1 to 2 year baby food chart by Dr. Surabhi Gupta (Pediatrician)

• The age for teething in children is between 6 to 12 months. Children develop the ability to crunch and chomp down solid foods.

• Keep introducing your babies with new flavors and textures of food. It's very important to serve foods that are filled with nutrients they need to grow healthy and energetic and also which are less sugar or calories in them.

• Let your child experience self - feeding first with fingers and then with spoon or utensils simultaneously. In this way, he or she will develop skills of eating by self.

• Moreover, in this age mothers should provide less breastfeed or milk to the babies so that they could concentrate on other nutrient foods or solid foods.

• Here are some important guidelines about 1-year-old baby food chart, 2 years baby food menu and many more

 

Topics for today’s discussion

1. Food for 1-2 year baby

2. 1-year baby food chart

3. 18 months old baby food chart

4. 2-year-old baby food chart

 

1. Food for 1-2 year baby (1 to 2-year baby food chart)

• You need not have to worry about preparing food for your 1-year-old child.

• Whatever the rest of the family eats child can eat that too but make sure you avoid putting too much salt in your baby’s food and also the food should be more healthy and full of nutrition for the child.

• Similarly, 2 years old can also eat the same food as the rest of the family and your baby should be eating 3 healthy meals a day.

1. Daal rice
2. Chapatti
3. Vegetables /mashed vegetables
4. Fruits
5. Egg – boiled / mashed
6. Fruit yogurt
7. Dry fruits

 

• There should be a mixed diet provided to your baby.

• Nutrition will be properly maintained when you will give a different variety of foods to your baby. There should be a properly balanced diet for your child.

• Most importantly, avoid giving food contents available in the market or restaurants your baby, they are not good for the health and growth in this age.

• This is the age of developing taste in kids, if the child with developing a habit of outside food he or she will avoid homemade food so make sure you do not introduce your baby food from outside or street food.

• You may introduce a little bit of outside food but only sometimes not always.

• Now let’s see some food charts for your baby which can actually provide them with good health and healthy development.

 

2. 1-year baby food chart (balanced diet for 1-year-old baby)

 

Starter	Breakfast	Second Breakfast	Luncheon	Afternoon	Dinner	Late night
Sunday	Breast Milk / Formula	Puri Bhajji	Watermelon Scoops	Khichdi	Cheese pieces	Barley Porridge	Breast Milk / Formula
Monday	Breast Milk / Formula	Besan ka Chilla	Banana slices	Chappati and dal	Bread rolls	Paneer parantha	Breast Milk / Formula
Tuesday	Breast Milk / Formula	egg sandwich	Fried Apple rings	Curd rice	Ragi Laddu	Masoor dal khichdi with curd	Breast Milk / Formula
Wednesday	Breast Milk / Formula	Caulifower parantha	Cucumber sticks	Rajma Rice	Banana Shake	Cereal with milk	Breast Milk / Formula
Thursday	Breast Milk / Formula	Idli	Ragi dosa	Kadhi Chawal	Chicken curry rice	Steamed Dosa	Breast Milk / Formula
Friday	Breast Milk / Formula	Chapatti with soya chunks curried	Halved grapes	Mixed Veg Khichdi	Apple shake	Chicken soup	Breast Milk / Formula
Saturday	Breast Milk / Formula	Aloo parantha	Cereal with milk	Rice with fish	French Toast	Rice with Egg Curry	Breast Milk / Formula

 

 

3. 18 months old baby food chart

 

Day	Breakfast	Snack	Lunch	Snack	Dinner
Monday	Idli chutney	Banana pieces	Veggie khichdi and curd	Glass of milk	Paneer paratha
Tuesday	Upma	Orange chunks	Peas and cauliflower curry with rice	A glass of milk with almonds	Aloo masala dosa
Wednesday	Peanut butter and jelly sandwich	Guava bites	Khichdi with masoor dal	Orange smoothie	Veggie khichdi and curd
Thursday	Oats porridge with apple pieces	Kiwi chunks	Roti, dal, and kheer	Soybean cutlets	Vermicelli
Friday	Pancakes and milkshake	Strawberry chunks	Methi paratha	Mini pizza	Roti and mutter paneer
Saturday	Besan paratha	Watermelon pieces	Masala bhindi, rice, dal, salads	Chickoo Milkshake	Roti and chicken curry
Sunday	Egg or paneer bhurji sandwich	Papaya chunks	Spinach moong khichdi	A glass of milk with almonds	Banana Dosa

 

 

4. 2-year-old baby food chart (2 years baby food menu)

 

Breakfast	Mid Morning	Lunch	Afternoon	Dinner
Sunday	Cereal with fresh fruit	Cup of milk	Curry made with any pulses of Rice and Dahi	Paneer cutlet with milk	Aloo mutter with Missi roti
Monday	Dosa with Moong Dal Chilla	Seasonal Fruits	Mixed vegetables curry with chapatti	Fruit milkshake	Chapatti with soya chunks fried
Tuesday	Hard-boiled egg with toast	Vegetable soup	Veg biriyani with cucumber sticks	Milk and biscuits	Vegetable khichdi
Wednesday	Idli and sambar	2 idlis with chutney	Aloo parantha with dahi	Fruits	Boiled chicken with rice
Thursday	Ragi porridge with chopped nuts	Fruit	Chana Dal Khichdi	Upma	Vegetable soup with 2 cutlets (veg or non-veg)
Friday	Oats cooked in milk	Paneer Bhurji	Chole curry with chapattis	Oats khichdi	Sambar with rice
Saturday	Vegetable parantha	Milk and biscuits	Paneer Pulao	Samosa	Vegetable pulao with dahi