We've covered age 7-8 months. This post is for 8 to 9 months. The next step is to begin meats, and dinners, and pureed legumes. These should be high potassium foods without salt added as a preservative. The potassium content should be 3 or more times the amount of sodium to allow baby to develop a preference for unsalted food. From 6 months to 1 year, baby should be getting 700 mg or more potassium a day.
Food For This Age
The table contains the baby foods that satisfy the 3 to 1 ratio. However, baby foods vary so check the label about the amount of sodium. The meats should be strained, as should the dinners. At this age baby can begin eating legumes that have been pureed. Beans, whether black, navy, kidney, or lima, it doesn't matter. They are all great, as are peas and lentils. And they are all high in potassium. The potassium values for legumes can be found here. They are not in the table below. Pureeing them should make no difference in the potassium and sodium content.
Precautions
The same precautions previously mentioned should be followed. Strain the food. Avoid any foods that are tough in consistency. Avoid foods with kernels, and avoid berries. And avoid any food about the size of the end of your finger. These can lead to choking. Continue to introduce foods one at a time. Dinners should only have one food, or no foods, that are new to the baby. If there are two new foods and there is a reaction to the food, you will not know which caused the problem. Baby should still be getting some breast milk.
Some junior high potassium foods are in the tables, but should not be introduced till baby is older. The weights all are grams except for the potassium and sodium, which are milligrams. Calories, protein, total fat, carbohydrate, sugar, fiber, potassium and sodium values given are for 100 grams of food.
The Table
Serving size and weight for a baby differs from 100 grams, so we have listed the serving weight and the common measurement that corresponds to that weight.
K is potassium. Na is sodium.
Except for the potassium to sodium ratio and the amount of potassium per serving (which we calculated), the source of data is:
USDA National Nutrient Database Standard Reference – Release 22
|
Food |
Serving Wt |
Serving Size |
Calories |
Protein |
Total Fat |
Carb'drt |
Fiber |
Sugar |
Potassium |
Sodium |
Ratio K:Na |
K per Serving |
|
Meat, beef, strained |
14.66 |
1 tbsp |
81 |
12.03 |
2.52 |
2.43 |
0 |
0 |
187 |
46 |
4.1 |
27 |
|
Meat, beef, junior |
28.35 |
1 oz |
81 |
12.03 |
2.52 |
2.43 |
0 |
0 |
187 |
46 |
4.1 |
53 |
|
Meat, veal, strained |
16.16 |
1 tbsp |
81 |
13.12 |
2.45 |
1.51 |
0 |
0 |
170 |
39 |
4.4 |
27 |
|
Meat, pork, strained |
28.35 |
1 oz |
124 |
14 |
7.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
223 |
42 |
5.3 |
63 |
|
Meat, ham, strained |
15 |
1 tbsp |
97 |
11.3 |
3.8 |
3.7 |
0 |
0 |
204 |
41 |
5 |
31 |
|
Meat, ham, junior |
28.35 |
1 oz |
97 |
11.3 |
3.8 |
3.7 |
0 |
0 |
210 |
67 |
3.1 |
60 |
|
Meat, lamb, strained |
21.51 |
1 tbsp |
87 |
14.07 |
3.41 |
0.85 |
0 |
0 |
193 |
43 |
4.5 |
42 |
|
Dinner, macaroni and tomato and beef, junior |
16 |
1 tbsp |
59 |
2.5 |
1.1 |
9.4 |
1.1 |
2.43 |
72 |
17 |
4.2 |
12 |
|
Dinner, beef noodle, strained |
16 |
1 tbsp |
63 |
2.44 |
2.26 |
8.18 |
1.3 |
1.42 |
87 |
15 |
5.8 |
14 |
|
Dinner, vegetables and beef, strained |
256 |
1 cup |
77 |
2.21 |
3.6 |
8.84 |
1.3 |
2.34 |
145 |
21 |
6.9 |
371 |
|
Dinner, vegetables and beef, junior |
256 |
1 cup |
77 |
2.21 |
3.6 |
8.84 |
1.3 |
2.34 |
145 |
21 |
6.9 |
371 |
|
Dinner, beef with vegetables |
113 |
1 jar, Beech-Nut Stage 2 (4 oz) |
96 |
2.03 |
6.93 |
6.36 |
1.8 |
2.16 |
127 |
23 |
5.5 |
144 |
|
Dinner, vegetables and ham, strained |
256 |
1 cup |
59 |
2.19 |
2.14 |
7.8 |
1.6 |
1.37 |
141 |
16 |
8.8 |
361 |
|
Dinner, vegetables and lamb, strained |
256 |
1 cup |
52 |
2 |
2 |
6.9 |
1.1 |
0.94 |
94 |
20 |
4.7 |
241 |
|
Dinner, vegetables and lamb, junior |
28.35 |
1 oz |
51 |
2.1 |
1.7 |
7.1 |
1.1 |
0.94 |
95 |
13 |
7.3 |
27 |
|
Dinner, chicken noodle, strained |
16 |
1 tbsp |
66 |
2.69 |
2.06 |
9.08 |
2.1 |
2.5 |
139 |
23 |
6 |
22 |
|
Dinner, vegetables chicken, strained |
256 |
1 cup |
59 |
2.47 |
1.73 |
8.42 |
2.1 |
1.58 |
158 |
24 |
6.6 |
404 |
|
Dinner, pasta with vegetables |
113 |
1 jar, Gerber (4 oz) |
60 |
1.7 |
2.1 |
8.4 |
1.5 |
1.2 |
133 |
11 |
12.1 |
150 |
|
Dinner, vegetables and noodles and turkey, junior |
28.35 |
1 oz |
52 |
1.8 |
1.5 |
7.6 |
1.1 |
73 |
17 |
4.3 |
21 |
|
|
Dinner, turkey and rice, strained |
16 |
1 tbsp |
52 |
2.27 |
1.24 |
7.94 |
0.9 |
1.66 |
91 |
20 |
4.6 |
15 |
|
Dinner, vegetables and turkey, strained |
256 |
1 cup |
48 |
2.32 |
0.9 |
7.62 |
1.5 |
1.54 |
102 |
20 |
5.1 |
261 |
|
Dinner, mixed vegetable, strained |
28.35 |
1 oz |
41 |
1.2 |
0.1 |
9.5 |
121 |
8 |
15.1 |
34 |
||
|
Dinner, mixed vegetable, junior |
28.35 |
1 oz |
33 |
1 |
0 |
7.9 |
112 |
9 |
12.4 |
32 |
||
|
Dinner, apples and chicken, strained |
28.35 |
1 oz |
65 |
2.16 |
1.38 |
10.87 |
1.8 |
7.9 |
95 |
12 |
7.9 |
27 |
|
Dinner, broccoli and chicken, junior |
28.88 |
1 tbsp |
62 |
3.59 |
2.48 |
6.34 |
1.4 |
1.43 |
170 |
17 |
10 |
49 |
|
Dinner, sweet potatoes and chicken, strained |
16 |
1 tbsp |
74 |
2.51 |
2.17 |
11.04 |
1.3 |
5.37 |
200 |
22 |
9.1 |
32 |
|
Dinner, chicken and rice |
16 |
1 tbsp |
51 |
1.6 |
0.9 |
9.2 |
1.1 |
0.55 |
60 |
15 |
4 |
10 |
