Sample Menus for the Growing Baby (6 to 12 Months)

Menu ideas to feed your growing baby

Babies can benefit from a nutrient-rich diet.

Menu ideas to feed your growing baby

Recommended menu

Time	6 Months	7 to 9 Months	10 to 12 Months
6am	- 180 to 200ml milk	- 210 to 240ml milk	- 210 to 240ml milk
9am	- 3 dsp of infant rice cereal mixed with 120ml milk - ½ to 1 egg yolk (hard-boiled or mixed in cereals) - Few tsp of water	- ½ bowl infant rice/ wheat/cereals mixed with 120ml milk - 1 hard-boiled egg yolk - Few tsp of water	- 1 hard-boiled egg yolk - 1 slice of bread - 120ml milk (try serving in a cup) - Few sips of water
12pm	- 180 to 200ml milk - 3 tsp unsweetened apple juice (1½ tsp juice diluted with 1½ tsp water)	- ½ bowl thin porridge - 2 tsp sieved spinach - 1 dsp scraped meat - 4 tsp scraped apple - Few tsp of water	- ½ to 1 bowl thick porridge - 3 tsps mustard green leaves (cut into small pieces) - ½ piece soft beancurd - ½ dsp chopped liver - 2 dsp watermelon, cut into small pieces - Few sips of water
3pm	- 180 to 200ml milk	- 210 to 240ml milk - ½ teething rusk or ½ baby biscuit (if baby is teething)	- 210 to 240ml milk - 1 teething rusk or 1 baby biscuit - Few sips of water
6pm	- ½ bowl of thin porridge - 1 tsp scraped meat - 1 tsp sieved spinach - 1 tsp of scraped papaya - Few tsp of water	- 1 mashed potato - 1 dsp mashed carrot - 1 dsp of mashed baked fish - 4 tsp scraped papaya - Few tsps of water	- ½ to 1 bowl thick porridge - 1 to 2 dsp pumpkin, chopped into small pieces - 1 to 2 dsp minced chicken - 2 dsp banana - Few sips of water
9pm	- 180 to 200ml milk (some babies may need one to two extra milk feeds at night)	- 210 to 240ml milk (some babies may need one extra milk feed at night)	- 210 to 240ml milk