Safe foods at 9 months

Dice roasted flesh into small pieces or offer as self-feeding spoon food.

Cut into bite-sized pieces, well cooked. Tips are especially soft and easy.

Dice into small cubes, roasted or steamed. Mix into grains or serve as finger food.

Soft roasted strips or small dice. Can also offer thin raw strips for texture exploration.

Halved blueberries for pincer grip practice. Whole frozen (not fresh) can be offered earlier due to softness when thawed.

Well-cooked leaves and tender stalks, chopped small. Great in light stir-fries.

Soft steamed florets cut into smaller pieces. Can be mixed into eggs, pasta, or grains.

Halved roasted sprouts or small pieces. Great as finger food.

Dice into small cubes, roasted or steamed. Can be mashed into a thick puree or served as finger food.

Well-cooked strips or pieces. Can be added to soups, stews, or soft stir-fries.

Dice into small coins or pieces, well-cooked. Can mix into grains or serve as standalone finger food.

Smaller soft florets or mashed cauliflower. Mix into other foods or serve as finger food.

Diced, roasted or mashed. Celery root mash is an excellent weaning food.

Halved slices or small dice, peeled. Skin can be offered if it's thin.

Small diced pieces, skin on or off.

Small diced pieces, peeled. Introduce with thin skin on once comfortable.

Whole cooked beans for pincer grip. Can also mash into a spread on toast.

Diced roasted eggplant as finger food, or mixed into pasta sauces.

Soft roasted fennel pieces as finger food. Add fronds as a herb flavoring.

Roasted garlic spread on toast, mixed into soft foods. Raw garlic is too strong.

Cut into bite-sized pieces, well steamed. Mix into soft foods or serve as finger food.

Continue as a flavor ingredient in family meals.

As a flavor ingredient in appropriate dishes.

Continue as a flavor ingredient.

Well-cooked, finely chopped. Mix into eggs, grains, or pasta.

Soft diced pieces as finger food.

Well-cooked leek in small pieces. Great in soups and pasta.

Well-cooked soft onion can be offered as a finger food. Caramelized onion on toast or in eggs.

Dice into small pieces, roasted or steamed. Mash with a little butter for a sweet puree.

Whole cooked peas for pincer grip practice. Mix into purees, eggs, or grains.

Soft diced potato, roasted or boiled. Mashed potato is a great base food.

Dice into small pieces, roasted. Can make pumpkin pancakes or muffins.

Whole raspberries for pincer grip - they naturally break down. Fresh off the cane is a wonderful sensory experience.

Soft steamed pods cut into pieces, or fresh peas popped out for pincer grip.

Finely chopped wilted spinach mixed into other foods. Baby can start picking up soft cooked pieces.

Quartered or diced fresh strawberries. Large ones can be offered as a whole spear.

Small diced pieces, steamed or sautéed.

Dice into 1/2-inch cubes, roasted or steamed. Can also mash and spread thickly on toast strips.

Soft wilted leaves, finely chopped. Mix into other foods.

Quartered cherry tomatoes or diced larger tomatoes. Skin can stay on now.

Dice and roast or steam. Can be mashed or served as finger food.

Wilted, finely chopped, in soft foods or eggs.

Dice into 1/2-inch pieces, lightly steamed or sautéed. Soft enough to squish between fingers. Great mixed into soft grains.