How to Introduce Solids Correctly (The Order)

When I first started my baby on solids, I felt so overwhelmed. I didn’t know what was okay for him to have, and what I should be avoiding until later. I didn’t want to feed him any solids that would increase a risk of an allergy, but I didn’t know how to go about it.

Hopefully this post will help you feel more comfortable with introducing solid foods to your baby. Please talk to your doctor to be sure that this is the right approach for your child!

This post goes along with my post What You Need To Know About Starting Solids. Hopefully you will feel more confident after reading these posts!

4-6 Month Old Solids

I HIGHLY recommend waiting until your baby is 6 months old to start solids. However, if you and your doctor decide to start solids early, this is what your baby can have- rice, oats, apples, avocado, bananas, pears, sweet potato, butternut squash, and green beans.

6-8 Month Old Solids

At 6 months, you should really be starting solids, not adding more. Along with what was written above, you can give your 6 month old apricot, mango, nectarine, peaches, plums, prunes, pumpkin, carrot, peas, yellow squash, zucchini, chicken, turkey, and tofu.

8-10 Month Old Solids

Once your baby is 8 months old, you can add a LOT more. 8 month old babies can start eating flax, graham crackers, multi-grain crackers, cheerios, toast, wheat and wheat germ, blueberries, cantaloupe, cherries, cranberries, dates, figs, grapes, kiwi, papaya, asparagus, broccoli, cauliflower, eggplant, white potatoes, onions, peppers, leeks, mushroom, parsnips, egg yolk, beans/legumes, beef, pork, natural ham, cream cheese, cottage cheese, Colby jack cheese, and cheddar cheeses (no soft cheese.

10-12 Month Old Solids

Along with everything above, your baby can include even more solids to their diet! They can now have pastas, bagels, wheat cereals, artichokes, beets, corn, cucumbers, spinach, tomatoes, whole eggs (at 12 months), white fish, whole milk (at 12 months), stronger cheddars such as gouda, Monterey jack, muenster, provolone and swiss, and they can have soft cheeses after 12 months.

Hopefully this list helps you to feel better about starting your baby on solids. This is a list that is more specific to puree feeding, but you can apply it to baby led weaning if you wish to. Do you have any helpful tips for starting your baby on solids? Tell me in the comments!