Menu ideas to feed your growing baby

Recommended menu​

​Time6 Months7 to 9 Months10 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​

Click on the next page for some recipes for babies.

Ref: O18