Finger foods for babies - what did you do?

i've given her soft french fries when we are out

crackers that easily melt in her mouth,

carrots that are soft, fruits in small pieces.

you can buy finger foods from the store specifically for babies.

really? thumbs down?

you ppl are idiots, my baby is extremely healthy and smart, so i think i have to be doing something right.

Well, cut your food into pieces at most the size of 4-5 cooked grains of rice (stuck together, I mean volume wise), that is small enough. Or if you took sliced olives and cut them in half, or quartered blueberries (easier then they are fresh or still partially frozen). Rice that is loose, not sticky rice, is good (brown rice, white isn't good for anyone really), wheat berries like bulgar, couscous, quinoa, shredded cheese (great texture for experimentation), green beans that are well cooked (like canned green beans have the right texture but are salty), corn, peas, an egg yolk that is cooked and sliced up, spaghetti noodles that are cut up... Mashed potatoes, cut up fruit, raspberries are good as is since they break up well in the mouth, if you go with marionberries or blackberries you really need to slice them up though, watermelon...

Just don't introduce too much at once, one new item every 5 days or so and this includes all the ingredients you might use in cooking. Finger foods are when they are able to sit up on their own and are interested in your foods, but shredded cheese and canned green beans have always been a hit as finger foods for some reason.

We started finger foods around 7-8 months. I first finger food we offered were carrot coins that were steamed. We sliced them really thin, then steamed them for 2-3 minutes (soft enough that they will melt). Both my sons loved them. Steamed peas were a favorite too. I don't think there is a magic formula. Teaching kids to eat is trial and error. Just practice some common sense safety measures and venture off into feeding. Make sure you don't leave your LO unattended with food. Give a few days in between newly introduced foods and watch out for allergic reactions. If you can lightly suck on a piece of food and it dissolves on your tongue, it's soft enough for the baby.

We did finger foods from an early age, I highly reccommend it.

We did anything from bread sticks, fruit sticks (her fav was halved blueberries much to many mums horror), vege sticks. Anything that can be chopped up can be given to a baby (baby lead weaning). You just need to sit with baby while he is eating, but of course you would do that even if you were feeding him puree's so nothing would change there. I never had a choking incident, however I did do a baby first aid course so I would know what to do if required.

Banana is a fantastic first finger food as it's soft, easily chewable and nutritious. Foods such as toast fingers are also great. Steer clear of things like grapes or slices of apple (cooked apple great as it's soft, but not raw) which a baby could choke on, or foods high in salt and/or sugar such as rusks and baby biscuits. You can also start making his purees a little less smooth to get him used to lumpier textures.

Sliced apple, Sliced carrots, sliced cheese, Bananas, pears I make teething biscuits for my little woman. a million cup flour a million cup fortified toddler cereal 2tbsp olive oil and a million/4 cup of chilly juice (you could want greater) combine components till they're sticky like and you could roll out. decrease into shapes and bake at 350 for 12 minutes :)

He started purees the same time yours did, about 6 months. I started him on 3rd foods which have more texture right about 8 months, they're still very soft. He's 14 months now and on Stage 4 foods/toddler foods, and basically eats what we eat, just chopped to tiny little pieces. I'd be aware of hot dogs, grapes, and nuts. If he expresses interest in your food, just make sure it's cooked soft enough for him to mash with his teeth/gums and in small enough pieces for his tongue to maneuver. How else will he learn what foods he likes and doesn't like?

My son likes rice, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, mango, pears, cooked carrots, peas, green beans, broccoli, chicken, turkey, spaghetti, pasta alfredo, rice congee, soup, pretty much anything, as long as it was small enough for him.

Read the baby care books on what to do if your little one is choking on a piece of food. You'll be surprised that kids can choke if they laugh while eating or running around and eating. Kids should be stationary when they eat and you should monitor them...and the amounts you give to them on their spoon.

I got my daughter the fruit flavored gerber puffs that dissolve very easily on their tongue so they don't choke. Also cooked veggies are fine as well since they are soft.

Hi, I am not parent but nutritionalist, any food without known additives or too much spice can be pureed using a blender,so you can give your baby nutritional food from a spoon, Bon Apetite Bebe