Sample Meal Plan For 8 To 12 Months
Sample Meal Plan For 8 To 12 Months
Some suggestions for meals and snacks from 8-12 months.
Breakfast
- porridge (with breast milk or formula), and stewed apple or
- yoghurt with soft chopped fruit or
- toast fingers with a little butter or margarine and mashed banana
Lunch
- toast fingers with grilled grated cheese and yeast-based spread or
- mashed potato with minced or finely chopped meat, chicken or grated cheese or
- chopped well-cooked pasta with mashed vegetables and mashed cooked dried peas, beans or lentils
Dinner
- minced or finely chopped beef, lamb or chicken, or mashed cooked dried peas, beans or lentils, with
- mashed kūmara, potato, pumpkin, taro or yam or
- rice and mashed vegetables
Drinks and snacks
Between meals, offer milk (breast or formula) and small healthy snacks
- pieces of soft ripe fruit (such as kiwifruit, orange, apricot)
- toast fingers with mashed avocado or cooked grated cheese
- grated raw carrot or apple
- puffed crispbread
Call PlunketLine on 0800 933 922 for parenting advice, including advice about feeding your baby.
This page last reviewed 14 October 2021.
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