Baby-Led Weaning Meal Planner + Grocery Tracker

First, what this is and is not, in plain words: this is a planning and logging tool for parents. It plans the week’s meals and keeps your own record of what was offered. It does not advise — there are no health claims in this file, no recommended ages for any food, and no schedule for introducing anything. For everything about feeding your baby, follow your pediatrician and your local health authority guidance. The sheet plans and logs; it does not advise.

What it does: a weekly meal grid — breakfast, lunch and dinner for seven days, foods offered written in your own words — with a grocery tracker underneath it tied to the same week’s plan. The sample week’s list totals $28.22 estimated, $24.73 of it marked bought (the blueberries are still on the list, honestly unticked). Quantities and prices are your own entries; the totals add themselves, and the list lives on the same page as the plan it serves.

The foods-tried log is your household’s own record: date, food in your words, and your own notes about what happened (‘Grabbed it herself, big grin’; ‘Ate half, fed half to the floor’). Two sample weeks are pre-filled — 14 log rows — and the variety counter tallies the distinct foods in YOUR log: 7 distinct foods in week 1, 6 in week 2, 10 overall. Repeats are handled the way a parent means them: banana in week 2 counts toward week 2’s variety but is not double-counted in the overall total. The counter is a tally of your own record — nothing more.

The food lists in the sample are generic examples typed in by the sample parent. Replace every one with the foods you choose; nothing in this file recommends a food or an order to offer anything in.

What it does for you:
– Plans the week’s meals in your own words — breakfast, lunch and dinner, seven days
– Keeps the grocery tracker on the same page as the plan, with estimated and bought totals
– Logs foods tried with dates and your own notes — your personal record, kept your way
– Counts variety for you: distinct foods this week and overall, repeats counted honestly
– Carries the planning-only note on Start Here and on the tabs themselves
– Plus expense log, zero-based monthly budget, dashboard and monthly summary

What’s inside (.xlsx, works in Excel AND Google Sheets):
– Start Here — the planning-only note first, then setup steps and your weekly baby-food budget
– Week Plan & Grocery — a sample week grid plus its grocery tracker ($28.22 estimated, $24.73 bought)
– Foods Tried Log — 2 sample weeks, 14 rows, with the variety counter (7 / 6 / 10 distinct)
– Expense Log, Monthly Budget, Dashboard, Monthly Summary

Instant download. Type only in the yellow cells — formula cells are locked (password: sheetdaily, disclosed on the Start Here tab so you can unlock if you ever need to). Sample weeks are pre-filled so you can see exactly how it works; clear the yellow cells and type your own. PLANNING TOOL ONLY — not feeding or medical advice: follow your pediatrician and your local health authority guidance for everything about feeding your baby.