apple

[lukaelmo]

I have given the dude (6 1/2 months) a quarter of peeled apple to chew on. Is that okay? He really seems to like it. He has been eating mush for a few weeks now and he loves to feed himself, lots of fun for him, lots of mess for me.

Anyway, he looks as happy a a little piggy in mud gumming away at that apple - he's not too little is he?

[moonblossom]

I would be very careful. I think hes a little young for apples, so easy to choke on.

[lukaelmo]

I just stuck it in a bit of muslin now so chunks can't come off...

What finger foods can I give him to eat on his own?

[drewid]

I'd be supervising it closely too. My son is 11 months and I still don't trust him to eat apple without swallowing it whole - unless its a very soft and smushy piece of red apple.

[drewid]

Steamed vegies are a good finger food :)

[lukaelmo]

Thanks... off to steam I go :D

[maddysmama]

Hi,

Please be careful...my cousins little boy choked on some apple and sadly passed away:(

[lukaelmo]

Hi,

Please be careful...my cousins little boy choked on some apple and sadly passed away:(


Cripes, I just took the apple off him now... I am sorry about your cousin's boy, that is a terrible thing to have happened :(

I am steaming some carrot for him now. If I steam it really well can I give him that as a finger food?

[JATS]

My son can't have apple, sends him hyper. Apprently there's a chemical in apples that is better than caffine at keeping you awake!

[maddysmama]

Sorry, didn't mean to scare you...I'm sure anything steamed well would be fine. Tho I'm not sure as my bubs hasn't started solids yet

[Peaceangels]

I always found rusks to be a good finger food (not that they eat much of it, it's more for sucking and chewing on).

The apple in muslin is what I used to do & this is fine as they will not choke because they are only really getting the juice of the apple.

[jembelina]

You could try grating apple and carrot. Have you tried bread or toast as finger food or other softer fruits??

[reAllytee]

Just make sure its all steamed & its fine this way you know when little dude takes a bite or mouthful it will turn to mush as this is much safer than raw.
I agree with Peaceangels as my bubs looooves his rusks & he actually eats them all LOL little pig that he is !!! He especially loves the vegie ones from heinz otherwise i make up my own with older bread which i smear with a little bit of vegemite cut into little soliders heh & then i bake them for an hour till they are hard. He loves em !
So as everyone has said as long as the fruit or vegies are cooked through then its fine to give him anything you think he will like ! Bubs also loves steamed baby carrots especially as you can see how grown up he feels feeding himself !
Also another option is the grated apple or carrot or even cheese as jembelina said.
Good luck now comes the time you invest in a plastic table cloth for the floor or stock up on newspapers !!!
hahahah tis so much fun :D