Snacks for a 6 month old.

[newmum953]

Hi all
Just having a bit of trouble introducing snacks for my 6 month old daughter. I have had the following suggestions: cold boiled vegetables or slices of banana slices of cucumebr, rice cakes, carrot crisps, cheese. At the risk of sounding really stupid, how do you serve these to a baby without her choking - should the vegetables be mashed up or are they small pieces of a big carrot for instance? Should she be having pieces of grated cheese? Do I give her a whole mini rice cake to chew on? Any words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks

I would give it to her in finger sized pieces (your finger size), just remember things like carrot and cucumber not to cut things into round pieces as it makes things easier to choke on.

Mini rice cakes are great because they disintegrate. It might be worth getting a crinkle chip cutter for things like banana and cooked veg as it makes it easier for little hands to hold. Just give her a whole rice cake in one go.

She will probably gag at first, just find out what to do in the event of her actually choking (not just gagging), and she will work it all out for herself.

I am a little wary of giving harder things like cucumber and apple as I find them quite chokey, but fruit and veg that have been steamed are fine as they mash down.

Just be ready to fish things out if they decide to shove it all in and start gagging, but try not to make a big fuss if she does gag as it may startle her and make her a bit paranoid

Trying to think what we had....pitta bread fingers, bread sticks, biscotti, soft melon.

I think we went for things to suck, rather than eat (I was worried about gagging). Rice cakes were a defo fave!