🍑 Can babies eat apricot?

Yes, from 6 months, when your baby is ready for solids. Small, soft and sweet when ripe. Dried apricots are a different story — sticky and firm.

From
6 months
Choking risk
Medium
Common allergen
No
Iron-rich
No

How to serve apricot by age

6 months

Offer ripe, pitted halves, or steam firm apricots until they squish easily.

  1. Remove the pit
  2. Offer a ripe half
  3. Or steam firm apricots until soft

Amount: 1 apricot half

9 months

Cut ripe apricot into small pieces. Chop soaked dried apricot very finely.

  1. Remove the pit
  2. Cut ripe apricot into small pieces

Amount: A few pieces

12 months (1 year)+

Slices or pieces of ripe apricot. Dried apricots: soak and chop small.

  1. Remove the pit
  2. Slice ripe apricot
  3. Soak and chop dried apricots

Amount: A few slices

Is apricot a choking hazard?

Medium risk Medium risk if firm. Remove the pit. Whole dried apricots are sticky and a choking risk.

Nutrition

Vitamin A, vitamin C, potassium, fiber.

Goes well with

yogurt, oats, chicken

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