Guide to giving your baby solid foods at 12-15 months

Try sitting down as a family and eating the same meals together. We have some great ideas to help you eat as a family. You can chop up your meals into small pieces for them and using a spoon they can get used to feeding themselves. Just make sure it has cooled down.

They are still very little with small tummies but are growing quickly so most will need 3 small meals at this stage. It’s also time to start adding in 2 fruit or veg snacks, one at a time. Try offering between 6-8 teaspoons of cut up food, or a couple of pieces of soft finger foods. It’s all about getting used to foods – so try not to worry if they don’t eat or spit food out.

The guide below is just to give you an idea of when and how much but you might find that they need even more. Always trust your instincts and go at your baby’s pace. 

• Along with their usual milk feeds, your baby can now have three meals a day (breakfast, lunch, and tea).
• Around this age, your baby might have about 3 milk feeds a day (for instance, after breakfast, after lunch, and before bed) but every baby is different so just keep responding to your own baby’s needs and pace.
• If you're breastfeeding, your baby will change the amount of your milk they are drinking as they are getting more solid foods but every baby is different so just keep responding to your own baby’s needs and pace.
• As a guide, babies fed infant formula will drink about 400ml daily.
• Remember that all breastfed babies should be offered vitamin D supplements and formula-fed babies should take extra vitamin D if they're having less than 500ml of formula a day.