My twins are 20 months old and I wondering when they will be ready to eat whole fruits and veggies, not cut up. Right now of course I still cut up all fruits and veggies for the most part, but wondering at what age can you give them things whole? Also, when do you stop removing the skin from fruits?
A whole, skin or skinless pear or apple cooked to soften (do seeds that small pose a problem?)
A whole peach, with the pit removed
A banana, peeled but whole and not diced up
whole watermelon slice but not diced
etc...those are just some that came to mind immediately! Thanks!
jlb2012-04-26T10:39:18Z
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You can start feeding them whole fruits with the skins now. Although, I still slice grapes in half for my 2 1/2 year old. Other then that, she was been eating whole fruit (mostly the softer ones like peaches )since before her 1st birthday. Same with my son.
I have found that when it comes to apples, it's easiest to just core the apple so I don't have to worry about them eating the seeds.
My daughter is almost 18 months. She will eat a slice of apple with skin on, an uncut (well, a half of one) banana, baby carrots, a watermelon slice, or an orange half or orange sections.
@ 20 months their almost two years...yes...seeds that smal are still dangerous...this is something that you are going to have to figure out on your own...all kids are differnet...some may need things longer than other...some dont...when your kids are ready trust me you will know...until than...just keep doing what you been doing
If you are worried about giving them say a whole apple, try starting with half or quarter with the core removed and see how they go, so slowly introduce them to the whole fruit if you are worried and not to sure when its the right time.
They can eat them now. You don't even have to take the pit out of a peach. They'll learn to eat around it.
The only things you need to be cautious with are fruits with pits/seeds within the fruit itself (like grapes with seeds -- apples are fine; the seeds are in the core), and very hard fruit where they might be able to bite a chunk off with their front teeth, and then be unable to chew it up (they probably don't have molars yet.)