Good finger foods for a 9 month old?

Michelle - posted on 10/05/2009

She actually snagged the hotogs of her cousins plate.

Heidi - posted on 10/05/2009

Sorry forgot that my family uses frozen fruit wrapped in a cloth and tied so that bubs can suck on it a sooth teeth at the same time.

Heidi - posted on 10/05/2009

I used to boil little peices of chicken and beef strips, lots of beans, avocado, steamed carrots and mostly chopped fruit. Try to avoid the hot dogs they really do damage to such a young digestive system. I found it kind of fun making miniature meals. Good luck!

Michelle - posted on 10/05/2009

Quoting Anne:

Peas! If you give them to her just barely thawed, they are great for teething, and they won't smush too much. If you give them warmed up, they are soft enough that she can pick them up and chew without too much trouble. Also - PLEASE make sure that you cut the hot dogs up REALLY small. When we were going to the hospital to have our daughter, the ER failed to save a toddler who choked to death on hot dogs that were just cut up into coins. PLEASE cut up the coins further!!!

No worried with the hotdogs!  My "coins" are cut up into at least 4 pieces!!

Michelle - posted on 10/05/2009

We use rice crackers and I'm trying to give her the same things I eat:o)

Jayna - posted on 10/05/2009

Please try to stay away from Gerber products - they are full of preservatives and sugars. Go organic! and offer fresh or steamed fruits and veggies first, then pastas and breads. Actually, it is recommended to hold off on wheat products until they are close to 1 year old to discourage allergies to gluten.

Jayna - posted on 10/05/2009

small pieces of soft cheese, cooked soft carrots, peas, banana pieces, cheerios, pieces of scrabbled eggs...

Melanie - posted on 10/05/2009

My son loves toast with jam in the morning i slice them long enough for him to grab and he just sucks on them till he get a piece off. he loves it and sits there for a long time sucking those down.

Jennifer - posted on 10/05/2009

I used to cute nutragrain bars into to cubes and both kids loved that....you can also cube cheese fruit pretty much anything that way you can decide the size of food she is getting :)

Tina - posted on 10/05/2009

Absolutely! Children were eating long before the smooshy baby food industry existed. Just make it small peices and not anything crunchy. My son gummed a steak to death when he was 5 months old! Just watch them for choking. He is now 5' 10 " and healthy. He ate normal food from that day forward.

Christy - posted on 10/05/2009

Baby Mum Mum crackers are great and dissolve easily

Jaime - posted on 10/05/2009

My son is 9.5 months old and he is eating what we call cheerios (kinda like a cocktail sausage) split down the middle. He also eats sliced pear, mouse traps, toast, baby pizza, crackers with cream cheese, frozen peas,carrots and corn, roasties (potatoes, kumara, carrots cut into cubes and roasted), eggs (hard boiled or scrambled), sandwiches, savoury muffins, cooked pasta, as well as many fruit and veges (like mandarins, apples, avocado etc). You have quite a variety to choose from but you do need to watch them when they are eating regardless of what is given...

Elissa - posted on 10/05/2009

well i strarted giving my daughter finger food around the same time n she ate everything from hot dogs to toast to gerber cheetos n fruit snacks..she ate everything..the pasta pickup that they sell at walmart would also b very good for her to eat they have veggies n everything in them give them a try..

Kati - posted on 10/05/2009

the sweet potato graduates things from gerber are amazing and the yogurt bites! cheerio's are good and also bananas... my daughter is a big fan of the gerber products

Jennifer - posted on 10/05/2009

Gerber has so many good choices that actually taste good and are easy to grab.

Marissa - posted on 10/05/2009

I would try to avoid hot dogs if possible, they are a huge choking hazard. My baby likes cheerios, bite sized pieces of fruit (peaches, cooked apples, pears), bite sized pieces of toast, and soft pieces of well cooked pasta, like macaroni noodles especially. Is she in daycare? or at home? You could serve her those types of finger-foods and maybe one meal a day let her do most of the feeding. It will be messy, but it really helps independence.

Anne - posted on 10/05/2009

Peas! If you give them to her just barely thawed, they are great for teething, and they won't smush too much. If you give them warmed up, they are soft enough that she can pick them up and chew without too much trouble. Also - PLEASE make sure that you cut the hot dogs up REALLY small. When we were going to the hospital to have our daughter, the ER failed to save a toddler who choked to death on hot dogs that were just cut up into coins. PLEASE cut up the coins further!!!

Ronda - posted on 10/05/2009

Cooked baby carrots are great! Pretzel sticks (unsalted) and watermelon pieces are easy to handle too.

Tracey - posted on 10/05/2009

try toasted soldiers, and then once they get the hang of it they get the fun of trying to dip it in things

Sarah - posted on 10/05/2009

I bought my little boy a cool gadget to help him find his mouth easier..i cant remember the name of it though! It has a nice chunky plastic handle with a net attached to it that you can put the food into. im sure if you look at the baby ailse in your supermarket they will have one, i got mine in sainsburys but toys r us also do them. you can put just about anything in them. banana worked well as its nice and soft and came through the net easily but he also managed apple, pear and melon! it gives you piece of mind that they wont choke too as they have to mush it up in order for it to come through the net. if you use one of these though, a word of advice - get a coloured net! the whote ones stain easily and look grubby quickly!

Lindsay - posted on 10/05/2009

My daughter ate green beans like they were potatoe chips when she was that age!