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From 4–6 months

Getting started with solids

A very smooth, steamed purée, with no salt or sugar. One new vegetable every 3 days, and watch closely.

Mealtime basics

A very smooth, steamed purée, with no salt or sugar. Introduce one new vegetable every 3 days to spot any reactions. Milk remains the basis of nutrition.

  • Bottle: about 180 ml
  • Purée jar: about 50 g
  • Handy rule: bottle = 230 − jar (in ml)

Week by week

Week 1

One vegetable at a time, a new vegetable every 3 days.

Lunch (12 pm): 1 bottle + 1 jar of vegetable purée.

Week 2

Snack time begins. Potato thickens the lunch purée.

Lunch: 1 bottle + 1 jar (vegetables + ¼ potato).
Snack (4 pm): 1 bottle + 1 jar of cooked fruit.

Week 3

Lunch: 1 bottle + 1 jar (vegetables + potato + 1 tsp blended meat, poultry or fish).
Snack: 1 bottle + 1 jar of cooked fruit.

Week 4

Infant cereal OR potato — not both in the same meal.

Lunch: 1 bottle + 1 jar (vegetables + ⅓ tsp infant cereal + protein).
Snack: 1 bottle + 1 jar of cooked fruit.

Week 5

The jar is complete: vegetable, starch, protein, fat.

Lunch: 1 bottle + 1 jar (vegetables + cereal + protein + ¼ tsp raw rapeseed oil or butter).
Snack: 1 bottle + 1 jar of cooked fruit.

Keep in mind

  • Pace: 1 new food per day, never two on the same day. Watch the skin and stools.
  • Allergens: introduced early and regularly, in the morning, one at a time. Do not delay out of caution.
  • Hydration: from 4 months, 20–30 ml of still water per meal. Freely from 6 months.
  • Equipment: steamer, blender, fine sieve, ice-cube trays to freeze 30 g portions.

No salt · No sugar · No honey before 1 year · Fully cooked