Baby Food Introduction Schedule at 6 Months

Choose iron-fortified rice cereal for the first solid food, starting thin and gradually thickening. 6-7 months: add root vegetable and fruit purées; 7-8 months: add leafy vegetable purées and meat purées; 8-9 months: add egg yolk and finger foods; 10-12 months: transition to finely minced foods. No salt or sugar before age one, and introduce only one new food at a time, observing for 2-3 days.