Table 1.

Appropriate textures for complementary feeding according to current recommendations in New Zealand [8], United States of America [9], and Australia [10]

Approximate age	Appropriate texture
0 – 6 months	Liquid
6 – 7 months	Puréed
7 – 8 months	Mashed and “Finger”a foods
8 – 12 months	Chopped
12 – 24 months	“Family”b foods

^a Finger foods are foods that can be picked up by the child and eaten “with the fingers”

^b Family foods are foods that are eaten by the rest of the family, in the form that they are eaten by the rest of the family