You may have addressed when to start solids with another article, but if a baby starts to have some soft mashed solids around six months of age, eating solids isn’t really an issue at nine months. At nine months many babies are good a moving their tongues from side to side which allows them to shift small softer pieces of food between gums to help soften and chew it. I was surprised you left vegetables off your list and good sources of protein. Any well cooked vegetable like sweet or white potato, carrot, broccoli, etc. work well. Ripe avocado and soft ripe pears are also easily handled foods for this age. Research shows that what breastfed babies need after six months are more sources of minerals. Meats are good sources for zinc and iron. And for vegetarians, beans, whole wheat, brown rice, dairy and more.
Mardi says
You may have addressed when to start solids with another article, but if a baby starts to have some soft mashed solids around six months of age, eating solids isn’t really an issue at nine months. At nine months many babies are good a moving their tongues from side to side which allows them to shift small softer pieces of food between gums to help soften and chew it. I was surprised you left vegetables off your list and good sources of protein. Any well cooked vegetable like sweet or white potato, carrot, broccoli, etc. work well. Ripe avocado and soft ripe pears are also easily handled foods for this age. Research shows that what breastfed babies need after six months are more sources of minerals. Meats are good sources for zinc and iron. And for vegetarians, beans, whole wheat, brown rice, dairy and more.