At around 8/9 months, babies should now be eating a few times a day and hopefully have been introduced to plenty of fruits, veggies, and grains. Between 10 and 12 months, it is time to start thinking about throwing in a couple of snack times too; even if you plan to breastfeed past 1 year, your little person should be getting the majority of their nutrients from food at 12 months.

Here are some ideas for tried and true favorites:

• Toast Fingers
• Mini Carrot & Zucchini Muffins, Mini Cranberry Orange Muffins
• Bananas, Kiwi, Apricot or other soft fleshed fruit rolled in baby cereal/crushed cereal/flakes – helps keep the fruit from slithering out of little hands and tastes great!
• Baked Apple Chips
• Home-made Oat Cakes
• Quinoa Patties (think latkes)
• Cheese Quesadillas on Wholegrain Tortillas
• Roasted Cauliflower Bites
• PB & J or Cream Cheese roll ups (sliced into skinny rounds)
• Banana Slice and PB “sandwiches”
• Tiny Turkey Meatballs
• Small Corn Tortillas Baked with non-chunky mild salsa and Cheese
• Home-made Cheese Crackers or Parmesan Straws

I haven’t included recipes here, because there are many variations to be found online or in your culinary repertoire perhaps, but if you would like a recipe for any of the above ideas, please feel free to email me at info(at)eatplaysleep.ca and I would be happy to share!

Live Well!