🍈 Can babies eat cantaloupe?

Yes, from 6 months, when your baby is ready for solids. Sweet orange melon. Ripe slices are easy to hold; underripe melon is hard and slippery.

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

How to serve cantaloupe by age

6 months

Offer a ripe, seedless strip about the width of two adult fingers, rind removed.

  1. Remove the rind and seeds
  2. Cut a strip about two fingers wide
  3. Use ripe, soft melon

Amount: 1–2 strips

9 months

Thin slices or small pieces of ripe melon.

  1. Remove the rind and seeds
  2. Cut ripe melon into small pieces

Amount: A few pieces

12 months (1 year)+

Thin slices or bite-size pieces.

  1. Remove the rind and seeds
  2. Cut into thin slices or pieces

Amount: A few slices

Is cantaloupe a choking hazard?

Medium risk Medium risk if firm. Pick ripe melon and remove the rind. Wash the outside before cutting.

Nutrition

Vitamin A, vitamin C, hydration.

Goes well with

yogurt, mint, cottage cheese

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