Hi Hetal,

Hope you are doing good.

My Son is 7 months 3 weeks old. His birth weight is 2.9kg and current weight is 8.7kg. Can you please review his diet chart. I have started Apple,pear,apricot,papaya,white grapes,sweet-lime fruits. I give him one main fruit(more quantity) and 2-3 other fruits, which I alternate in the week.
6:30 - 7:00 : BF.
8:00 - 8:30 : Breakfast
Idli(mashed)/Cereal(Gerber barley + cerelac rice mixed)/Nestum Rice-Ragi.(mixed with BM) As he passes hard stools with barley I mix
Cerelac rice with it.
Planning to start dosa,chapati..etc. here. He takes about 1/2 idli.
Just started off with sweet lime juice(1:4).
Planning to continue sweet lime/Orange juice part of breakfast.

11:00 : Curd with papaya/White Grapes. Planning to alternate papaya with banana
once winter is over.
Or Egg yolk. When can I start egg yolk? one egg yolk with fruits.
(Egg yolk with fruits is only planned. not yet started).
12:30 : BF.(He goes to Daycare so I could feed him only once. Milk feeds are enough for him).
2:00 : Lunch kichidi(rice,dal,Vegetables).
equal portions of rice and dal with leafy vegetables,
2-3 other vegetables(choosen from peas,beans,carrot,beetroot,sweet potato,squash,guard),
2-3 mint leaves,corriander leaves,turmeric,salt,jeera powder,
one garlic clove,onion,4 black pepper seeds(not powdered).
Looks more like Rice with Vegetable. is that fine? Should some fruit be part of his lunch too.
4:00 -4:30 : Fruit. (Apple/Pear/Papayya).
6:30 : BF.
7:30 - 8:00 : Cerelac Rice/Wheat apple cherry mixed with vegetables.(Some times he skips dinner and opts for BF). Should I add some fruit part of his dinner?
10:30-11:00 : BF.

Wakes up once for feed. Feeds for 5-10 mins in sleep.

Can I give him biscuits. Sometimes Mariegold biscuits (so far only twice/thrice). Will biscuits add any Nutritional value.

MileStones:

Could crawl,pull himself to sitting position, sit for while,has two small teeth(didnt come out fully yet). Could speak mama,dada,tata,aata,aagi,aggu..etc.

1) Is he ok with milestones & Weight?
2) Can I start oats for him?

Thanks alot.





Hetal replied. 6:30 - 7:00 : BF.///no comments...

8:00 - 8:30 : Breakfast
Idli(mashed)/Cereal(Gerber barley + cerelac rice mixed)/Nestum Rice-Ragi.(mixed with BM) As he passes hard stools with barley I mix
Cerelac rice with it /// alternately, you can offer him papaya juice or pulp with barley (not bm),,you can offer his gerber cereal mixed in fruit pulp.make sure to have one fibr esp when it comes to ragi and barley.

Planning to start dosa,chapati..etc. here. He takes about 1/2 idli.
Just started off with sweet lime juice(1:4). //// no comments,,,do start with all our indian foods,,just the right time....

Planning to continue sweet lime/Orange juice part of breakfast /// no comments,,let orange or sweet mosambi juice act as a liquid mixer/paste to his morning cereal instead of water,,, so that it ensure maximum absorption of iron from cereal.

11:00 : Curd with papaya/White Grapes. Planning to alternate papaya with banana ///// avoid offering grapes with curd or curd with ne fruit as far as possble...instead let this be just fruit time,,,start offerng him other fruits,,,,or offer other alternatives of brunch, like some pieces of vegies to play etc,,just a introduction of finger foods...

When can I start egg yolk? one egg yolk with fruits.
(Egg yolk with fruits is only planned. not yet started). //// egg yolk start after he completes 8months,,the best time...

12:30 : BF.(He goes to Daycare so I could feed him only once. Milk feeds are enough for him)./// no comments..

2:00 : Lunch kichidi(rice,dal,Vegetables).
equal portions of rice and dal with leafy vegetables,
2-3 other vegetables(choosen from peas,beans,carrot,beetroot,sweet potato,squash,guard),
2-3 mint leaves,corriander leaves,turmeric,salt,jeera powder,
one garlic clove,onion,4 black pepper seeds(not powdered).
Looks more like Rice with Vegetable. is that fine? Should some fruit be part of his lunch too. ///no fruits in lunch,,let vegies be the main part of lunch and dinner...good lunch,,! yum yum

4:00 -4:30 : Fruit. ////let this be juice time,,same fruit pulp of what you mentioned and just add water to it ! (Apple/Pear/Papayya),,offer some good teething biscuits or other snacks etc,,,

6:30 : BF./// no comments...

7:30 - 8:00 : Cerelac Rice/Wheat apple cherry mixed with vegetables.(Some times he skips dinner and opts for BF). Should I add some fruit part of his dinner? ////
no fruits in dinner,,let it be vegiees and dal...start offering our indian dals one by one,,dilute them with water and offer if dal made for family seems to be spicy for him...
10:30-11:00 : BF. ///no comments...

about mariegold biscuits,,,nutritional value of this biscuits depnds on the grain its made of. as to what i have known, marie biscuits come in barley and wheat both varieties..if so, get the ones that are made from barley..there are other biscuits that is called teething biscuits, single grain biscuits, baby biscuits/ovatine biscuits,,they are good for health.

milestones are good ! keep it up.
oatmeal cereal/oat flour you can start,,,start rolled oats after 8th month completion....
everything looks good..no problem !

good luck