Top 10 Nutritious Foods for Growing Babies 6-12 Months: A Healthy Start!

Top 10 Nutritious Foods for Growing Babies 6-12 Months: A Healthy Start!

As your baby moves into the exciting world of solid foods, it is important to choose the right food that supports their growing body and developing skills. These ten foods are not just healthy but also easy to prepare and introduce at this stage. Whether it is helping with their first bite or giving them the energy they need for active play, these choices will make mealtime both nutritious and fun for your little one!

If you are searching for healthy, nutrient-rich packaged food for your little one, then choose Millex to get your healthy baby foods 6 – 12 months. At Millex, we offer you healthy products without any preservatives, artificial food colors, or added flavors. In this post, let's see the top 10 nutrient-packed foods for every 6-12 months babies:

  1. Millex Mother Root

Millex mother root is made with ten traditional ingredients like sprouted finger millet, sprouted green gram, red rice, dry fruits, and spices, making it the most nutritious food for your child between 6 months and 30 months. This Millex mother root product is packed with natural vitamins, minerals, proteins, carbohydrates, and also healthy fats for energy and fiber for a healthy digestive system.

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It helps keep your baby healthy and active throughout the day. Millex mother root helps with good sleep at night and improves the digestive system and immunity. Babies aged between 6 months and 30 months old are advised to eat Millex mother root, and those above 30 months are advised to have Millex Churnam for more health benefits.

  1. Healthy Millet Mix

Millex offers you the Millet Health Mix which is a traditional blend of 30 different natural ingredients including millets, cereals, pulses, dry fruits and so on. Being rich in fiber, minerals, vitamins, proteins and antioxidants, these are the excellent choice of food to feed your 6 – 12 months.

The Millet Health Mix offered by Millex contains an excellent mix of protein, carbohydrates and healthy fats for energy and helps in the production of natural vitamins and minerals for boosting immunity. We offer Millex Millet Healthy Mix both with and without Churnam. You can order your preferred product.  

  1. Ragi Idli

Your baby's breakfast will now get an interesting twist, and they will enjoy eating Ragi idlis with a mix of finger millet. If you are introducing Ragi to babies at 6 months, it can provide essential nutrients like calcium, iron, and dietary fiber, which support the baby's growth and development.

Healthy ragi idli served with coconut chutney on a brown plate

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As Ragi is rich in calcium content, it is beneficial for your baby's developing bones. This helps in reducing the risk of bone fractures and eliminates the need for calcium supplements. Moreover, Ragi helps in improving the production of blood in the human body. The amount of dietary fiber in Ragi idli helps promote digestion and keeps your baby feeling fuller for a longer period. Millex offers you the Ragi Idli Instant Mix which helps you to prepare a healthy breakfast for your baby easily.

  1. Multi Millet Dosa

Keep in mind that millet is the powerhouse of nutrition as it offers a healthier alternative to traditional dosa recipes. Millet has a mild flavor with high protein content, the same as rice and wheat. Millets are free from gluten and soothing cereals, which possess smooth digestive properties.

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The essential mineral phosphorous helps in forming bones and utilizes fats, carbohydrates, and protein for a variety of functions to keep the baby's body working properly. As millet is an excellent source of iron, it helps in treating iron deficiency anemia in babies. You can buy Millex Multi Millet Dosa Instant Mix from our website and we will deliver your products at your doorstep.

  1. Millet Rava Idli

Give your babies a nutritious mix of millets, and the millet rava idli is packed with essential minerals like Vitamin B, calcium, dietary fiber, phosphorous, zinc, and magnesium. What else do you need? The millet rava idli is a powerful combination that improves bone health and promotes digestion for your little ones.

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Some research conducted by WHO shows that an estimated 39.8% of children between the ages of 6 and 59 months suffered from anemia in 2019. So, feed your baby Millet Rava Idli to help treat and prevent them from getting iron deficiency. At Millex we offer Millet Rava Idli Instant Mix to ease your process and to feed your baby with the high nutritious and healthy food.

  1. Multi Millet Upma

Feeding your baby with multi-millet upma offers them a great amount of protein, which helps to preserve muscle mass and enhance body metabolism. As millet contains soluble and insoluble fiber, it helps to prevent your baby's constipation.

Millets are healthy foods for babies that help boost their immunity, and if the immunity of babies and infants is not strong, they will be likely to get sick with the changes in season. The high antioxidant content, when combined with vitamins and minerals like iron and magnesium, work together to strengthen their natural defenses. Introduce millet in their meals to boost their immunity and prevent them from getting sick. You can get Multi Millet Upma Mix from Millex online from the comfort of staying at home.

  1. Lentils

Feed your baby beans or other legumes packed with lots of lean protein and fiber. Different from larger beans, little lentils cook into a soft, mush consistency, which is perfect for baby bites, making them an excellent option for introducing protein-rich foods. Lentils are not only nutritious but also affordable, which makes them one of the budget-friendly items that you can buy at the store.

You can serve it by cooking finely diced carrots along with the lentils. As your baby gets older day by day, you should double up on nutrient-rich foods by making lentil and spinach stew. You can also serve it with moong dal, arhar daal, and masoor daal to your baby.

  1. Yogurt

Creamy yogurt is rich in calcium and vitamin D, which are essential for healthy bones and teeth. These nutrients play an important role in their skeletal structure, especially as they begin to explore solid foods. You can feed your baby at 4 to 6 months long before they will be ready for cow's milk, which makes it an excellent source of protein at this stage.  

While choosing yogurt, go for plain yogurt with no added sugar or artificial flavors. This ensures that you are giving your baby the purest form of yogurt, which is healthier and more natural. Also, look for brands with the most live cultures to help regulate the good bacteria in your baby's digestive tract. Ensure you are picking up the whole milk yogurt, as babies need calories from fat.

  1. Cooked or Mashed Fruits

You can feed your baby applesauce just by cooking and pureeing apples, which is a great way to introduce sweet and natural fruit. Also, you can combine fiber-rich cooked apples with pumpkin. Make sure to mash them properly to avoid any lumps which could be difficult for your baby to swallow.

On the other hand, bananas can be served without cooking. Mash the banana properly and mix it with milk to enhance the taste. Pureed mangoes, plums, kiwi, orange pulp, papaya, etc., will be the best food options for your 6 – 12 month old babies to start with. As your baby becomes more familiar with solids, you can experiment with different combinations of fruits to keep their mealtime more exciting and nutritious.

  1. Broccoli

This cruciferous vegetable is a rich source of essential nutrients, which include fiber, folate, and calcium. You can introduce your baby to broccoli to bold flavor early, and you will be expanding their tastes and encouraging a lifelong love of green vegetables.

You can steam broccoli until soft and cut into pieces small enough for your child to eat safely and chill. Steaming takes the bite out of broccoli, and some babies will prefer the texture and taste when it is cold as the mild flavor becomes more prominent. Also, feeding broccoli in various forms, like mashed or pureed, can help your baby gradually adjust to new textures and flavors.

Get your Nutrient Packed for your 6 – 12 months Babies from Millex!

Exploring new flavors, textures, and nutrients that support their growth and development will be an exciting period. The foods listed above are not only packed with essential vitamins and minerals but also provide the variety that your baby needs for healthy digestion, strong bones, and a strong immune system.  

At Millex, we offer you highly nutritious baby foods that are healthy without compromising the taste. Along with this, we offer you Millex Mother Root, Millex Millet Health Mix with and without Churnam which helps your little one to develop immunity and to give your baby a healthy future. This makes Millex a powerful health mix that is dignified to take on the responsibility of feeding the world what it has to eat! Order your healthy millet products at Millex online and get your products delivered to your doorstep.

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