Finger foods when no teeth

Groovychick · Feb 16th, 2012, 03:51 AM

My little girl is 8 months old but as yet has no teeth. She is weaning reasonably well but I am struggling to find finger foods that are soft enough for her to eat without posing a choking risk.

Any suggestions?

yumyum1979 · Feb 16th, 2012, 05:18 AM

Well I buy these organix carrot puffs at the time she had no teeth but these just melt in the mouth so no worry of chocking or I put some sweetcorn on the tray of her high hair and she just picks at it and bread sticks .

caz_hills · Feb 16th, 2012, 05:41 AM

I try banana - quite messy but he knows to put it in his mouth. I'm going to try the carrot sticks too as they sound good!

mum22ttc#3 · Feb 17th, 2012, 07:11 AM

Veg sticks and fruit would probably be the best to start with. We BLW so LO was having finger foods from 24 weeks, she didn't actually get any teeth though until 9.5 months.

purapura · Feb 17th, 2012, 08:36 AM

Veg: oven backed carrots, broccoli, sweet potato and potato wedges, butternut squash are great.
Fruits: backed apples and pears. Plums (my 6 month finish one a day by himself) Melon, bananas (I don't peal everything, so he can hold it), apricot.

We do blw and all is eaten no problem.

mrs_lukey · Feb 24th, 2012, 01:49 AM

My eldest didn't get any teeth until 13 months but was eating everything given to him way before that!!

His gums were hard enough to chew on and he just mushed down food with them - even meat!

george83 · Feb 24th, 2012, 05:35 AM

we tried baby rice cakes the other day and they turned really mushy really quickly so your baby might cope with those

Maid Marian · Feb 25th, 2012, 07:22 AM

I think it's only rock-hard things such as raw carrot that no-teeth babas wouldn't be able to eat.

Groovychick · Feb 25th, 2012, 08:25 AM

She's actually getting a lot better at feeding herself now.

Have tried her with some of the Organix products, cheese and grapes and she gets on with those just fine!

Dukechick · Feb 25th, 2012, 23:57 PM

Our 8 month old only has 2 teeth, and so far she eats Cheerios, Puffs, pasta, cheese, avacado, dried bananas & strawberries, toast, mum-mums....

Feb 16th, 2012, 03:51 AM	#1
Groovychick Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Elite Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 12,984	Finger foods when no teeth My little girl is 8 months old but as yet has no teeth. She is weaning reasonably well but I am struggling to find finger foods that are soft enough for her to eat without posing a choking risk. Any suggestions?

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Feb 16th, 2012, 05:18 AM	#2
yumyum1979 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: London Posts: 1,504	Well I buy these organix carrot puffs at the time she had no teeth but these just melt in the mouth so no worry of chocking or I put some sweetcorn on the tray of her high hair and she just picks at it and bread sticks .

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Feb 17th, 2012, 07:11 AM	#4
mum22ttc#3 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 2,983	Veg sticks and fruit would probably be the best to start with. We BLW so LO was having finger foods from 24 weeks, she didn't actually get any teeth though until 9.5 months.

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Feb 17th, 2012, 08:36 AM	#5
purapura Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: West London Posts: 2,681	Veg: oven backed carrots, broccoli, sweet potato and potato wedges, butternut squash are great. Fruits: backed apples and pears. Plums (my 6 month finish one a day by himself) Melon, bananas (I don't peal everything, so he can hold it), apricot. We do blw and all is eaten no problem.

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Feb 24th, 2012, 01:49 AM	#6
mrs_lukey Waiting To Try (WTT) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: South West England Posts: 1,581	My eldest didn't get any teeth until 13 months but was eating everything given to him way before that!! His gums were hard enough to chew on and he just mushed down food with them - even meat!

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Feb 16th, 2012, 05:41 AM	#3
caz_hills Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Berkshire, UK Posts: 3,672	I try banana - quite messy but he knows to put it in his mouth. I'm going to try the carrot sticks too as they sound good!

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Feb 24th, 2012, 05:35 AM	#7
george83 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,268	we tried baby rice cakes the other day and they turned really mushy really quickly so your baby might cope with those

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Feb 25th, 2012, 07:22 AM	#8
Maid Marian Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 12,996	I think it's only rock-hard things such as raw carrot that no-teeth babas wouldn't be able to eat.

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Feb 25th, 2012, 08:25 AM	#9
Groovychick Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Elite Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 12,984	She's actually getting a lot better at feeding herself now. Have tried her with some of the Organix products, cheese and grapes and she gets on with those just fine!

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Feb 25th, 2012, 23:57 PM	#10
Dukechick Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 4,770	Our 8 month old only has 2 teeth, and so far she eats Cheerios, Puffs, pasta, cheese, avacado, dried bananas & strawberries, toast, mum-mums....

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