My son has four teeth. Two are on top, in front. Two are on bottom, in front. He's in the process of getting a fifth tooh. It's on the bottom, in the middle.
He can now eat a cookie or cracker by himself without a problem. We've never given him anything smaller than a vanilla wafer, though.
How do you know if your child is ready for something smaller?
2007-01-23 05:26:46 · 17 answers · asked by Wiccan~Momma 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
My doctor has told us the following.
Your baby will be able to tell you if he is ready for finger food. If he can handle the vanilla wafer he is probably ready for Cheerios.
Stay away from chips, peanut butter and hot dogs. They do not work well for babies and sometimes they don't break down enough for swallowing.
2007-01-23 05:38:21 · answer #1 · answered by oohmanay 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Finger foods can be started as soon as your baby can sit up well with support. First finger foods should be very soft, easy to swallow, and break easily into small pieces that cannot choke him. Finger foods help your baby learn to feed himself and help improve his hand-eye coordination and finger to thumb grasp. Well-cooked, cut-up green beans, peas, potatoes, and soft crackers are good first finger foods as long as he has tried the strained variety and did not have a reaction. Cheerios® is also an excellent finger food for babies as young as 6 months of age, as it does not need chewing. If he does not choke on any of these foods, you may offer foods that have more texture and require chewing. It is very dependent on your child. Some babies can handle pieces of meat without difficulty and without teeth, while other babies with a full set of teeth choke on everything but strained foods. If he spits out the food (especially meat) after chewing it for awhile he is probably having trouble swallowing this food, and you may want to wait a few weeks and then try it again. You baby should never be left alone while you are feeding him finger foods in case he has trouble and starts choking.
2007-01-23 05:32:10 · answer #2 · answered by 1stTimeMom_07_04_06 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If he eats biscuits no problem, he may be reasy to cheerios (unsweetened, of course). I would try giving him one and see how he manages it. He is not likely to choke on it, because it will melt in the mouth very quickly. The worse thing, he will gag, in which case you can just take it away and try again in a couple of weeks.
SLF, probably, has never heard about special teething cookies, baby finger foods and unsweetened cheerios. There's barely any sugar in them. If it bears the name of a cookie, it doesn't mean regular cookie tha you know. Baby food dissolves in mouth. Whereas a piece of apple, if too big, can be a choking hazard for babies who have not managed chewing quite yet!
2007-01-23 05:44:20 · answer #3 · answered by DM 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't have any children of my own but I helped raise my niece and nephew and they were around a year old I believe when they started to eat small things like Cheerios. I believe it's ok when they have teeth but you might want to supervise him and make sure he doesn't choke but I'm sure that once he can use his hand and pick up things and he has teeth. He can always suck on the things as long as they aren't to hard.
2007-01-23 05:30:52 · answer #4 · answered by Irish Girl 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
you will be able to offer him little bits of what you consume, is amazingly! A stick of cooked carrot (no longer too cooked, it will cave in!), a finger of bread, somewhat gentle fruit - banana is usually a well-known, ripe yet no longer overly so otherwise it purely gets squishy. Watch your lil 'un to work out what he likes and can handle. needless to say on no account pass away him unattended whilst he's eating, purely in case. this is going to in all hazard take him a whilst to comprehend the artwork properly adequate for him to consume any volume of something, yet he will take exhilaration in exploring the feel, squashing it between his hands, dropping it over the component of the highchair... purely start up with gentle concern that don't might desire to be chewed lots, purely slobbered on(!), and supply what you think of he can handle - watch and learn. on no account strategies the mess!!!
2016-11-01 02:22:09 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I started with really really small things and worked our way up. I think he's probably ready. There are some really good little cerial bits in the baby isle at the grocery store that dissolve pretty quick in their mouths.
2007-01-23 05:48:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he has four teeth, now should be ok. But how he handles things like cheerios dissolve before they can even been chewed, should let you know when he's ready....
2007-01-23 05:30:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My nephew started as eating cheerios soon as he got a couple teeth. They pretty much disolve after being wet.
2007-01-23 05:44:25 · answer #8 · answered by mary k 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think you'll know unless you try...with cheerios I'd try soaking in milk a little or giving half at first...after that work your way up, but be careful...unless you get the whole wheat (or bran)not sure....the regular cheerios have honey and nut in them. Just a suggestion...try gerber puffs and walmart has their own brand of these puffs now....great snack, and my daughter loves them
2007-01-23 05:33:44 · answer #9 · answered by Sara R 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cheerios dissolve very quickly. Usually they can eat them when they develop their pincher grasp - meaning picking up items with their index finger and thumb.
2007-01-23 05:53:13 · answer #10 · answered by Jen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋