Babies can eat oats from 6 months, when they start solids. At 6 months: cooked into a thick, soft porridge and offered on a preloaded spoon for the baby to grab.
- Other names and forms
- oatmeal, porridge oats, rolled oats and porridge
- Start
- 6 months, when solids begin
- Common allergen
- Not one of the nine major allergens
- Iron
- 0.9 mg per 100 g
- Textures
- Mashed and finger food
How to serve oats by age
6 to 8 months
Cooked into a thick, soft porridge and offered on a preloaded spoon for the baby to grab.
9 to 11 months
Thick porridge, or oats baked into soft fingers or pancake strips made without added sugar, to pick up.
12 months and up
Porridge at family breakfast, sweetened with fruit instead of sugar, or slices of soft oat bread or muffin made without added sugar before age 2.
Sito shows this card at your baby's exact age, for 583 foods.
Nutrients
USDA figures per 100 g (Cereals, oats, regular and quick, unenriched, cooked with water (includes boiling and microwaving), without salt): iron 0.9 mg, zinc 1.0 mg and calcium 9.0 mg. Household measures from USDA: 1 tablespoon is about 15 g and 1 teaspoon is about 4.9 g.
Starting Solids in the Sito app
Sito is our app. From 4 months, the home screen is Starting Solids: the signs of readiness, how to serve each of 583 foods at your baby's age, and a quick log for every taste. Spears to grip or mashed on a spoon, each food's card shows the shapes that fit your baby's age, and swipes ahead to how it changes as they grow.
The Allergen Ladder takes 9 common allergens, one at a time, with a check-in after each. At 12 months the full app opens on its own: meals from a photo, 18 nutrients, and how to cut every food until age 4.
Every first food, served right
Add your baby and Starting Solids opens at 4 months.
FAQ
When can babies eat oats?
From 6 months, when your baby starts solids.
How do you serve oats to a 6-month-old?
Cooked into a thick, soft porridge and offered on a preloaded spoon for the baby to grab.
How do you serve oats to a 9-month-old?
Thick porridge, or oats baked into soft fingers or pancake strips made without added sugar, to pick up.
How do you serve oats to a 12-month-old?
Porridge at family breakfast, sweetened with fruit instead of sugar, or slices of soft oat bread or muffin made without added sugar before age 2.
Sources
- CDC: When, What, and How to Introduce Solid Foods
- CDC: Foods and Drinks to Avoid or Limit
- NHS: Your baby's first solid foods
- NHS: Foods to avoid giving babies and young children
- USDA FoodData Central: Cereals, oats, regular and quick, unenriched, cooked with water (includes boiling and microwaving), without salt