This basic weaning-food introduction schedule is for healthy children. It suggests a timeline for introducing different solids to your young baby. It is not a rigid schedule, try to be flexible. This weaning-food introduction schedule is calm, perfectly breast-feeding-friendly and absolutely allergy-friendly.
Extra information about this schedule can be obtained from
Eten voor de kleintjes - van borst tot boterham, voor kinderen van 0-4 jaar by
Stefan Kleintjes, nutritionist who developed this schedule.
The remarks in the last column are very brief. They are meant for children who need to be careful with a number of food because of a diagnosed food allergy. Please pay attention: you should re-introduce the various type of foods, depending on the type of food and the type of allergy, only after the first or second birthday. If re-introduction goes well, other food with the same allergen factors can be introduced. See the specific 'allergy-remarks' at the bottom of this schedule. In
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This schedule can also be used at daycare or with your babysitter. Write down the name and birth date of your baby and your own contact information, and specific wishes of you or your child.
Name and
date of birth of the child | Name
mother | Phone number
mother | Name
father | Phone number
father |
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| | what | after... months/years | remarks |
| fluids | breast milk from breast
or slightly heated from cup/bottle
water
| 6 months | always drink from cup or plastic glass, or:
breast milk from cup or bottle
other fluids from a cup |
herb tea
water
diluted fruit juice
| 9 months | no sodas, baby syrups etc.
breastfed babies should only drink breast milk
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formula,
other milks
| | only at parents request, dilute milk with water
until 8 or 9 months
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| dairy, porridge and dairy snacks | cottage cheese
yoghurt
other dairy 'snacks'
| 7-9 months | porridge is not really necessary
baby cereal [biobim] binds well with breast milk
while the child is breastfed, be prudent with other dairy
cow’s milk allergy: wait until after 1 year, but only if re-introduction of cows milk was successful
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| vegetables | artichoke
asparragus
*beetroot
broccoli
brussel sprouts
carrot
*celery
chicory
*chinese cabbage
cauliflower
cucumber
*endive
eggplant
*fennel
french bean
green bean
green peas
jerusalem artichoke
*kohlrabi
*lettuce, all varieties
may turnip
mushroom (10 months!)
paprika (peppers)
parsnip
potato
pumpkin
*purslane
radish
rammenas
*red beets
white raddish
rubarb
salsifies
sauerkraut
*spinach
*spinach beet
sweet potato
tomato
*turnip tops
*turnip celery
*watercress
young french beans
young peas (mangetout)
zucchini
| 6 months | vegetables don't need to be pureed
boiled and sliced into pieces is a nice way of introducing
do not force feeding vegetables
choose vegetables you eat yourself
do not heat up leftovers
vegetables with a * are rich in nitrates, don't give them more than twice a week |
curly cale
*conical cabbage
green cabbage
leek
onion
sweet corn
white and red cabbage
| 1 1/2 years | |
| raw foods | raw cucumber
raw tomato
| 6-8 months | varies per child
other raw vegetables can come to the dinner table when your child is ready
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| fruits | apple
apricot
avocado
banana
cherry
cooking pears
grapes
mango
melon
peach
pear
plum
rose hip
| 6 months | peal the fruit and give it in pieces
at times you may give organic fruit without pealing
remove the seeds the first months |
grapefruit
lemon
mandarin
nectarine
tangerine
orange
| 9 months | |
blackberry
blueberry
elderberry
gooseberry
kiwi (green and yellow!)
pineapple
raspberry
red berry
strawberry
| 12 months | |
| protein sources | young seedless cheese | 7 months | while breastfeeding, be prudent with cheese
when allergic to cow's milk; wait until 1 year, but only if the re-introduction of milk was successful
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chicken breast
egg
fish
horsemeat
lamb
low fat ground beef
soft french cheese
soy
soymilk
tofu
turkey breast
| 9-10 months | meat can be given, but it is no must;
an entirely vegetarian diet is possible the first 10-12 months
when allergic to cows milk, wait until 1 year with soft french cheeses, but only if the re-introduction of milk was successful
when allergic to egg: wait until after 2 year, but only if the re-introduction of egg was successful
when allergic to soy: wait until 1 year, but only if the re-introduction of soy was successful
when allergic to something else: wait with soy or egg until after the 10th month
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blue cheese and strong french cheese
other dutch cheeses
pork
ready to use meat replacements
shellfish and seafood
tempe
| 1 year | organic meat replacements usually contain less additives
when allergic to cows milk: introduce cheese after 1 year, only if the re-introduction of cow's milk was successful
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liver sausage
sausage
pate
| 3 years | not necessary
organic spreads usually contain less additives |
| bread and cereals | bread crust
rice cakes
rice flour
| 6 months | a crust to taste and suck or chew on |
brown bread
buckwheat cake
buckwheat flour
leaven bread
| 7 months | flour and breast milk can be used for porridge |
baby cereal
gingerbread
oatmeal
whole wheat biscuit
whole wheat bread
whole wheat knispbread
| 10 months | |
raisin bread
| 1 1/2 year | |
| sandwich filling | apple syrup spread
pear syrup spread
pureed fruit
sea buckthorn
slices of apple, banana or mango
young cheese
| 7-8 months | always spread butter or margarine as thin as possible on a slice of bread
soft margarine in a plastic container contains good fats
sandwiches do not always need a filling
when allergic to nuts or peanuts: wait with peanut butter etc. until after the second birthday, but only if re-introduction of nuts was successful
when allergic to something else [so not to nuts or peanuts]: introduce nuts or peanuts after 12 months
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almond spread
peanut butter
sesame spread (tahin)
| 9 months |
chocolate spread
| 2 years |
| noodles etc. | buckwheat
couscous
millet
pasta
quinoa
rice
| 8-9 months | cook well
start slowly with whole wheat products |
| peas and beans | chickpeas
lentils
bean sprouts, soybean
| 8-10 months | let soften and cook well |
brown beans
other pulses (peas and beans)
soy products
| 9-12 months | harder to digest; can cause gas |
tempeh
| 1 year | |
| sweet | honey
sugar
| 1 year | jam, chocolate sprinkles, other sweets for bread: not for now
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| candy and snacks | chocolate
cookies
potato crisps
ice cream
| 2-3 years | try not to give for as long as possible |
| dried fruit | unsulphured raisins, prunes, apricots, dried apple rings
| 1 year | let them soften
apricot is okay from 9 months |
| salt | | 1-2 year | do not add to the food and choose -if possible - salt free products
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| herbs and spices | soft tasting herbs and spices: depending on breastfeeding after 1 1/2 years | use limited
a breastfed child adjusts easier to soft tasting herbs and spices
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In case of an allergy
It's better to introduce later: strawberry, tomato, kiwi, pork, citrus fruits, chocolate and varies herbs and spices, which means after you've introduced the 'normal' foods. So not earlier than from nine months onwards.
After that you can start with foods like fish, seeds, soy and cow's milk, unless it's an allergy for cow's milk or one of the other products.
From twelve months, or in extreme cases 24 months, you can introduce foods that are known for the severe reactions they sometimes cause: egg, seafood and shellfish, nuts and peanuts.
This schedule for healthy children takes it easier than the 'normal' schedules. This is because an easy schedule is better for breastfeeding. Because of this easier schedule, the introduction of foods to healthy children is sometimes at the same time as that for allergic children.
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- Special thanks to Tallina van den Hoed, Dorien Gietema and Parul Goel
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