By 7 months, your baby will be ready for 2 meals a day. You can offer breakfast and lunch.
Breakfast between 9 am and 11 am. Lunch between 2 pm and 4 pm. Be flexible with the timings as it depends up on your baby’s sleep and wake-up cycle.

How much to feed for 7 months baby:
You can feed around 1/4 cup or 3 tbsp

2 BREAKFASTS for 7 months baby

RECIPE #1 – OATS porridge for 7 months baby

Ingredients:
oats – 1 cup ( or 250 gms ) for bulk powder

To make oats porridge:
oats powder – 1 tbsp
water – 1 cup ( or 250 ml )

Method:
Step 1) Heat a big pan and roast the oats for 3 – 5 minutes until very hot to touch. Transfer to a plate and let it cool.

Step 2) Once cool to touch, grind into a fine powder and add into a clean container.
note: If the oats powder container is hot to touch, let it cool completely before closing with a lid. Store this oats powder inside a kitchen cupboard/pantry and use up to 1 month.

To prepare oats porridge:
Step 1) Take a sauce pan, add 1 cup water (250 ml) and 1 tbsp oats powder. Heat on high and bring it to a boil. Once it starts boiling, reduce heat to low and cook for 3 minutes. ( keep stirring to prevent scorching at the bottom of the pan). Once ready, pour into a bowl. Let it cool and then feed.

flavour #1 banana – add half of mashed ripe banana just before feeding for sweetness.
flavour #2 baby formula – add 1 scoop baby formula just before feeding for a creamy taste.

RECIPE #2 – AVOCADO BANANA porridge for 7 months baby

Ingredients:
avocado – half ripe
banana – half ripe

Method:
Step 1) Mash half of ripe avocado until smooth. To this add the ripe banana pieces and mash until smooth. Add into a bowl and feed.

2 LUNCH for 7 months baby

RECIPE #1 – BUTTERNUT SQUASH PUREE for 7 months baby

Ingredients:
Butternut squash – half cup ( or 100 gms )
water – 1 cup ( or 200 ml )

Method:
Step 1) Add the butternut squash pieces and water into a sauce pan. Bring it to a boil. Once it starts boiling, reduce heat to low and cook for 10 minutes. Let it cool before grinding.

Step 2) Add to a blender and grind for 20 seconds or until a smooth puree. Pour into a bowl and feed.

RECIPE #2 – DAL & PUMPKIN PUREE for 7 months baby

Ingredients:
dal ( mung dal / yellow lentil ) – 1 tbsp
pumpkin – 1/2 cup
water – 1 cup ( or 200 ml )

Method:
Step 1) Add the dal (mung dal / yellow lentil ), pumpkin pieces and water into a sauce pan. Bring it to a boil. Once it starts boiling, reduce heat to low and cook for 15 minutes.
Let it cool before grinding.

Step 2) Add to a blender and grind for 20 seconds or until a smooth puree. Pour into a bowl and feed.