When Your Baby Is 10 To 12 Months Old
Let your baby eat with a spoon or his or her hands.

• Let your baby sit at the table with the family.
• Start to use the cup more. Give your baby a small cup of breast milk, formula or water to drink with his or her food.
• Stop giving your baby a bottle little by little around 12 months and start to use a cup. If you wait longer, your baby may not want to give up the bottle. Bottlefeeding can cause tooth decay.
  
  When Your Baby Is 10 To 12 Months Old. When your baby can:
  
• Chew and swallow soft, mashed and chopped foods.
• Use a cup. Start to use a spoon.
• You can start feeding your baby:
  Small pieces of cooked, soft foods the family eats, such as:
  • Cereals, bread and crackers.
  • Fruit and cooked vegetables.
  • Cooked soft meats, cooked beans or lentils, cooked egg yolks.
  • Casseroles.