9 Month Baby Food Chart with Indian Recipes - Free Recipe Ebook (2024)

Published: August 12, 2014 | Last Updated on: May 21, 2023| by Dr Hemapriya

9 months is the age at which your baby starts getting bored with familiar foods and demands something new! Keep baby interested with our 9-month baby food chart with Indian recipes.

Your baby has completed three-quarters of her first year – congratulations! This is a great milestone but also a challenging one, considering this is when the baby is beginning to get bored with her meals. And things like teething don’t make life any easier for little ones!

So your job as a parent is to turn things around a little so that your baby develops a renewed interest in her food and enjoys mealtimes.

Tips to make mealtimes interesting

1. Introduce more variety

Offer your baby a variety of foods and try not to repeat a fruit or vegetable in the same week. This is one of the most common mistakes we make – when we find a food baby likes, we continue to offer it repeatedly, till she’s so bored she starts rejecting everything.

2. Opt for smaller, more frequent meals

Your aim at this stage is not to make baby eat a large meal at once, but to introduce a variety of foods. So feed smaller amounts at frequent intervals so baby can eat a little at every meal, ensuring he gets a mix of all nutrients.

3. Stop pureeing everything

By now your baby has developed teeth, so it’s time to stop pureeing so those baby teeth have some work to do! Puree only those foods that are hard for the baby to chew; everything else can be mashed slightly and fed with a spoon.

4. Make mealtimes fun

Many Moms notice that when they bring out the high chair for mealtime, the baby starts getting fidgety and nervous. This is called high chair anxiety, and this happens because the child practically dreads mealtime. Avoid this by turning mealtime into something for the child to look forward to, mixing in stories and lots of playtime. In case your child is already afraid of mealtime, try different locations like the garden or playroom.

5. Try frozen treats

If your little one’s teething gums are sore, frozen foods are a good way to get in some food while also soothing the discomfort. Make Popsicles out of fruit purees or breast milk and freeze.

Once you’ve sorted out your baby’s feeding difficulties, it’s time to move on to the diet chart. The meal plan for 9 months is not very different from the 8 months baby food chart, but now we’ll start introducing snacks.

Make sure you’ve got all the requisites for solid feeding ready beforehand. If you’re still trying to decide on a high chair or booster seat, check out our detailed guide here.

We’ll be introducing spices gradually from now on, so it may help to check out our useful guide on How and When to add spices to baby food. Please follow the3-Day Rule before introducing any new food.

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Week 3

Week 4

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All these recipes can be enriched with Homemade Dry Fruits Powder. Use these food charts and plan your baby’s meals using a Printable Meal Planner. You can also keep a “Baby Food Diary” to track your little one’s favorite recipes and food allergies if any.