Hi Hetal,

My son is 5 months and i started giving him rice cerelac in the morning, yellow moong dal+rice khichdi (with líl jeera pwdr and lil ghee)in the afternoon and then either steamed carrot or apple for evening snack.

I would like to give him more foods now and would greatly appreciate it if you would guide me.

Thanks in advance nimisha sheth replied. for 5months, this is the diet i followed for my baby.itz from hetal only. see if you get any idea out of it.
Date: 2006-11-10
Name: Meenakshi
Subject: Hetal/Frens-Need MORE diet recipes for 5m old.

the above is the message from the board milestones, please look for it in message archive.i tried posting link but it din work so i posted dis.

also i wwant to tell you dat, don' t give your baby barley or oats right now. itx for baby above 6months.
you can give raagi(nachni satwa) which i started for my baby fom 6months. my ped told me to start from 6months thats y.

since you are living out of india, i think raagi or nachni is called pearl barley. you can look for it in some grocery store.my sister is in US and she got it from US store only.i have heard there are indian stores also and i think you can get it there.

take care. dks replied. hi me,

thanks alot for your feedback. mush appreciated.
can you pease tell me what exactly is nachni satwa. i live in dubai so will need to probably look around for it.

thanks again me replied. i am not hetal though i wud like to answer here...the diet seems perfect for 5 months old baby..usually b4 five months babies will b fed once or twice a day...itz gr88 that u fed baby thrice...so dunt overfeed..can introduce new food like nachni satwa,barley,oats etc