Posts Tagged ‘Finger Foods’

Finger Food for Babies Apple Oat Mini Muffins

Apple Oat Mini Muffins

There are many recipes for muffins but a lot of them are not as nutritious as required when considering what to make for a baby eating finger food. Too many recipes for muffins, although delicious, contain a large quantity of sugar, making them tasty and appealing to an adult, but not necessary as healthy for a growing baby or toddler.

Finger Food for Babies – Carrot Frie

Finger Food for Babies - Carrot Frie

There are a few things to consider when considering which recipes to make for a baby starting out with solid food. Can the child pick up the food and navigate it into his or her mouth? Is the food nutritious and healthful? Can the child tolerate the food presented? It is important to serve food to baby individually initially to rule out any kind of potential allergy or food intolerance. Once you have cleared a certain number of foods, you can start pairing them together to create a mixture of flavors and textures to please your child

Finger Food for Babies – Banana Muffins

Banana Muffins

Once babies begin to show interest in solid foods by reaching for the food on your plate and perhaps seeming hungry and unsatisfied after feeding at the bottle or breast, it is time to start to introduce solid foods with nutritious easy to swallow finger foods. Most babies around the age of 9 months begin to utilize the ‘pincer’ grasp, picking things up with their index finger and thumb. This is a perfect time to perfect that skill by the introduction of finger foods.