Baby First Foods Introduction Schedule

For the first solid food, choose iron-fortified rice cereal, progressing from thin to thick. 6-7 months: add root and tuber vegetable purees and fruit purees; 7-8 months: add leafy green purees and meat purees; 8-9 months: add egg yolk and finger foods; 10-12 months: transition to minced foods. No salt or sugar within the first year; introduce only one new food at a time and observe for 2-3 days.