The move to solids is the part parents research hardest and enjoy least. Mini Chef Planner turns it into a plan: what to offer, how to prepare it safely, and what comes next.
Purees, baby-led weaning, or a mix of both. All three are workable, and the app supports the one you have chosen rather than arguing for a different one. Textures and preparation notes follow your approach as your baby moves through it.
The iron babies are born with begins to run low around six months, right as solids begin. The American Academy of Pediatrics points to iron-rich first foods for that reason. Plans put iron sources early and keep pairing them with vitamin C, which helps the body absorb the kind of iron plants provide.
Current guidance moved away from delaying common allergens. Plans introduce them deliberately and one at a time, so you can watch for a reaction and know which food caused it. Anything you have been told to avoid stays out of every plan, permanently.
The same profile carries forward. First tastes become finger foods, finger foods become a toddler eating a version of the family dinner. You are not starting over at every stage or downloading a different app when your child turns one.
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