friuts and veggies - Infant Care (up to 18 months old) Message Board

Noel's girl · 02-14-2007, 07:49 PM

My twins just turned a year old. I have been giving them table food for the most part and as a snack I will steam them carrots and asparagus. They seem to like it. I was just wondering if there is any other kind of vegetable I can steam for them that they might like? And also I really like fruit, I want my kids to be the same way, but there is really no good fruit because it is not summer yet. Should I be giving them fruit right now so they can grow to like it? Am I doing a bad thing by not giving them fruit on a regular bases right now? I hate to give them canned fruit because of all the extra sugar.

Laetitia · 02-18-2007, 01:23 PM

AFAIK, you can give them pretty much any vegetable you would eat so long as it is cooked to a soft enough consistency and easy for them to eat. It doesn't necessarily even need to be cut up super tiny, because they learn to take bites that way.

For fruit, I would suggest baked apples or pears or very ripe bananas.

Good luck!