8 Month Baby Food Chart- Building Immunity

The date of eight is always great! The journey continues and your little one continues to grow, both as a part of your heart and as a part of your life. They say positivity is great for staying fit and healthy and we’re sure your little one has brought nothing but positivity into your life! Fit and healthy however also apply to your baby. As they grow and explore more of the world around them, their immunity is something you need to increasingly take into account.

 

Do check our ‘foods to introduce at 7 months’

Immunity has come into the spotlight in recent times as a result of people realizing the prevalent unhealthiness in most things around them. Be it the air we breathe, the milk we drink or the food we eat, all of these often have undesirable pollutants and contaminants in them. Avoiding these can often be very expensive, very hard or a mix of both. This paradigm has been further exacerbated with the outbreak of coronavirus, because of which it is now imperative for our babies to have a strong immunity to defend against any germs, bacteria or viral infections.

So what is the way forward you might ask? The way forward is by going back to basics and using simple home ingredients to make simple recipes that pack a healthy punch. They’re not wrong when they say that our grandparents had stronger immunity because they ate healthier! This is very true, past generations used the power of simple superfoods like nuts, herbs, natural sugars and healthy grains like ragi to get the nutrition they needed.

Food In The Time Of Coronavirus

We still, however, have to keep in mind that at 8 months, our babies and their tummies are still small and sensitive. Fortunately, the goodness of natural grains like ragi extends to the fact that it is easy to digest and is a great source of fiber, vitamins, and minerals for your baby. Ragi is a versatile staple food that you can continue to use to make a different recipe as your baby grows.

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A great to way to tick these boxes and make sure your baby is getting the right amounts of the nutrients they need is to use a baby food chart. These are simple and easy to follow. Check out our 8-month baby food chart here:

 

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Week 1:

First day Breakfast: Homemade Rice Cereal Mid-Morning Snack: Dates and banana puree Lunch: Pongal Evening Snack: Fruit puree Dinner: Ragi apple cereal   Second day Breakfast: Plain pancake Mid-Morning Snack: Coconut water Lunch: Moong dal khichri Evening Snack: Mashed kiwi Dinner: Thick tomato beans soup   Third day Breakfast: Steamed Ragi dosa Mid-Morning Snack: Stewed apple Lunch: Vegetable dalia Evening Snack: Baked potato wedges Dinner: Barley porridge   Fourth day Breakfast: Pureed carrot idli Mid-Morning Snack: Coconut water Lunch: Chickpea mash with vegetables Evening Snack: Mashed cherries Dinner: Banana Dalia

Fifth day Breakfast: Bottle gourd kheer Mid-Morning Snack: Boiled eggs/blueberry smoothie Lunch: Pongal Evening Snack: Mango puree Dinner: Suji banana halwa    Sixth day Breakfast: Suji kheer Mid-Morning Snack: Apple carrot soup Lunch: Mashed rice with vegetable soup Evening Snack: Green pea soup Dinner: Pongal   Seventh day Breakfast: Banana pancake Mid-Morning Snack: Ragi teething biscuits Lunch: Tomato and pumpkin khichri Evening Snack: Coconut water Dinner: Steamed Ragi dosa

First day Breakfast: Apple pancake Mid-Morning Snack: Vegetable soup Lunch: Spinach khichri Evening Snack: Breadsticks Dinner: Steamed dosa   Second day Breakfast: Oats kheer Mid-Morning Snack: Apple yogurt Lunch: Masala onion Pongal Evening Snack: Mango puree Dinner: Vegetable dalia   Third day Breakfast: Ragi porridge Mid-Morning Snack: Cheese and tomatoes Lunch: Vegetable ghee rice Evening Snack: Fruit puree Dinner: Wheat porridge   Fourth day Breakfast: Oats banana porridge Mid-Morning Snack: Crumbled paneer Lunch: Pumpkin khichri Evening Snack: Ragi banana halwa Dinner: Sabudana

Fifth day Breakfast: Apple pancake Mid-Morning Snack: Plain yogurt Lunch: Steamed green beans Evening Snack: Ragi teething biscuits Dinner: Idli (here is how to make idlis using Slurrp Farm dosa mix)   Sixth day Breakfast: Tofu meal Mid-Morning Snack: Beetroot halwa Lunch: Vegetable khichri Evening Snack: Strawberry banana smoothie Dinner: Moong dal cheela   Seventh-day Breakfast: Fruits porridge Mid-Morning Snack: Scrambled eggs/scrambled paneer Lunch: Plain ghee rice Evening Snack: Carrot kheer Dinner: Wheat almond porridge