast Milk – Continue breast milk or formula milk

• Fruits – Apple, Banana, Mango, Sapota / Chiku, Pears, Plums, Pumpkin, dates, figs, grapes

• Vegetables – Boiled & mashed vegetables like potato, carrots, sweet potato, green peas, cauliflower, beans, leafy vegetable

• Cereals & Pulses – Cereals and pulses such as rice, barley, ragi, sooji/semolina, broken wheat/ daliya, chickpeas, green gram/ moong, urad dal, and oats

• Combinations – Experiment with different combinations or mixtures of food. Like fruit & cereal, Vegetables & pulses or lentils, etc

• Dairy – Curd/yogurt, paneer/ cottage cheese, tofu

• Spices: Turmeric, garlic, ginger, asafoetida, cumin seeds, pepper, coriander seeds, fennel seeds, caroms, fenugreek, mustard seeds, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom  (all can be added in little amount say a pinch)

Video: 8 MONTHS INDIAN BABY FOOD CHART with Recipe Videos

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8 MONTHS BABY – INDIAN FOOD CHART SAMPLE

Below is the sample Weekly Baby Food Chart With recipes (please refer to hyperlinks to get the recipes) for 8 Months you can refer.

8 MONTHS INDIAN BABY FOOD CHART – WEEK 1

8 MONTHS INDIAN BABY FOOD CHART – WEEK 2

8 MONTHS INDIAN BABY FOOD CHART – WEEK 3

8 MONTHS INDIAN BABY FOOD CHART– WEEK 4

Note :

• These are ideas of Foods which can be given to 8 months baby.

• We have kept their nutrients requirements per day in mind while designing the Food Chart.

• You may include 6 Months Baby Food Chart & 7 Months Baby Food Chart recipes also.

• You can introduce or repeat any food as per your choice and baby’s liking.

• 3 days rule doesn’t hold good anymore and hence new food every day is followed in the meal plan for 6 months baby as well.

• It’s good to introduce varieties of Flavors and Foods to baby before a year to avoid any allergic issues in the future.

• Most importantly babies need different tastes and textures daily, just like we so do not bore them with repetitions and make them hate food.

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