Babies and children can choke on food at any age but those under 5 are at higher risk, and especially children and babies under 3. Watch a video about ways to reduce the choking risk.
What food for 7-8 months: Video transcript [1]
Keep giving your baby breast milk (or formula) before solids. Give more variety and texture as baby grows older.
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Continue to purée cooked meat, fish and chicken. |
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Introduce mashed well-cooked fruit and vegetables, mashed cooked legumes (such as lentils), mashed cooked egg, soft cheese (such as cottage cheese), custard and plain yoghurt (without added sugar). |
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Remove stalks and ‘stringy bits’ from foods like silverbeet, pūha and bok choy. |
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Offer finger food in pieces that can be easily picked up by baby – very soft fruit and vegetables (such as ripe banana, well-cooked pumpkin), toast fingers and thin slices of cheese. |
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Tip: Try mixing foods that have a range of tastes. Mixing less popular foods in with more popular ones may help encourage your baby to accept a wide variety of foods.
This page last reviewed 02 June 2013.
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[1] https://kidshealth.org.nz/what-food-7-8-months-video-transcript
[2] https://kidshealth.org.nz/choking-checklist
[3] https://kidshealth.org.nz/eating-healthy-babies-and-toddlers
[4] https://www.healthed.govt.nz/resource/eating-healthy-babies-and-toddlersng%C4%81-kai-t%C5%8Dtika-m%C5%8D-te-hunga-k%C5%8Dhungahunga
[5] https://kidshealth.org.nz/introducing-different-food-textures-7-8-months
[6] https://kidshealth.org.nz/food-and-nutrition-guidelines-healthy-infants-and-toddlers-aged-0%E2%80%932
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