Food guide
Breast Milk
Breast milk stays your baby's most important source of nutrition through the first year — starting solids doesn't change that. Logging milk feeds here helps you see how nursing fits alongside your baby's first foods during the transition.
How to serve at this age
0-6 months: Breast milk (or formula) is all your baby needs, fed on demand. 6-9 months: Keep nursing on demand — milk is still the main source of nutrition while solids are for learning and practice. Nurse before or after solid meals, whichever works for your baby. 9-12 months: Milk feeds continue alongside growing solid meals; many babies naturally take a little less milk as they eat more. 12+ months: Keep breastfeeding as long as you and your baby wish — the WHO recommends up to 2 years or beyond alongside family foods.
Nutrition
Complete nutrition for young babies: easily absorbed protein, healthy fats for brain development, calcium, vitamins, and protective antibodies that formula cannot provide. One important gap from around 6 months: breast milk alone no longer covers your baby's iron needs — this is exactly why iron-rich first foods matter.
A note from the editors
Expressed breast milk is a wonderful bridge to solids: use it to thin purees, mix into porridge or mash, and make new flavors taste familiar. Refrigerate expressed milk promptly and use it within a few days; follow trusted storage guidance for room, fridge, and freezer times.
Good to know
Pair breast milk with iron-rich solids (meat, beans, lentils, fortified oats, eggs) from 6 months to cover the iron gap. True reactions to breast milk itself are extremely rare; if your baby seems to react after feeds, talk to your pediatrician — occasionally a food in the mother's diet (most often cow's milk) is involved.