As your baby grows, their nutritional needs continue to expand to support their rapid growth and development milestones. What they used to eat when you just started weaning or introducing solids is expanding due to these needs and as they explore their preferences.
At 9 months, you can start introducing more protein-rich food options such as shredded chicken, mashed beans, lentils, eggs, or tiny flakes of fish. It’s also time to gradually start going beyond soups to include more textured foods such as veggies, grains, and meats. At this stage, they’re also likely ready for finger feeding so it’s important to be mindful of the size for foods such as meats or eggs so they’re sizeable enough for their fingers but small enough not choke.
Our free and downloadable sample meal planner for 9 months old babies below contains menus of local foods easily obtainable in Nairobi, written and approved by a leading Kenyan nutritionist.
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