11 month old and apples?

[Jw35]

Can you give Apple to an 11 month old or is it a choking hazard? Thanks

Do they have any teeth yet? I have grated apple before for ds

I didn't as I was scared to death of him choking.

Either grate or make apple sauce.

When they get a bit older they are great actually, as they take ages to eat!

I was reasonably gung-ho at BLW but raw carrot and raw apple were a no for me.

She's got 8 teeth but I'm a bit worried! She tries to grab mine, I've let her a couple of times and she can get a few small bits out of it!

My 9mo only has his bottom 2 teeth I let him have some slices of apple without the skin he basically just sucked it and spat any bits out

I've been giving my son chunks of with skin off since he was 6 months, he sucks and nibbles it. I never even thought of it as a choking hazard

I think a whole (peeled) Apple is much safer than small pieces or slices - then they can just scrape off some with their teeth and literally won't bite more than they can chew. My two were late teethers though so I don't think I started with apples until after 12 months

I have a picture of my 6 month old DD gnawing on an apple... Never really thought of it as a hazard. She's 2 now anyway so it didn't do any harm thankfully. She still loves apples!

Depends on the child. I gave my daughter sliced apple at 6 months and she loved it. We moved on to whole unpeeled apples pretty early. I used to share them with her but now she refuses and just eats the whole thing! But a friends daughter, same age, gagged on sliced Apple every time she tried it until recently (21 months).
I would just go for it and see what happens. It was especially good when teething I found.

I was giving mine sliced fruit and veg at that age. And toast which is quite hard. She didn't have problems with it.

Apple was one of the very few things I was wary of. We did blw and DD did brilliantly with most foods I chucked her way, however I stuck to cooked apple until 12mo then switched to whole apples. She hated the cooked stuff, but loves gnawing on a whole raw one. As a PP said, she just scrapes it off and even if she did take a bite I don't think it'd be big enough to cause her any bother. She's nearly 18mo now and I've still to give her apple slices. I'm sure she'd be fine but I saw another similarly-aged child choke on them at a playgroup and it's made me nervous!

I give my 11 month old whole apples and have done for a while. Keeps him busy for ages.