Meal Plans For Babies

Parenting is hard enough and it gets harder when you start thinking about what you should cook. This nightmare repeats itself with each baby you have. Here is a menu to help you navigate this journey. Its my personal plan that I have used, because without one, i am telling you, [utapea watoto uji mara tatu kwa siku kama antibiotic}

Breakfast

  • 6-8 Months:
    • Mashed sweet potato or nduma or butternut squash, with some milk
    • Pureed fruit (banana, avocado, pawpaw).
    • Pureed Oatmeal porridge with breast milk or formula.
  • 9-12 Months:
    • Soft-boiled egg with mashed avocado. (note that some babies are allergic to get just observe how they’ll behave e.g vomiting, rashes)
    • Soft uji (porridge) made from millet, sorghum, or finger millet.
    • Tiny Pancakes made with mashed bananas.
  • 1-3 Years:
    • Scrambled eggs with spinach or cabbage.
    • Pieces of Ugali with avocado slices.
    • Porridge with peanut butter and banana slices.

Lunch

  • 6-8 Months:
    • Mashed carrots and peas with soft-cooked rice.
    • Mashed lentils with pumpkin.
    • Soft mashed potatoes with spinach.
  • 9-12 Months:
    • Rice with mashed vegetables (carrots, courgette, green peas).
    • Green bananas and few pieces of potatoes with mashed beans.
    • Chicken or fishfillet pieces with ugali and spinach.
    • Minced meat, peas and spagetti
  • 1-3 Years:
    • Beef stew with mashed potatoes and steamed vegetables.
    • Brown rice with lentil curry and kales.
    • Soft chapati with minced chicken and vegetables.

Dinner

  • 6-8 Months:
    • Soft mashed pumpkin and spinach.
    • Mashed sweet potato with green peas.
    • Butternut squash puree with rice.
  • 9-12 Months:
    • Fish stew with mashed potatoes and steamed carrots.
    • Soft ugali with mashed pumpkin leaves or spinach and beef broth.
    • Mashed butternut with avocado.
  • 1-3 Years:
    • Steamed tilapia with soft ugali and sukuma wiki.
    • Lentil stew with rice and mashed pumpkin.
    • Minced beef with mashed potatoes and peas.

Snacks

  • 6-8 Months:
    • Mashed banana or avocado.
    • Yogurt (unsweetened, full-fat).
    • Soft-cooked pear slices.
  • 9-12 Months:
    • Soft fruit pieces (pawpaw, banana, watermelon).
    • Plain yogurt with mashed fruits.
    • Mashed boiled egg.
  • 1-3 Years:
    • Fruit smoothies with yogurt.
    • Whole-grain bread with avocado.
    • Fresh fruit slices with nuts (2+ years).

Caution

Always be present when your baby is eating anything. Things do go wrong very fast.

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