Sample Meals Plan: 7–8 months

Feed your child who is 7–8 month of age three meals each day. Continue to breastfeed.

Aim for at least 4 food color groups every day and every food group except the Blue Dairy and Dairy Products Food Group (milk) in a week. Children should not have animal milkdairy or dairy products until they are 12 months of age.

On the next page is an example of a weekly meal plan that will give your child who is 7–8 months of age all the nutrients they need. As your child gets older and his or her diet includes more foods, it is easier to feed your baby at least 4 different food groups at each day.

Monday Meal 1: Mashed Irish potatoes with dried, ground greens

Meal 2: Sweet potato porridge, mashed beans

Meal 3: Butternut porridge, grated boiled egg

Tuesday Meal 1: Sweet potato porridge, minced mango

Meal 2: Fermented grain porridge, mashed carrots

Meal 3: Pumpkin and peanut butter

Wednesday Meal 1: Maize porridge, mashed beans and banana

Meal 2: Sweet potato and egg porridge

Meal 3: Mashed Irish potatoes with dried, ground greens

Thursday Meal 1: Maize porridge, mashed beans and banana

Meal 2: Sweet potato porridge, shredded chicken

Meal 3: Fermented grain porridge, mashed carrots

Friday Meal 1: Mashed Irish potatoes with dried, ground greens and ground omena

Meal 2: Fermented grain porridge, mashed carrots

Meal 3: Mashed sweet potatoes and beans, mashed banana

Saturday Meal 1: Maize porridge, mashed beans and banana

Meal 2: Sweet potato and egg porridge

Meal 3: Pumpkin and peanut butter

Sunday Meal 1: Mashed Irish potatoes with dried, ground greens

Meal 2: Fermented grain porridge, mashed carrots

Meal 3: Sweet potato porridge, shredded liver

Five Different Food Groups

Four Different Food Groups

Five Different Food Groups

Five Different Food Groups

Five Different Food Groups

Five Different Food Groups

Four Different Food Groups