8 MONTHS INDIAN BABY FOOD CHART with Recipe Videos

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By 8 months, most of the babies may be crawling and would also be pushing hard to stand up. Also probably beginning to master the pincer grasp picking up small food pieces or objects and feeding themselves. Please find this 8 MONTHS INDIAN BABY FOOD CHART with Recipe Videos.

You can now introduce finger foods to encourage self-feeding to your baby’s diet. You may also introduce some aromatic & a small number of hot spices to develop the taste buds of the little tongue.

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 foods that can be eaten by using fingers instead of spoons, forks, knives, etc. It is very important to introduce finger foods by 8 months, as most babies develop their motor skills by then.

Quantity of Food to be given to 8 months old

The quantity depends on the liking and the baby’s hunger of the baby. The approximate amount is 1/2 cup. Do not force-feed the baby. You can offer 2 meals & a snack for 8 months 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?

• 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

Days	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner
Monday	Oats Porridge	Foxtail Millet Veg Fried Rice	Pumpkin Puree
Tuesday	Instant Moong Rice Khichdi	Oats Pancake Spicy	Vegetable Dal Soup
Wednesday	Sathu Mavu Aloo Cutlets	Dates & Raisins Poha Kheer	Carrot Coins Finger Foods
Thursday	Kerala Banana Powder Porridge	Spinach Oats Dosa & Pancake	Instant Poha Fruit Porridge
Friday	Stewed Apple	Daliya Khichdi With Moongdal	Potato Soup
Saturday	Sprouted Health Mix - Sathu Mavu	Ragi Rotti	Carrot Tomato Soup
Sunday	Sweet Potato Puree	Instant Makhana Porridge	Vegetable Dal Soup

8 MONTHS INDIAN BABY FOOD CHART – WEEK 2

Days	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner
Monday	Wheat Daliya	Sugarless Sabudana Kheer	Spinach Soup
Tuesday	Sprouted Ragi Milk	Oats Mooli Paratha	Apple Rice Baby Food
Wednesday	Bajra Rice Khichadi	Instant Ragi Dosa - Sweet	Pumpkin Soup
Thursday	Oats Porridge	Little Millet Seviya Upma	Vegetable Mash
Friday	Sathu Mavu - Multigrain Porridge	Makhana Sooji Kheer	Rice & Dal Kanji
Saturday	Ragi Oatmeal Porridge	Foxtail Millet Dosa	Carrot & Dal Mash
Sunday	Pumpkin Kheer	Barley Moong Khichdi	Cauliflower & Corn Thin Soup

8 MONTHS INDIAN BABY FOOD CHART – WEEK 3

Days	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner
Monday	Mashed Banana	Sprouted Health Mix - Sathu Mavu	Potato Soup
Tuesday	Rice Cereal	Oats Porridge	Carrot Tomato Soup
Wednesday	Sprouted Health Mix - Sathu Mavu	Makhana Sooji Kheer	Carrot Soup
Thursday	Kerala Banana Powder Porridge	Rice Flour Upma	Pear Puree
Friday	Barley Moong Khichdi	Mashed Potato	Beetroot Soup
Saturday	Sathu Mavu - Multigrain Porridge	Mashed Banana	Apple Puree
Sunday	Sprouted Ragi Porridge	Carrot Coins Finger Foods	Rice Ganji/Kanji

8 MONTHS INDIAN BABY FOOD CHART– WEEK 4

Days	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner
Monday	Barley Apple Porridge	Spinach Paneer Rice	Pumpkin Puree
Tuesday	Ragi Kheer / Halwa	Rice Cereal	Spinach Puree / Soup
Wednesday	Kerala Banana Powder Porridge	Apple & Little Millet Rice / Kheer	Baked Veggies
Thursday	Sooji Halwa/ Kheer	Egg Recipes For Babies	Papaya Puree
Friday	Sprouted Health Mix - Sathu Mavu	Ragi Apple Pancake	Beetroot Puree / Soup
Saturday	Instant Poha Fruit Porridge	Aloo Paratha	Kerala Banana Halwa
Sunday	Barley Porridge	Sabudana Veg Khichdi	Vegetable Soup

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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