8 Months+
By this stage, your baby should be well established on solids, and they’re also bound to be growing fast! This is typically the age when they’ll be trying to get more involved at mealtimes. Self-feeding is to be encouraged, as is an even greater variety of tastes and textures such as minced and mashed with soft lumps. Also now is the time to introduce soft finger foods.
In our 8 Months+ section, we set out the weaning goals that you and your baby should hope to reach during this stage. You’ll also find meal planners, recipes and suitable Milupa products. First, here are our 8 months+ weaning tips and advice!
Do!
- Introduce a variety of flavours and textures - your baby should be able to eat minced or mashed food with soft lumps.
- Give your baby a beaker of cooled, boiled water with meals.
- Allow your baby to self-feed - now is the time to introduce soft finger food such as chopped banana.
- Expect a mess!
- Keep within your routine of three daily meals.
Don't!
- Give your baby lumpy cereals with milk such as Rice Krispies. The combination of runny liquid and lumps may be too hard to manage at this stage.
- Feed your baby fruit with seeds or skins.
- Be put off if your baby hasn't developed teeth yet - they can use gums to chew lumpier food.
- Leave your baby unattended while they are eating.
- Give up offering new flavours.
Frequently Asked Questions
Whatever stage of the weaning process your baby is currently at, we know it's a new experience for both of you. That's why we've used our 30 years of expertise to bring you this list of the most frequently asked questions that weaning parents have asked us. We hope they help!
