Baby care from 7 to 9 months
Meals, changing caregivers and new observations can add detail to the day. Use these guides to find the topic you need, then keep only the records that make care easier. A longer diary is not automatically a more useful one.
Make food and handover notes specific
If you keep a food diary, write what was offered, how it was prepared and what you observed. Keep advice from your care team separate from your own notes. A food entry records an experience; it does not establish tolerance, diagnose a reaction or replace help when needed.
Choose the question you have today
Baby food textures by age: purées, lumps and finger foods
How to move your baby from smooth or mashed food to lumps, finger foods and family meals, how to prepare each texture safely, and what to do about gagging and choking.
Introducing allergens to babies: peanut, egg and reaction signs
When and how to introduce peanut, egg and other common allergy foods, how to spot a reaction, and what to do if one happens.
Baby milestones 6–12 months: sitting, crawling, waving and first words
The CDC's 6-, 9- and 12-month checklists explained, when babies sit, crawl and stand, play ideas, home safety and the signs worth raising early.
Separation anxiety in babies and toddlers: ages, drop-off and sleep
When separation anxiety starts and peaks, what it looks like, how to handle goodbyes, bedtime and childcare, and when it's more than a normal stage.
8-month sleep regression: why it happens and what helps
Why sleep often gets harder around 8 to 10 months, how separation anxiety, new skills and nap changes play in, what helps, and when waking needs a doctor.
Breastfeeding and returning to work: pumping, childcare and rights
Plan feeding around work or study, with an expressing schedule, carer handover, storing and transporting milk, and your workplace rights in Australia, the UK and the US.
Put it into practice
Try a worked recording example or use the free printable feeding and sleep log. Neither needs an account. The guide library links to its health sources and states the guidance region.
See shared records and caregiver access
Age is a way to organise reading, not a timetable for feeding, sleep or development. These collections have not been independently clinically reviewed. Use your child’s individual care plan and read our editorial standards.