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When can i feed my baby dried fruits?

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Variable: It depends somewhat on the fruit (how chewy it is) and how well your child chews. Many toddlers do quite well with chewy soft raisins at 15-18 months for instance and others who cannot chew well for another year.

Answered 12/26/2014

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3 years: Wait at least 3, preferably more, years, as they can be a choking/aspiration/foreign body in nose hazard.

Answered 5/3/2011

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2-3 years: Babies are too young for dried fruits (babies eat pureed or mashed up foods, after age 6 months). Dried fruits are tough to chew, so a toddler who has baby molars and is actually chewing foods might be able to handle dried fruits. A younger toddler may just hold the dried fruit in his mouth for the sweet taste, and either swallow it whole or spit it out later (may be a choking risk sometimes).

Answered 12/9/2013

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