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First foods for babies, A–Z
How and when to serve 174 first foods, by age: how to cut them, choking risk, allergens and nutrition. Most foods are fine from 6 months, when your baby shows signs of readiness for solids.
Vegetables
- 🌿 Artichoke
- 🥬 Arugula9 mo+
- 🌿 Asparagus
- Beets
- 🫑 Bell Pepper
- 🥬 Bok Choy
- 🥦 Broccoli
- 🥬 Brussels Sprouts
- 🎃 Butternut Squash
- 🥬 Cabbage
- 🥕 Carrot
- 🍠 Cassava
- 🥬 Cauliflower
- 🥬 Celery
- 🥬 Collard Greens
- 🌽 Corn
- 🥒 Cucumber
- 🍆 Eggplant
- 🌿 Fennel
- 🫛 Green Beans
- 🥬 Kale
- 🌿 Leek
- 🥬 Lettuce9 mo+
- 🍄 Mushrooms
- 🫛 Okra
- 🧅 Onion
- 🥕 Parsnip
- 🟢 Peas
- 🥔 Potato
- 🔴 Radish
- 🟩 Seaweed
- 🫛 Snap Peas
- 🎃 Spaghetti Squash
- 🥬 Spinach
- 🍠 Sweet Potato
- 🥬 Swiss Chard
- 🍠 Taro
- 🍅 Tomato
- 🟣 Turnip
- 🥒 Zucchini
Fruit
- 🍎 Apple
- 🍑 Apricot
- 🥑 Avocado
- 🍌 Banana
- 🫐 Blackberries
- 🫐 Blueberries
- 🍈 Cantaloupe
- 🍒 Cherries
- 🥥 Coconut
- 🔴 Cranberries
- 🌴 Dates
- 🌵 Dragon Fruit
- 🟣 Figs
- 🍊 Grapefruit
- 🍇 Grapes
- 🍐 Guava
- 🍈 Honeydew Melon
- 🟡 Jackfruit
- 🥝 Kiwi
- 🍋 Lemon
- ⚪ Lychee
- 🥭 Mango
- 🍑 Nectarine
- 🫒 Olives
- 🍊 Orange
- 🥭 Papaya
- 🍑 Peach
- 🍐 Pear
- 🟠 Persimmon
- 🍍 Pineapple
- 🍌 Plantain
- 🍑 Plum
- 🔴 Pomegranate
- 🟣 Prunes
- 🍇 Raisins9 mo+
- 🍇 Raspberries
- 🍓 Strawberries
- 🍉 Watermelon
Grains
- 🌾 Barley
- 🍞 Bread / Toast
- 🌾 Buckwheat
- 🌾 Bulgur
- 🍚 Couscous
- 🌾 Farro
- 🥣 Infant Cereal
- 🌾 Millet
- 🥣 Oats
- 🍝 Pasta
- 🫓 Pita
- 🌽 Polenta
- 🌾 Quinoa
- 🍚 Rice
- 🍘 Rice Cakes9 mo+
- 🍞 Rye
- 🌾 Semolina
- 🫓 Tortilla
Protein
Dairy
- 🧀 Cheddar
- 🧀 Cottage Cheese
- 🥛 Cow's Milk12 mo+
- 🧀 Cream Cheese
- 🧀 Feta
- 🧀 Goat Cheese
- 🥛 Kefir
- 🧀 Mozzarella
- 🧀 Paneer
- 🧀 Parmesan
- 🧀 Ricotta
- 🧀 Swiss Cheese
- 🥛 Yogurt
Fish & seafood
- 🐟 Anchovies
- 🐟 Catfish
- 🦀 Crab
- 🐟 Halibut
- 🦞 Lobster
- 🐟 Mackerel
- 🐟 Salmon
- 🐟 Sardines
- 🦐 Shrimp
- 🐠 Tilapia
- 🐟 Trout
- 🐟 Tuna
- 🐠 White Fish
Beans & legumes
- 🫘 Black Beans
- 🫘 Black-Eyed Peas
- 🫘 Chickpeas
- 🫛 Edamame
- 🫛 Fava Beans
- 🫘 Kidney Beans
- 🫘 Lentils
- 🫘 Lima Beans
- 🫘 Pinto Beans
- 🟡 Split Peas
- 🫘 White Beans
Nuts & seeds
- 🌰 Almond
- 🌰 Cashew
- ⚫ Chia Seeds
- 🟤 Flaxseed
- 🌰 Hazelnut
- 🌿 Hemp Seeds
- 🥜 Peanut
- 🌰 Pecan
- 🌰 Pine Nuts
- 🌰 Pistachio
- 🎃 Pumpkin Seeds
- 🫙 Sesame / Tahini
- 🌻 Sunflower Seeds
- 🌰 Walnut