This post is for babies who have completed 7 months and just starting their 8th month. Before reading this post, pls read my post on 6 months baby food chart for an overview about baby food. Click here for link.
After completing 6 months(180 days) of exclusive breastfeeding, on 7th month(running), I gave one food a day at brunch time. Now, after completing 7 months(210 days), on 8th month(running), I added one more meal. So, this month, I gave breakfast and late lunch. As I am still breastfeeding on demand, I just give 2 to 3 sips of water after every meal. Do not skip breastfeeding to give solid food. First breastfeed as usual and then give solid food after sometime. Give solids at least half-an hour to 45 minutes or even one hour after breastfeeding depending upon baby’s mood and appetite.
Below is my baby’s schedule for this month. This schedule is just for your reference. Please don’t try to fit your baby in this schedule. Let your baby decide his/her schedule to nap. And you choose a wise time (to feed solids) that suits you and your baby.
7 months baby schedule
| 6 AM | Breastmilk(BM) |
| 6 - 8.30 AM | Sleep |
| 8.30 - 8.40 AM | BM |
| 9.15 - 9.30 AM | Bath |
| 9.40 - 10 AM | Breakfast |
| 10.30 - 11.30 AM | Nap |
| 11.30 - 11.40 AM | BM |
| 12.55 - 1 PM | BM |
| 1 - 2.30 PM | Nap |
| 2.30 - 2.40 PM | BM |
| 3.30 - 3.40 PM | Lunch |
| 4.30 - 6 PM | Nap |
| 6 - 6.10 PM | BM |
| 8.40 - 8.50 PM | BM |
| 9 PM - 12 AM | Sleep |
| 12 AM | BM |
| 3 AM | BM |
Some pointers to note…
- Coconut milk and chicken soup are just used as dip only. Do not feed the remaining coconut milk or soup to babies as it just fills their tiny tummies causing calories deficiency and also lowers breastmilk intake.
- In our Tamil families, Brinjal is generally not recommended for babies below 1 year, as they say it might cause itching for babies. But, WHO has recommended to give brinjal before 8 months as early introduction reduces any allergies in future. So, I just gave brinjal once at the end of this month and my baby was fine that day.
- New Spices added this month – Cardamom & Pepper powder.
- I started giving egg and chicken soup from this month. Discuss with your Pediatrician before giving egg as my baby had a bad experience(vomiting).
- If you have any queries, pls read this post(click here) on Frequently Asked Questions and that will have answers to most of your questions. This post details about my baby’s egg experience as well.
7 months baby food chart
| Day | Breakfast | Lunch |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  1/4 idly + 1 tbsp cooked dal(along with tomato, asafoetida, turmeric & roasted cumin powders) + lil ghee + 3 pieces of cooked pink radish.. Cook radish along with dal. |  Hand-Mashed raw and well ripened pear 🍐 |
| 2 |  Beetroot idly with coconut milk dip. Chop beetroot (or grate if it is less) & grind it in mixie, pour the puree to idly batter, mix well & make idly. Blend 2 tsp grated coconut, 1/4 cup water, a pinch of cardamom powder in mixie. Pour into strainer & press well to extract coconut milk.. |  Carrot + peas + rice purée. I didn’t hav cooked rice today as I just made pulao for us.. So, made a porridge with rice+pottukadalai powder and added cooked & mashed veggies to it.. Detailed step of this can be found in the notes section of the recipe. Click here for recipe. |
| 3 |  White Rava upma - Dry roast 1 tbsp rava in sim for 2 minutes..Transfer to plate.. Saute 1 tbsp finely grated carrot in 1/8 tsp ghee.. Add 3/4 cup water, keep closed until carrot cooks.. Then simmer & add rava.. cook closed for 2 mins.. Stir in between.. Once water is absorbed , switch off & keep closed for 5 mins.. Stir well & feed warm.. |  Curd rice with potato fry.. Mash cooked rice & mix with fresh curd. Boil potato for 4 to 5 whistles . peel the skin , chop into big bite sized pieces.. In coconut oil, add potato pieces, sprinkle a little pinch each of turmeric + asafoetida + roasted cumin powder + very finely crushed pepper powder.. Sauté in sim.. Just sauté till spices are well coated & cooked.. The potatoes should be soft and not crispy. |
| 4 |  Carrot idly with onion chutney.. Just ground carrots with very lil water and added to normal idly batter & made idly.. Fried onions and ground for chutney..White onion or Indian red onions suit this recipe.. American red onion is too strong for this chutney.. For adults, add fried red chillies , lil tamarind, rock salt & grind with fried onions.. No water and no tempering.. |  Potato masher-mashed cooked Matta rice with spinach puree.. Gave a piece of orange post meal.. Click here for spinach mash recipe.. While grinding, took some spinach, onion, garlic, cumin seeds and ground in one batch.. Took out a tbsp of it for the baby.. Then added the rest along with salt and ground for us.. |
| 5 |  Handmashed Fruit Salad - Avocado, banana, blueberries - Do not feed blueberries as such .. It might cause choking- Cut or squeeze and feed.. For firm berries, peel the skin, smash & feed.. For well-ripened berries, just cut/squeeze/mash and feed with skin.. |  😋Mashed Matta rice using potato masher. 😋Tomato rasam. Click here for recipe.. 😋Toor dal(pressure cooked for 5 whistles with tomato, small onions, garlic, asafoetida, oil, turmeric & roasted cumin powders).. Mashed with ladle. For adults, made a tadka with oil, mustard, cumin seeds, curry leaves, green & red chillies, cooked dal , salt & coriander leaves. 😋Broccoli stir fry - Just steam cook wet broccoli florets in a Pressure cooker for 3 to 4 whistles in a closed bowl without water, but little water outside the bowl. In a Pan, coconut oil + steamed broccoli + turmeric + roasted cumin powder. Sauté for 2 mins. |
| 6 |  Oothappam with tomato chutney - She liked this so much.. Recipe - Fry dry red chillies, 1 big onion and 2 tomatoes.. Take a batch of fried onions and tomatoes alone and grind for baby. Take out a tbsp for baby and add the remaining with red chillies & grind with rock salt for adults.. No water or tempering required.. |  😋Spinach pulses mash - Click here for recipe - but didn’t pressure cook.. just pan cooked and mixed with mashed Matta rice.. 😋Steamed and tempered cauliflower just like yesterday’s broccoli - Gave 2 or 3 as finger foods. It should be cooked too soft. U should be able to mash easily with 2 fingers. |
| 7 |  Pressure cooked Sweet potato for 2 whistles, then peeled the skin .. Just hand mash and feed.. Have a bowl of water and dip ur hand everytime you take a piece of sweet potato to feed.. This is just to moisten it to ease swallowing.. |  Lunch - Carrot + beans + rice + fried gram kichdi - Cook chopped carrot and beans in 1/4 cup water in a closed pan.. Mash it very well with a potato masher and transfer it to a bowl.. Add a heaped tsp of rice + fried gram porridge powder(click here for recipe) in 1/4 cup water and cook in medium flame until thickens for a minimum of 5 mins.. Then add the mashed veggies to it and cook for 1 more minute.. Add lil ghee , mix and transfer to feeding bowl.. |
| 8 |  Fruit salad - Papaya, grated apple, orange pulp - handmashed papaya and split the orange pulp further, while feeding.. I don’t get papaya from Indian stores here as they have no seeds at all and seem to be hybrid ones.. I got green papaya from Kroger, wrapped well in a big newspaper and placed it in dining table for a week until it ripened well .. Once cut, it had so many seeds just like homegrown ones in India.. It was so delicious 👌 |  Chayote squash / chow chow + (rice + moongdal porridge powder) kichdi - First chop & cook chayote squash in 1/2 cup water in a closed pan for 5+ mins until soft. Drain the water , smash the veg with potato masher and keep aside.. Pour back the drained water to the pan, add a heaped tsp of porridge powder(click here for recipe) and mix well without lump. Add a pinch of turmeric powder and cook in low medium flame for 5 mins(keep stirring) until it thickens well. Then add mashed squash, lil ghee , stir for few seconds and switch off.. |
| 9 |  Ven pongal, toor dal , zucchini - For pongal, soaked raw rice and moongdal for 20 mins, washed and added 4 times water, 1 inch peeled ginger, asafoetida, roasted cumin & pepper powders, oil - Cooked for 4 whistles. Opened, added lil ghee & mixed well.. Took out small portion for baby and then added salt & tempered with pepper, cumin seeds, curry leaves, chillies, more ginger & coriander leaves for us.. Toor dal soaked for 20 mins, washed & cooked with tomato, asafoetida, roasted cumin & turmeric powders for 5 to 6 whistles.. Mashed & took a tbsp for baby and used the rest in our sambar. Cooked zucchini separately & used it for baby and in our sambar.. Just to show u what all goes in her bowl, I have displayed as such.. Then I mash either with hand or potato masher or just using back of spoon to feed her.. |  Carrot 🥕 + broccoli 🥦 + chow chow + rice - In 1/2 cup water, add 5 broccoli florets(use stalks if tender or just avoid, if it’s too thick) + pinch of asafoetida, turmeric & roasted cumin powders. Cook covered in medium flame for 5 mins. Then add chopped chow chow(5 pieces) and grated carrot(1/4).. Cook covered for 10 more mins. Check for water often and add if required.. Once all are cooked soft, add a tbsp of cooked rice and mash everything using a potato masher.. Add lil ghee , mix well and feed warm... |
| 10 |  I actually gave 1/4 of a boiled whole egg today. Read about it in the pointers above. Recommending sago + urad porridge today. Click here for recipe. |  Pink radish + tomato + rice + moongdal kichdi.. Peel the skin & cut thin slices of radish. Cut 1/4 of a tomato, do not chop. Add both to a pan with 1/2 cup water & cook closed in medium flame for 10+ mins or until softly cooked.. Off.. Let it cool down.. Peel off the tomato skin, squeeze the tomato well in hand & discard the large lumps.. Let some soft & small tomato fleshes stay in..Using a potato masher, mash the cooked radish & tomatoes well , take out in a bowl & keep aside. In the same pan, add 1/4 cup water & a heaped tsp of kichdi powder & a pinch of turmeric powder.. mix well without lumps & cook in low medium flame for 4 mins.. Add mashed radish & tomato mix & cook for 2 more mins. Add ghee, mix well & transfer to feeding bowl. |
| 11 |  idli with moongdal (pressure cooked dal, water, asafoetida, garlic, tomato, small onions, sesame oil, turmeric & roasted cumin powders+ bottle gourd/surakkaai). After the click, I added lil ghee and mashed dal,veggies with potato masher, then hand-mashed with idli and fed the baby. |  Spinach rice - In lil coconut oil, sauté finely chopped spinach leaves, add water till it immerses well, a pinch of turmeric & roasted cumin powders. Cook in open pan for 5 mins until cooked well.. When there is lil water left, add cooked rice(I added Matta rice) & start mashing with potato masher.. Switch off when there is no water but still moist enough to feed baby.. Transfer to feeding bowl and once it is warm, add 4 drops of lemon juice, mix well and feed.. |
| 12 |  Idly with organic/country chicken soup - Click here for recipe |  Curd rice with sweet potato fry 🍠 - Mashed Matta rice with potato masher & added fresh curd to it.. Peel and chop sweet potatoes(add immediately to water to avoid darkening) .. Add water till immersing level in a pan and cook closed for 5+ mins or until cooked soft.. Drain water and keep aside.. In a pan, lil coconut oil, cooked sweet potato pieces, pinch each of (asafoetida, turmeric, roasted cumin & pepper powders).. sauté in low flame until masalas are coated and cooked.. Do not fry till crisp, let it be softer.. |
| 13 |  Carrot Oothappam (Just chop, and grind carrot with lil water.. Add ground carrot paste to idli batter, mix well and make Oothappam with lil sesame oil) and Mint chutney (Fry onion + tomatoes and lastly add mint & coriander leaves. Grind without water). |  Spinach kichdi using rice + moongdal kichdi powder(link).. In an open pan, sauté finely chopped spinach leaves in lil coconut oil, add 1/3 cup water & cook in med flame for 5 mins.. Mix 1 heaped tsp of kichdi powder in 1/3 cup water in a separate bowl & add it to cooking spinach pan.. Keep stirring in low-med flame for 5 mins.. Squeeze 5 drops lemon juice & mix before feeding.. |
| 14 |  Fruit bowl - avocado 🥑, watermelon 🍉 and pear 🍐 |  Carrot moongdal Khichdi - Click here for recipe. |
| 15 |  Mini aappam with coconut milk(added cardamom while grinding coconut)..Soaked for 10 mins and mashed well with hand. You shall find aappam batter recipe(without baking soda) in my instagram post. Click here for link. |  Broccoli 🥦 rice .. In a Pan, add 10 broccoli florets + 3/4 cup water, pinch each of asafoetida, turmeric & roasted cumin powders. Cook closed for 12 Mins or until so soft. When there is lil water, add 1 heaped tbsp cooked rice & mash well with potato masher. Add lil ghee & feed warm.. |
| 16 |  Whole Ragi porridge - Click here for recipe |  Mashed Matta rice(using potato masher) with chicken soup - click here for soup recipe |
| 17 |  Idli with carrot + cashew chutney.. Oil, 10 cashews, 4 chopped small onions, 1 small garlic clove, 1 green chilli fry well.. then 1 grated carrot .. sauté and cook closed in low flame for 10 mins.. Cool down and grind with salt & lil water to a smooth paste for kids to enjoy.. For adults, u can grind lil coarse or add more chillies & water and temper it with mustard, Urad dal & curry leaves.. But I cooked( in a closed pan) carrrot with water for 10 mins(as giving for baby too) and then added to sautéed onion+cashew base and fried till dry. Just selected half of a whole cashew, few onions and carrots and ground with lil water for the baby.. |  Beetroot rice - Pressure cooked 3 thin beets discs, a pinch each of turmeric & roasted cumin powders with 1/3 cup water for 5 to 6 whistles..Added a heaped tbsp of cooked Matta rice and ghee and heated again for a minute and then mashed well with potato masher.. Transfer to feeding bowl and add 5 drops of lemon juice, mix well and feed |
| 18 |  Flaxseeds idli with carrot + toor dal .. Just add a pinch of ground flax seeds to idli plate and pour a ladle of batter over it.. cook as normal idli.... |  Baby spinach rice - In a pan, lil coconut oil, sauté finely chopped spinach.. Add 1/3 cup water , a pinch each of turmeric and roasted cumin powders and open cook until done(10 mins).. When it still has lil water in it, add cooked rice and mash well with potato masher.. I used Matta rice.. Transfer to feeding bowl.. Once warm, add few(up to 10) drops of lemon juice , mix well & feed. |
| 19 |  Pumpkin seeds dosa - Click here for recipe. Make soft and little thick dosa for baby. Beetroot chutney - Grate 3 beets discs and cook closed in 1/2 cup water for 10 mins..oil, 2 chopped small onions, cooked grated beets.. fry well .. Add little grated coconut , sauté for 10 seconds.. Cool down and grind with little water.. Forgive my chutney spill over dosa as I was in lil hurry today 😁 |  Curd rice with potato podimas.. Pressure cook potato for 2 whistles, peel skin and crumble the required amount..coconut oil, potato, a pinch each of asafoetida, turmeric, roasted cumin & pepper powders.. Add little water if it’s dry.. ..sauté until masalas blend well with potato.. |
| 20 |  Fruit salad - papaya, grated apple and kiwi |  Carrot rice - Coconut oil , 1 finely chopped small onion.. Fry and then add half grated carrots.. Fry for 10 seconds and add 1/2 cup water, pinch each of turmeric and roasted cumin powders..Cook closed in med flame for 10 mins. open & when there is lil water, add 1 tbsp cooked rice, lil ghee and mash it with potato masher. |
| 21 | I gave egg omlette today. Read about egg in the poiters above this table. Recommending Sago urad porridge today. Click here for recipe. |  Wheat rava, veg khichdi - Add a lil ghee in pressure cooker & sauté 1/2 tbsp wheat rava(If rava is big, pulse in mixie & add) in low flame until aromatic. Add chopped - 1 small onion, 1/4 tomato, 1/4 carrot, 2 beans, 6 peas, pinch each of asafoetida, turmeric & roasted cumin powders, 1/2 cup water. Pressure cook in medium flame for 4 to 5 whistles.. Open, and mash well with potato masher.. if it’s still watery, keep in stove while mashing.. Serve warm.. |
| 22 |  Barley + Badam kanji.. Click here for Recipe to barley kanji. This time I didn’t filter it.. Soaked almond overnight, peeled the skin, used just half.. I cooked almond along with barley and ground it all together, added lil ghee and fed the baby.. All nuts have to be introduced one by one before 8 months.. I already added cashews in carrot chutney.. And today, almond.. Peanuts, pista & walnuts are in row.. |  Spinach dal kootu with rice. Cook dal with water, pinch each of asafoetida, turmeric & roasted cumin powders, garlic clove, tomato, small onions.. In coconut oil, add chopped spinach , saute and add water till immersing level. Cook open in medium flame. Once cooked, add cooked dal. After a min, add cooked rice and mash all together.. |
| 23 |  Idiyappam with coconut milk. Idiyappam flour is just like making millet flour in this post(link). Just replace Foxtail millet/Thinai with raw rice/Pacharisi. After grinding to flour, dry roast in low flame until hot to touch. Cool down and store in refrigerator. Boil water with lil oil, pour boiling water to rice flour and mix to form soft dough. Squeeze using idiyappam press over a cloth on idli plate. Once water in idlipot comes to rolling boil, place idli plates with idiyappam and steam just for 5 mins. Too much of steaming will make idiyappam rubbery. |  Green gram rice - Click here for recipe |
| 24 |  Fruit salad - Banana, Pear & Strawberry |  Cauliflower masala rice - Pressure cooked 8 to 10 cauliflower florets, generous pinches of asafoetida, turmeric, roasted cumin, pepper & coriander powders along with 1 tbsp of cooked rice and 1/4 cup water for 2 whistles or until soft.. Mash with potato masher , add lil ghee and feed warm.. Use all homemade spice powders for baby. |
| 25 |  Pongal with dal and radish - For soft pongal, soak rice+moong dal for 30 mins, add 4 times water, asafoetida, roasted cumin & pepper powders, 1 piece ginger, 2 curry leaves, olive oil , lil ghee, powdered cashews and pressure cook for 1 whistle in high and simmer for 10 mins.. Will be so soft.. Separate baby portion , then add salt and temper for adults.. Dal & radish recipe same as in day 1. |  Ridgegourd rice - In sesame oil, sauté 1 small onion, asafoetida, peeled and chopped ridgegourd, little water. Cook closed . Once cooked(make sure it has lil water leftover), cool down and grind in mixie.. Add ground paste to the pan, add 1 tbsp cooked rice and mash well with potato masher. Add lil ghee and feed.. The ridgegourd was so tender and sweet.. She loved it so much .. |
| 26 |  wheat banana pancake - just hand mash well-ripened banana, add wheat flour, water and whisk well without lumps like dosa batter(not too thin).. Make dosa in sim with lil ghee..Gave small pieces of this soft dosa as such & she ate happily without gagging.. Gave few pieces as finger food too. |  snakegourd moong rice khichdi - Peeled skin & grated snakegourd, removed big fiber strings and made khichdi just like my carrot khichdi using homemade rice moong khichdi powder. Click here for carrot kichdi recipe for reference. |
| 27 |  Poha pista porridge 🥣 Wash & soak a tbsp of red aval for 20 mins. Mash it well with hand and cook in low-med flame with 1/4 cup water, lil ghee and pista powder(Just peeled & grated 1/2 pista). Cook for 5 mins until it thickens. Feed warm. |  Click here for Spinach mash recipe. Cooked as per this recipe and first ground some for baby without tamarind and green chillies.. Then added both along with salt and ground for us. Mashed Matta rice and mixed with greens with lil ghee for baby.. |
| 28 |  👉Ragi mini idli with Mint peanut chutney .. 👉Ragi idli - 1 cup Ragi flour, 1/2 cup idli rice, 1/4 cup urad dal, 1/4 cup poha, 1/8 tsp fenugreek seeds.. First mix Ragi flour with little water in a bowl.. grind each other ingredients separately(but urad & methi seeds together) and add to the bowl.. Mix well and ferment overnight. Use grinder if using whole Ragi.. 👉Mint chutney- oil , urad dal, just 1 peanut for baby to test for allergy, red chilli, pinch tamarind..Fry and keep aside.Add mint leaves. Once shrunk, add grated coconut.. Grind all without chilli and tamarind for baby.. Then add both along with salt for others and temper with mustard, Urad & curry leaves.. |  Curd rice with Cauliflower pepper fry . Steam cauliflower in a closed bowl(without water) but with lil water in cooker..Pressure cook for 3 whistles or until so soft. In a pan, coconut oil, cooked cauli, pinches of asafoetida, turmeric, roasted cumin & pepper powders. Roast until masala blends well.. |
| 29 |  Muskmelon + raw apple purée.. Just ground both in mixie as grating melon just gave watery juice. Baby loved this combo.It was creamy and delicious.. |  Broccoli paruppu sadham - Just mixed cooked moong dal(with tomato, small onions, asafoetida, turmeric & roasted cumin powders), cooked rice, cooked broccoli (steam in pressure cooker for 2 to 3 whistles or cook with lil water in closed pan for 5 to 10 mins or until soft).. Mash everything well with potato masher, add lil ghee & feed.. |
| 30 |  Whole black urad dal porridge. Used my mom’s urad kali powder.This powder recipe is in my instagram post(link) .. I just took a tsp of powder mixed well with 1/2 cup water and cooked in sim for 10 mins.Added ghee at the end.. |  Just cooked (rice + moongdal khichdi powder) in chicken clear soup.. These porridge powders come handy when I don’t have cooked rice in our lunch like today.. Kichdi powder link , Chicken soup link. You shall even mix with cooked rice and mash well. |
| 31 |  Chapathi with dal (last pic) - Torn center soft chapathi into small pieces and soaked for 10 mins in cooked moong dal(dal, water, asafoetida, turmeric, roasted cumin powders, small onions, garlic, tomato, chayote squash(chow chow)). Mashed with hand and fed small pieces mixed with dal..She ate well without gagging.. |  Curd rice with eggplant 🍆 fry - Cut eggplant/brinjal lengthwise and cook closed with little water. Turn to other side and cook until soft. Drain water and Cool down. Marinate with asafoetida, turmeric, coriander, roasted cumin & pepper powders. In a dosa tawa, add sesame or coconut oil, toast both sides until masalas are cooked well.. Peel off skin.. I threw away thick strands inside, while feeding.. Mix with curd rice and feed.. Baby loved it.. |
Hi Dear,
Can I give mutton soup instead of chicken soup with porridge
Thanks in advance.
You can give any soup..
Hi akka! Did you give the idli and fruits as such like in the picture or did you make it like a porridge consistency when feeding. I thought we need to follow the same consistency as 6 months food chart. Will it not choke the baby? Did you use spoon or hand while feeding idli akka? Thanks in advance
Fruits are too soft.. You can just slightly press the pieces with fingers while feeding.. I feed using hand..
Hello akka! How do you feed the baby idli and fruits. Do you mash it and feed with hand? What about fruit salad? Do you mash each fruit and feed? Pls help akka
I take each fruit in hand, press with fingers and just feed the baby using hand..
Thanks akka ☺️ I have one more doubt. Can I give spinach, sago, curd, orange during winter season. My baby is 7 months now. I haven’t introduced these foods as my family is saying that baby might catch cold
You can give in all sesaons.. In fact, orange has vitamin C which is good to give to babies when baby has cold.. Freshly made curd(not refrigerated) doesn’t cause cold. Spinach doesnt cause cold, but we don’t give it to babies on the days when we give them hair bath and that is said just for digestion. Sago can be given once in a week..
Mam, I have a doubt. Is it not mandatory to follow 3 days rule to check whether food is allergic to baby?
No, not required. To know more about it, pls read this link – https://www.myhealthykiddo.com/frequently-asked-questions-about-baby-food-faqs/
Aka, how do you feed idli and those sides like potatoes and cauliflower you added along with rice ? Baby will directly have it from bowl or you ll feed by hand?
Pls watch my recent video on baby led weaning for these info – https://youtu.be/q1ZtjPIL5vY
We usually add salt to the idli dosa batter before letting it ferment. Should I avoid adding salt in idli batter for a baby less than a year old?
yes, no salt in idli batter as well.. Please read in this post – https://www.myhealthykiddo.com/frequently-asked-questions-about-baby-food-faqs/
When did you introduce nuts to baby and how?
You can see what I introduced daily in my food charts. I introduce nuts in 7 months