Weeks 8–9 of Baby GAPS add one small nut-butter pancake per day and the first raw vegetables. Fresh juice increases, with tolerated homemade yogurt and a little fresh apple added. Everything established in the earlier weeks continues.[1]
We began Baby GAPS with our youngest on September 20, 2026, and this is our first time following the baby sequence. The pancake and first raw vegetables make this a useful point to look back at the foods already tolerated.
Continue the Earlier Foods
Continue the foods already established through Weeks 6–7. Weeks 8–9 layer the pancake, increased juice and raw vegetables onto that base.[1]
The complete Baby GAPS first-food guide shows how these additions fit into the full sequence.
Weeks 8–9 at a Glance
| Addition | Starting Point | How It Progresses |
|---|---|---|
| Nut-butter pancake | 1 small pancake per day | Increase gradually |
| Freshly pressed juice | Increase the established amount | Add some tolerated homemade yogurt and try a little fresh apple |
| Raw lettuce and peeled cucumber | Begin with a small amount, finely pureed and added to soup or vegetable puree | Increase gradually when both are tolerated |
| Other raw vegetables | Add carrot, celery and soft cabbage one at a time after lettuce and cucumber | Keep each one finely pureed |
Make the Nut-Butter Pancake
The pancake uses almond butter or hazelnut butter, peeled pureed zucchini or squash, and egg. Use nut butter here, rather than substituting nut flour. The 2020 book says the nuts for homemade butter need soaking, then sprouting or fermentation before grinding. Check how a purchased butter was prepared; its name alone does not establish this.[3][1]
Cook the pancake slowly in ghee, coconut oil or an animal fat rendered at home from fresh meat. Begin with one small pancake per day and increase the amount gradually.[1]
Test the Pancake in the Form Served
Before introducing a new food, the New Baby chapter calls for the overnight wrist test in the form that will be served. For a solid food, the book says it may be mixed with a little water for the skin test. The pancake introduces a cooked combination, so keep its ingredients and served form clear rather than treating nut butter alone as the entire test.[1]
The Baby GAPS wrist-test guide keeps the complete method and wait-before-retry route together. A clear wrist spot does not rule out food allergy. Follow the baby’s allergy plan.[2]
Increase Fresh Juice
Increase the amount of freshly pressed juice. Add some tolerated homemade yogurt, and try adding a small amount of fresh apple to the juice.[1]
The direct Baby GAPS book’s freshness rule still applies: the juice cannot be stored and must be consumed within 30 minutes of pressing. Mix the yogurt and apple into the portion being served rather than preparing a stored batch.[1]
Introduce Lettuce and Peeled Cucumber First
Begin the raw-vegetable route with a small amount of lettuce and peeled cucumber. Puree them in a blender and add the puree to an established soup or vegetable puree. Increase the amount gradually when both vegetables are tolerated.[1]
The source places lettuce and peeled cucumber before the other raw vegetables. It does not begin this step with a mixed raw salad or pieces of raw vegetables.
Add Other Raw Vegetables One at a Time
After lettuce and peeled cucumber are tolerated, add other raw vegetables one at a time. The source names carrots, celery and soft cabbage. Finely puree each one.[1]
Test each new raw vegetable in its served form and keep the additions separate enough to identify what changed.
Pancake Egg Is Not the Week 10 Egg Meal
The Weeks 8–9 pancake includes egg as an ingredient. Week 10 and beyond separately introduces a little scrambled egg or omelet cooked gently in plenty of fat. The presence of egg in the pancake does not move that separate egg meal into Weeks 8–9.[1]
Track Each New Food
Record the pancake as a cooked combination, the fresh apple as part of the juice, and each raw vegetable separately. These forms are different from the cooked vegetables, cooked apple and raw yolk already established in earlier weeks.
Keep the Whole First-Foods Kitchen Together
My Baby’s First Foods Cookbook brings together the preparations and textures used through the Baby GAPS sequence. It is listed in the WFLI shop.
What Waits for Week 10
Scrambled egg or omelet, peeled raw apple or ripe banana between meals, homemade cream cheese, a small piece of GAPS bread and the move toward Full GAPS family meals come in Week 10 and beyond. Those foods remain outside Weeks 8–9.[1]
Continue with Week 10 and Beyond for that transition.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which Nuts Does the Source Name?
The pancake passage names almond butter or hazelnut butter. It does not name cashew, walnut or another nut as an interchangeable substitute.[1]
Which Raw Vegetables Come First?
Begin with lettuce and peeled cucumber, pureed and added to soup or vegetable puree. After both are tolerated, add raw carrot, celery, soft cabbage and other raw vegetables one at a time, finely pureed.[1]
Is Scrambled Egg Part of Weeks 8–9?
No. Egg is present in the nut-butter pancake, but scrambled egg or omelet is introduced separately in Week 10 and beyond.[1]
Can the Fresh Juice Be Made Ahead?
No. The direct book says it cannot be stored and must be consumed within 30 minutes of pressing.[1]
References
- Campbell-McBride, Natasha. GAPS: Gut and Psychology Syndrome, expanded second German edition (2015), Part 4, “New Baby,” “Introducing Solid Foods,” Weeks 8 and 9.
- American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. Allergy Testing.
- Campbell-McBride, Natasha. Gut and Physiology Syndrome (2020), nut and seed preparation, including nut butter.
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