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60-day starting-solids plan: printable version
This plan is part of the starting-solids guide on mybabystages.com. Print it for the fridge — or create your own free dashboard: it ticks the days off automatically from your start day, at your baby's own pace.
| Day | Morning (fruit) | Afternoon | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | |||
| 1 | — | Carrot | smooth purée, a few teaspoons |
| 2 | — | Carrot | |
| 3 | — | Carrot | |
| 4 | — | Cauliflower | |
| 5 | — | Cauliflower | |
| 6 | — | Broccoli | |
| 7 | — | Broccoli | |
| Week 2 | |||
| 8 | — | Butternut squash | peanut build-up day 1: ½ teaspoon stirred in |
| 9 | — | Butternut squash | peanut day 2: ±1 teaspoon |
| 10 | — | Butternut squash | peanut day 3: 1 heaping teaspoon |
| 11 | — | Zucchini | |
| 12 | — | Zucchini | |
| 13 | — | Zucchini | |
| 14 | — | Zucchini | peanut went well? Keep offering it weekly from now on |
| Week 3 | |||
| 15 | — | Sweet potato | egg build-up day 1: 1 teaspoon, finely mashed |
| 16 | — | Sweet potato | egg day 2: 2 teaspoons |
| 17 | — | Sweet potato | egg day 3: ¼ to ½ an egg |
| 18 | — | Green beans | weekly peanut stirred in |
| 19 | — | Green beans | |
| 20 | — | Peas | |
| 21 | — | Peas | egg went well? Keep offering it regularly from now on |
| Week 4 | |||
| 22 | Pear | Repeat a favorite veggie | from now on: 2 moments a day |
| 23 | Pear | Repeat a favorite veggie | |
| 24 | Pear | Parsnip | |
| 25 | Banana | Parsnip | weekly peanut |
| 26 | Banana | Parsnip | |
| 27 | Steamed apple | Carrot | |
| 28 | Steamed apple | Broccoli | weekly egg stirred in |
| Week 5 | |||
| 29 | Mango | Carrot + parsnip | first combination |
| 30 | Mango | Carrot + parsnip | |
| 31 | Melon | Broccoli + cauliflower | |
| 32 | Melon | Broccoli + cauliflower | weekly peanut |
| 33 | Avocado | Zucchini + sweet potato | |
| 34 | Avocado | Zucchini + sweet potato | |
| 35 | Banana | Veggies of your choice | weekly egg |
| Week 6 | |||
| 36 | Pear | Potato + broccoli | first mini mashed meal |
| 37 | Pear | Potato + broccoli | |
| 38 | Banana | Potato + cauliflower | |
| 39 | Mango | Sweet potato + carrot | weekly peanut |
| 40 | Melon | Sweet potato + carrot | |
| 41 | Avocado | Squash + potato | |
| 42 | Steamed apple | Squash + potato | weekly egg · moving on towards stage 2 |
| Week 7 | |||
| 43 | Pear | Potato + broccoli + chicken | stage 2: mashing with a fork is fine |
| 44 | Banana | Potato + broccoli + chicken | |
| 45 | Fruit of your choice | Sweet potato + carrot + cod | fish day |
| 46 | Peach or nectarine | Sweet potato + carrot + cod | weekly peanut (on toast works too) |
| 47 | Plum | Rice + zucchini + chicken | |
| 48 | Banana | Rice + zucchini + chicken | practise with a strip of toast |
| 49 | Pear | Peas + potato + finely mashed egg | the weekly egg simply counts in the meal |
| Week 8 | |||
| 50 | Fruit of your choice | Pasta + squash + minced beef | |
| 51 | Banana | Pasta + squash + minced beef | |
| 52 | Mango | Lentils + carrot + rice | |
| 53 | Pear | Lentils + carrot + rice | weekly peanut |
| 54 | Melon | Broccoli + potato + salmon | oily fish |
| 55 | Banana | Broccoli + potato + salmon | |
| 56 | Avocado | Zucchini + couscous + chicken | weekly egg |
| Week 9 | |||
| 57 | Fruit of your choice | Your own combination: veggies + carb + protein | |
| 58 | Fruit of your choice | Your own combination | use the stage-2 meal formula |
| 59 | Fruit of your choice | Your own combination | keep offering peanut + egg weekly |
| 60 | Fruit of your choice | Your own combination | done! Carry on with stages 2 and 3 of the plan |
Free, no account needed: mybabystages.com — starting-solids plan, diaper sizes, sleep and feeding by age, based on CDC/AAP guidance. What to make or give is just an example — a handhold, not a law: swapping a day, skipping one or using a jar is always fine.