Is your baby 1 year old or already into toddlerhood this food chart for 1 year old baby will be perfect. By now you would have introduced almost everything to your little one.
You will be more confident of your toddler’s feeding needs and his likes and dislikes. Though all these sound good, the soon to be toddler will exhibit straits of being fussy and cranky over his food choices.
With the arrival of toddlerhood arrives more fresh challenges. Don’t worry, I am there to guide you through the fussy and messy toddlerhood phase 🙂
What are the main challenges?
- If you are breastfeeding, you might want to wean your little one from it and start cow’s milk.
- As they enter into toddlerhood, they become more fussy and demanding that you might be wondering ” Was this is the sweet baby who turned one just a month ago??”
- You will have to start potty training or have you already started it ? ( We are going to have a separate series for it)
Gradually start giving food that the family eats, making it less spicy and with less salt. Keep giving the healthy Finger Foods as snacks.
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1 Year Baby Food Chart
Please don’t fret if you are not able to follow this perfectly, try to follow as much as possible.
Week 1
| Day | Breakfast | Mid Morning Snack | Lunch | Afternoon Snack | Dinner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | Puri Bhaji | Carrot smoothie | Plain Khichdi | Bread sticks | Barley Porridge |
| Tuesday | Besan ka chilla | Pepper Egg/Fried Apple | Fried Rice | Fruit Punch juice | Steamed Dosa |
| Wednesday | Wheat Pancakes | Potato peas patty | Sambhar Rice | Cereal Snack Bars | Mixed flour roti |
| Thursday | Sprouts pancake | Banana fingers | Ghee Rice | Apple milkshake | Sooji Porridge |
| Friday | Ragi Dosa | Chicken/veg Soup | Mixed Veg Khichdi | Bread Rolls | Paneer parantha |
| Saturday | Mini Idli | Banana Yogurt | Rajma Rice | Bread sticks | Oats Porridge |
| Sunday | Plain Pancakes | Cheese | Louki Khichdi | Ragi Laddu | Bread Upma |
Week 2
| Day | Breakfast | Mid Morning Snack | Lunch | Evening Snack | Dinner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | Ragi Porridge | Baked Carrot Sticks | Fried Rice | Paneer Cubes | Steamed Dosa |
| Tuesday | Wheat Pancakes | Watermelon juice | Vermicilli Pulao | Pumpkin Sooji finger | Oats Porridge |
| Wednesday | Rava Upma | Veg Soup | Tomato Khichdi | Fruit Smoothies | Rice Cereal |
| Thursday | Oats Pancake | Scrambles Egg/Baked fruit | Jeera Pulao | Arbi Fingers | Sooji Kheer |
| Friday | Moong Dal Cheela | Baked Sweet Potato | Palak Khichdi | Spring Rolls | WheatDalia Porridge |
| Saturday | HomeMade Cerelac | Roasted Apple Chips | Sweet Carrot rice | Mixed Veg Pancake | Besan parota |
| Sunday | French Toast | Potato Fritters | Vegetable Khichdi | Papaya Cubes | Wheat Khichdi |
Week 3
| Day | Breakfast | Mid Morning Snack | Lunch | Afternoon Snack | Dinner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | Steamed Dosa | Veg soup | Plain Khichdi | Apple fingers | Missi Roti |
| Tuesday | Daal Paratha | Boiled Egg Yolk/Veg FF | Lentil rice | Aloo Poha Tikki | Cheese Parota |
| Wednesday | Idli | Beetroot rolls | Carrot Khichdi | Walnut Milkshake | Wheat Almond Porridge |
| Thursday | Plain Pancake | Bread Sticks | Beetroot Rice | Chikoo milkshake | Aloo parota |
| Friday | Suji Toast | Pumpkin Rava Sticks | Flavoured Pongal | Banana discs | Rajma Sandwich |
| Saturday | Smiley Idli | Yogurt | Fried Rice | Shahi Tukda | Pongal |
| Sunday | Banana Pancake | Boiled Egg Yolk/Fruit FF | Tomato Khichdi | SweetPotato Finger | Gobhi Parantha |
Week 4
| Day | Breakfast | Mid Morning Snack | Lunch | Evening Snack | Dinner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | Oats/Rava Idli | Fruit Milkshake | Curd Khichdi | Pear Chips | Veg Paratha |
| Tuesday | Aloo Matar Parota | Chicken/Veg Soup | Plain Pongal | Carrot Balls | Apple Oats Porridge |
| Wednesday | Banana Pancake | Mixed Veg Fingers | Masala Khichdi | Suji paneer Cutlets | Sabudana Porridge |
| Thursday | Mixed Veg Dosa | Fried Apple Rings | Pumpkin Khichdi | Corn Peas Patties | Wheat Sheera |
| Friday | Ragi Sheera | Baked Beet Sticks | Veg Pongal | Banana Pops | Sooji Porridge |
| Saturday | Aloo Parota | Veggie Muffins | Masoor Dal Khichdi | Vegetable Manchurian | Homemade Cerelac |
| Sunday | Bajra Porridge/cheela | Baked fruit | Carrot Khichdi | Cheese Roll | Idli Takda |
Hope this chart was useful, do leave a comment below for any queries or doubts.
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Hi mam,
My son is 20 months now. However he s not eating any food with the spices. He used to eat only plain idly, dosa, chapati without chutney or gravy. And he is not eating eggs also. He s eating only ghee rice and curd rice. He drinks only milk.. Please guide me how can I make him to eat healthy foods.
https://www.mylittlemoppet.com/40-healthy-breakfast-recipes-for-toddlers/ Check some of these. Also, as the kids grow you will observe a lot of changes in food habits and appetite. Be patient and don’t be too pushy about food, set up his thali/plate along with his siblings or other family members and let him explore food on his own.
Hi
My baby turned 1 ,and is on formula feed .she used to take about 25 scoops of formula in a day.Now I have noticed that in stage 3 of formula they suggest 18 scoops(a different brand) .Am worried will my baby have sufficient formula if I bring down the number of scoops to 18.
Dear my suggestion is that as the little one turns one you can even start with lot more options than milk, a complete nutrition with veggies, fruits and all shall take care of kids health better. You can even offer cow’s milk now. And don’t force more than the little one wants to have, give other varieties of food instead.
Hello Dr
Amazing as usual.is it possible to send the whole plan via email?
Also as we are non vegetarian it would be great if u kindly provide some non veg menu as well
Dear on the site you could register for food charts that would reach your inbox. Though there are not many chicken recipes. Here’s one https://www.mylittlemoppet.com/kid-friendly-chicken-chilli-recipe/
Hi Hema,
very nice food chart with lot of info and good recipes. My son is 18 months old now and I started with solids.
however the challenge is, he always wants to eat smoothies and soft food…not sure how I can feed him rotis, fried rice..etc
he has not started chewing the food…how to teach them chewing habit?
are there any special foods, I can try with?
please help…
regards,
vani.
It’s wonderful to hear that you like the recipes on the site. Every kid usually prefers easy way and hence chewing is a habit that requires effort and practice. Here’s some help for you https://www.mylittlemoppet.com/7-easy-ways-to-help-your-toddler-chew-food/
Hi,
Thanks for the wonderful work u r doing. It makes new mom like me to b relaxed. Thanks once again. I am following ur recipes.
My baby is 1 yr old a week before. She s been breastfed till now. She s very active baby. I give her 3 meal and 1 evening snacks. Since she gets up by 8:30 am she will eat breakfast and go to bed for nap time(30-40min). Again by afternoon 1-1:30 hours she naps. I could not give her morning snacks. She eats well.. But the problem s she s not sleeping well during night. She gets up every 2 hours and make sure she is having breast milk.
During daytime, I have started to give her cows milk as wells father 1 yr.. I am really tired as she s getting up often. I am alone managing my baby. What can I do to make her sleep well during night? Plz suggest sometime.
Thank you for your encouraging words Revathi. Sleeping patterns undergo a lot of change as baby grows. However giving them a good meal before sleep and then perhaps a talk or some music to soothe during bed time induces sleep. She should take a nap of 3-5 hours at a stretch at night. All the best!
my son is 1.6 months and too fussy to eat..i literally need to make him cry to eat food…kindly suggest me some remedyall he needs is breastmilk
Dear it is high time you wean the baby off breastfeeding. Do check this article https://www.mylittlemoppet.com/how-to-wean-a-breastfeeding-toddler-gently/
Hi really I’m so blessed to c ur vedios in YouTube so that I’m following u . I m following ur diet for my baby it’s so helpful and so thank full my baby s 7 months now .I’m alone so I can easily refer the diet and giving my baby. I’m relaxed and my baby too happy
Wow, on busy days like today these comments keep me going dear. Much thanks. Hope the little one is doing great. Do read our latest recipes.
Hi, my 11 mnth old daughter wants only breastmilk. she eats solid food very little. plz suggest any idea. she has no teeth till now.
Hi,
You cna breastfeed until 2 years, introduce to her solid foods like finger foods, keep a nibble tray beside her and let her explore it by herself, do not force feed, it will lead to unhealthy aversion towards food.
Hi Hema,
My daughter is going to be 13 Months. She is having only 2 teeth in upper jaw and 3 in below. sometimes I feed her roti and paratha by making very small bites ( small like one grain of daal). But this very time consuming and she hardly eats half a roti/paratha. She doesn’t chew instead she swallows. If I give her roti in her hand , she takes big bites and gets choked. Is there any other way to feed roti/paratha?
U can grind the roti and mix it with formula milk and feed her it is less time consuming thou.
Hello Dr. Hema,
Hope you must having fun with your kids.
My query is , my son is 1year old.
Since, he is born, upto 3 months he drink my milk only after that i give him bottle formula milk along with mine why because my milk is very ledd to fill his tummy. Initially, I fed him breast milk as and when he asks or needs along with formula milk.
But, as he completed his 6 mths, I started working. And now he gets it only during night( 3-4 times), morning and when I came back to home ( evening).
I have no issues or problems in feeding him, infact I love to carry him in my laps. By this atleast he stays closer to me for sometimes. Otherwise he is very naughty and busy in playing here and there.
Previously he used to drink with bottle after solid food tasting he stopped bottle milk Now he is one year old i want to stop feeding him in night time he asks only 3 times I tried bottle in night but he refuses untill unless breast milk he wont agree to sleep.
My worries are, how to stop him breast milk and make him sleep on bed without breast milk night). Why because from all i heard and visualised children used to breast milk while sleeping put the breast in their mouth that will habituate.
Sometimes he is hungry while sleep, so if he start taking milk. So that will be very comfortable for him and us.
So please suggest me some method or how can i make him sleep without breast milk? if he continue sleep only with breast milk till at what time i can give if 1 and 1/2 year is he stop after that or more demanding
Waiting for your reply.
Thanks
Hello Hema,
Thanks for providing so much helpfull information to sometimes helpless parents?.My daughter 15 month old daudhter she is very moddy and picky in terms of her food. I try to make diffrent kind of food similar to you mentioned in your food chart but she is very inconsistent, should i stick on one type of food like kichri or daal rice(with different daal and veggies) for lunch and dinner so she get use to of this?
hi doctor
Is it safe to tofu to baby my girl is of 12 months .how to give her raw or fried ..
My son is 14 months old. My problem is that he is not ready to eat anything. He just want to drink. So i make puree of khichdi,vegetable soup.etc. Evwn if i try to give something to eat.he eats 2 to 3 bite and then cry and vomits everything. Please give some suggestions
Docter pls help me to stop about bottle feeding.. My daughter s 1.3 old..
Dear Dr. Hema,
Thank you for posting all the recipes and the food charts.
My daughter is 1.2 years now. As she is entering the toddler’s group she is becoming very choosy. I am a working women, so my babysitter manages her food and snacks.
Her routine is
around 8 am – 8:30 am she will have raggi porridge or banana porridge ( she will not have any other porridge) I tried with semolina also but she will not have. This porridge i will make.
between this till lunch 1pm she will have milk and some biscuits or fruits (that also she started to refuse)
lunch 1pm to 2pm: she will have Sambar rice, or chicken curry or any other curry with rice
between lunch to 4pm she will have milk and some biscuits or fruits (that also she started to refuse)
from 4 pm to 6:30 she will have my milk, cheese slices or biscuits or boiled egg (I am back to home)
7:30 dinner: roti with curry or khichadi (stuffed paratha she will not eat)
8:30 : to bed (my milk)
Sorry, as I my mail is little lengthy. I am worried that as am working, I am not able to give time to make all sorts of healthy food for her. I also tried few dinner recipes from the food chart that you have provided but she is not eating or ready to chew.
Please help me.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Shyamli
Hi, dr
me mother of 13month old son.. he sometime good eater and another time fussy eater. . after completing 12th month he is drinking cow’s milk with bread as well as breast milk also. but , now he refuse to take cow’s milk and drink braest milk. sometime he eats all fruits and another time he refused that fruits. my concern is . is my son getting enough nutrition or not?
how to increase his immunity power??
Dear Hema,
My daughter is 1 yr n 1 month old.
She has suddenly stopped eating rice, khichdi, dal rice, veggies etc.
She eats only roti. If u mix roti with any veggies she will not eat.
Pls give me suggestions what should I make for her.
Below is her schedule:
8:30 a.m.: breakfast like platter of fruits, fruit juices, upma, sheera
10:00 a.m.: glass of milk
1:00 p.m.: lunch like khichdi with veggies, dal rice, ghee rice, pull etc (now she does not eat)
4:00 p.m.: breastmilk/ juices
6:00 p.m.: cows milk
7:00 p.m.: finger food
8:30 p.m.: dinner like dal roti, kadhi roti (now only roti)
Pls suggest…
Dear Kunal,
Babies are always like that, they are fussy and their choice of foods vary every month 😉
Your schedule is perfect, I would suggest to change all the routine foods and try new foods every day to entice her to eat
Dear Hema,
Thanks for reverting.
Can you let me know what foods / recipes I can give her so that she enjoys it and does not fall short of any vitamins n minerals.
I need your help as she has already started loosing weight.
Thanks!
Dear Doctor,
I think your food charts are excellent…often as parents we are confused as to what to feed our little ones…the variety in the chart will be a great guide for me. I have started following you recently..hope I found you earlier. Thanks a lot for this excellent website.
Reema
Thank you so much Reema
My son is one year old . Im still breastfeeding . How much cow milk should I give hime ?
Dear Vanishree,
If you are breastfeeding, then there is no need to start with cows milk now, still if you wnat to start,You can start with one cup of milk daily
My 14 months old son is very picky in eating. Also he doesn’t take solid foods , only puried or semi solids, though he likes crackers like chips, Papad very much. So I don’t have much options to feed him except khichdi , upma, halwa and puried fruit. What’s the solution? How can I start food recipes of your chart. How long he will be like this..
Dear Kavita,
You can slowly start with finger foods now, as this is the time when he should have moved on to solid foods rather than semilsolids
How to overcome with vitamin D deficiency in toddler plz reply. Asap
Dear sadaf,
Please consult your paediatrician, he might prescribe vitamin drops for your toddler also allow him sun time daily in the morning and evening as the richest source of vitamin D is sunlight
Hello Dr,
Please let me know in nurturing twins. Mainly on eating habits, routines etc;
Thanks in advance
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My baby girl is 14th months old and she has only 1lower teeth till now,is it a problem? Please suggest.
Hi Tapaswini,
Every child develops on their own timeline and cannot be compared with other kids or even siblings. My son got his first tooth at 8 months, while my daughter got her first tooth only at 14 months. So don’t worry about it and enjoy the chilhood while it lasts.
Happy Parenting
Hema
I am worried I’m not feeding my one year old baby enough. His usual routine is as follows (approx. timing) :
7.30 am breakfast – 3 Horlicks biscuit + 4 scoops cerelac or 1 tbsp suji cooked in 5 measuring spoons Lactogen 2.
After taking a bath, he sleeps from 8.30 am until about 10 am.
His caregiver gives him a biscuit / a little cheeselings.
Lunch is by 11.30 am. He has vegetable khichdi with chicken mince / fish (same menu for dinner).
By 4.30 pm he has 3 Horlicks biscuit + 4 scoops cerelac or 1 tbsp suji cooked in 5 measuring spoons Lactogen 2. I rotatate the Cerelac (fruits / veg).
Dinner is by 7.30pm.
I breastfeed him at night.
Is this enough ??? Would be grateful to hear from you.
Thanks, Candida.
Hi Candida,
An one year baby can have all the food that the family eats except with less salt, sugar and chilly, so I would advice you to stop biscuits, cerelac and cheeselings and start with a proper breakfast, lunch and dinner with 2 snacks like the chart in this article. you can continue breastfeeding atleast till 2 years. Please note formula must not be cooked , after making the porridge you can add the formula but never while cooking.
Hi Dr,
My 1 year daughter is not having any diary products at all in any form. She is rejecting curd, fruit yoghurt, buttermilk, paneer, cheese everything.
Am really worried about her calcium intake. Please guide me.
Hi Ruchi, Do try fruit smoothies and milk shakes, and disguise paneer in the form of the Wheat Paneer biscuits
Thanks for reply Dr Hema but I have already tries smoothies and milkshakes but she just takes one sip and rejects it.
till 11 months she was so fond of plain yoghurt but now does not even take it any form. Thanks for wheat paneer reciepe will try this.
Hi Dr hema, mg one year old baby girl is my taking any dairy product. I tried youghurt, fruit yogurt. Buttermilk, milkshakes, mango lassi, paneer she just refuses to eat after one spoon. Am really worried about her calcium intake. What should I do?
Hi Ruchi,
You don’t have to worry, milk is not the only source of calcium, though it has high amount, you can give green leafy vegetables, nuts etc
hi Dr Hema..
my is baby is mow 1.3 years old.. he refuses every type food…before 2 months he ate eberything but now nothing. he is on bottle milk (ragi milk, oats milk, besan milk).. these three type of food i giving him with bottle.. he eat nothing not even finger food… many people tells me leave bottle after sometime he will eat food… but nothing is happen.. he did not eat anything till two days.. he was on only breastfeed. now these days he going to cracky n irretate.. may be teeth prob.. pls help me.. give some advise what i do…
Hi ritu,
You have to stop bottle feeding, he is refusing solid food because he finds it easy to fill his stomach by drinking milk rather than the laborious chewing. In your city, try to join a toddler mom group, such groups happen in playschool where the toddler along with his mom can participate in the activities, when he sees other children eating and when he starts to do the activities, he will automatically be hungry and will want food, along with other kids, try some yummy finger foods or any food, he will slowly pick it up
All the best
Cheers
Hema
Hi Doc 🙂
First of all, thanks a lot for sharing so many options for 1 year old baby. I wanted to know, which oats I can use for my 1 year old daughter. I currently use quaker and read in few public forums that it is a processed food, so it shouldn’t be given to babies. I personally believe that one can’t get a 100% natural product anywhere unless you use organic products..the veggies these days too are said to be not 100% pure..still confused whether unknowingly or in over confidence, I am giving a wrong product to my baby..pls advice..tia
Hi neha,
I am also using only quaker oats, if you are using the plain ones, then there is no issue, please do not use quick instant flavoured oats as they have preservatives in them
Hello Dr. Hema,
Hope you must having fun with your kids.
My query is , my son is 11 mnths and soon he will be completing his 1 yr on 10th july.
Since, he is born, he doesn’t take milk at all. He only likes breastmilk. Initally, I fed him breast milk as and when he asks or needs.
But, as he completed his 9 mths, I started working. And now he gets it only during night( 3-4 times), morning and when I came back to home ( evening).
I have no issues or problems in feeding him, infact I love to carry him in my laps. By this atleast he stays closer to me for sometimes. Otherwise he is very naughty and busy in playing here and there.
We tried all varieties of milk available in market (either formula, cow’s, buffallo’s or dairy’s milk) and methods ( Bottle or bowl and spoon), he always refused to take it from day 1 of his birth. If we give him with pressure then he vomits the entire milk sometimes.
Though, we are giving him substitute of milk(paneer, dahi, doodh daliya, sometimes rusks with milk) which he likes to have.
My worries are, how to encourage him to take milk. Because, sometimes milk is a very supportive food to keep his tummy full. Because all time we are not able to cook for him (like in mid night).
Sometimes he is hungry while sleep, so if he start taking milk. So that will be very comfortable for him and us.
So please suggest me some method or can I add any flavor to his milk?
Waiting for your reply.
Thanks
Hi Sheetal,
Yeah I can Understand your difficulty, after 1 year you can flavour his milk with this Dry fruits Powder or I even give Sathu Maavu Powder mixed milk for my daughter.
Thanks big help i was looking for options to make my days more organised…
Glad to be of Help 🙂
Thanks for this Hema. However my 16 month boy has only 8 teeth so Will cut in small pieces as you recommend. I have a two questions for you…
How many rotis, theplas etc should I gve him for breakfast and other meals?
Also does he need to have milk in addition to this meal chart or should I skip it? Thanks a lot.
Hi Michelle.
Hope you and the little one are doing good 🙂
There is no any limit to give the toddler, you can feed him till he refuses.
Yes, he can have milk, around 300 to 400 ml per day
cheers
Hema
Thanks for helpful recipes Hema, however my twins- a boy and a girl, haven’t got complete teeth in their mouth as yet,. how would they chew such parathas, theplas etc? and I believe most of the one year old doesn’t have complete teeth till they at least turn 18 months to 2 years. can you help?
Hi mukta,
Just cut the rotis and theplas into small pieces and you can give as finger food, babies have strong gums so they can cut it and eat by soaking in their saliva
Gr8 to c so much options… M alwz confused what to make n worried about my son’s growth… Thanks a lot for this food chart.
🙂
My son is 13months now…his feeding routine is 8.30 AM -NESTRUM RICE
10.30-11AM- nan pro 3,12pm-RICE, DAL, veg khichid, 3pm– steamed vegetable, 5:30pm- raagi, 7:30pm-apple, banana, ots, dalia..kheer, dis types of foods, 8.30-milk…is dis correct feeding process ya I need some changes…my son has no teeth till now..pls suggest
My 1 yr old baby has only front 6 teeth.. i have not given him much variety in food.. i give him ragi porridge, gehu daliya porridge, veg khichdi, roti with milk, cerelac.. he doesn’t like fruits and milk much..
Hi, You can give fruits as smoothies or cut check this post for more fruit finger food ideas http://www.mylittlemoppet.com/25-fruit-finger-food-for-babies/