Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended from birth to 6 months. From 6 months, introduce kanji, mashed potatoes, mashed carrots, idli with curd or dhal water, dhal rice, and cooked apple one at a time with at least 10-15 days between each new food. Start with small quantities and gradually increase. From 9 months add banana, boiled egg, pongal, uppuma, iddiappam, rasam rice, sambar rice, and curd rice. Soft steamed foods can also be introduced. From 1 year, all home cooked foods including non-vegetarian options can be given, but avoid cow's milk, juices, and biscuits until 1 year
Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended from birth to 6 months. From 6 months, introduce kanji, mashed potatoes, mashed carrots, idli with curd or dhal water, dhal rice, and cooked apple one at a time with at least 10-15 days between each new food. Start with small quantities and gradually increase. From 9 months add banana, boiled egg, pongal, uppuma, iddiappam, rasam rice, sambar rice, and curd rice. Soft steamed foods can also be introduced. From 1 year, all home cooked foods including non-vegetarian options can be given, but avoid cow's milk, juices, and biscuits until 1 year
Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended from birth to 6 months. From 6 months, introduce kanji, mashed potatoes, mashed carrots, idli with curd or dhal water, dhal rice, and cooked apple one at a time with at least 10-15 days between each new food. Start with small quantities and gradually increase. From 9 months add banana, boiled egg, pongal, uppuma, iddiappam, rasam rice, sambar rice, and curd rice. Soft steamed foods can also be introduced. From 1 year, all home cooked foods including non-vegetarian options can be given, but avoid cow's milk, juices, and biscuits until 1 year
Exclusive breast feeds and not even water Diet advice at 6 months 1.Kanji(3 parts of parboiled rice+1 part of roasted Bengal gram) gently fry and make it a powder and store in a air tight container. Take 3 spoons of the powder and add water and boil well. Add salt/jaggery for taste.Intially give small volume, once a day in dilute watery consistency. After the baby gets used to it twice a day, larger volume and thick like idly better. 2. Boiled mashed Potato 3. Boiled mashed Carrot 4. Idly with Curd/Dhall water 5. Dhal Rice 6. Cooked Apple There should be a minimum of 10-15 days gap between two new foods. Initially start with small quantity and gradually step us the quantity Diet at 9 months Continue the above and you can add the following one by one. Banana Egg boiled(give yellow first, subsequently white) Pongal Uppuma Iddiappam Rasam Rice Sambar Rice Curd Rice Soft steam cooked food Diet at 1 year All home made food including the non vegetarian food Avoid milk (Cow/Aavin),juices,biscuts till 1 years