Hi Hetal,

My baby is 10 months old. Could u please mention what veggies & fruits i can give my baby? How should i give them Raw or well cooked or partially cooked & do i have to mix veggies with other food or can i give him alone? What are the fruits that i can give my baby raw?

My baby has 8 teeths & another 2 protuded inthe lower jaw. So can i give him pasta cooked with mashing it - like finger food? Will he able to chew it?

Please reply.. Hetal replied. at 10months,,your baby is ready for well cooked (overcooking is not needed now),,foods/fruits or vegies.
by 10months your baby should have completed all the vegetables and fruits and now should be playing around with eating them,in diff flavours, varieties,options like tofu, pastas, parathas,and such others,,you can do that mixing the vegies in his diet like mix vegie parathas dipped in curd,,mix vegie cracked wheat nd moongdal,mix vegie pulav or rice or khichdi, mix vegie plus mix dal khichdi, mix vegie mix flour pancakes/roti/parathas/dosas/thaalipeeth,,,mix vegie thick soups with lots of chuncks of roti or whole grain bread crumbs(roast some whole grain bread and let them sit in over for 350,10mins or 290 for 10-20mins dpnding on the rack you keep,or slow roast in really hot pan without ne grease/ghee or oil,,,),,give your baby mix vegies with crumbled tofu,pastas,mix vegie paste/fruit paste with bread/roti as breakfast or snack,,mix fruit chopped and mashed with hand and offer with toast or biscuits,,roti or rice..as of now you can start all the citrus fruits, ripe banana, ripe pear, ripe peaches and plums, grapes and also all melons..
apple i would pref boiled with skin, in cooker,,no additives are required..just chop it and boil it or pressure cook it upto 3-4whistles.

yes you can pasta in ne forms you want,,mashed, and increase his texture to finger food,,see if he is able to take it,,if he gags or throw it out,,teach him the chewing motion,if she still he throws out the pasta,,it means he is not yet ready,,and then just mash with your fingers and you can offer him that,,try this all the time in each offering,,you have to keep trying about textures...
make the pastas really tender and you wont feel the need of ne instruments,,a light finger mash is enough,,,,
since he has got his 8teeth which i assume as front 8 teeth,,start offering your baby small pieces of banana but big enough that he can bite to it,,give him to play with it,,,
bite a piece before him and see if he learns by watching you as to how to make his front teeth to use,,,in biting foods,,if he learns this,,he will b ready to give bites to raw apple at 1 year and onwards(raw apple without skin after 1 year),,,

take care !