Your baby from 6 to 9 months

What tends to change

• Solid foods usually begin around 6 months, alongside breast milk or formula.[1][2]
• Breast milk or formula is still the most important source of nutrition for now.[3]
• A baby may need to try a new food again and again before liking it.[4]
• First teeth often appear somewhere between 6 and 10 months, and some babies feel teething discomfort earlier.[5]
• Around 9 months, many babies sit without support, react when you leave and may be shy with strangers.[4]

What is useful to track

• Feeds. Bottles and nursing still count. Log them the same way. More: Feeding tracker.
• Handoffs. When someone takes over, they open the same log: last feed, last nap, last diaper. More: Caregiver handoffs.
• Meds and temperature. Log a dose or a reading when your pediatrician asks you to keep an eye on it.

Sharing the care

Many babies react when a parent leaves at this age, so a familiar routine from every caregiver helps.[4]

A Caregiver on the Care Team logs into the same record as you, so nothing is lost at drop-off.

Questions for the next checkup

Well-child visits are a good time to talk about growth, development, sleep and eating. It helps to bring your top questions, and anything your baby does or does not do that concerns you.[6][7]

• Which foods are choking risks at this age?
• How do we know she is getting enough as foods are added?
• What can help with teething discomfort?