🍒 Can babies eat cherries?

Yes, from 6 months, when your baby is ready for solids. Round, firm and with a hard pit — cherries always need pitting and cutting for little ones.

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

How to serve cherries by age

6 months

Pit ripe cherries, then smash them flat or chop finely and stir into yogurt or oatmeal.

  1. Remove every pit and stem
  2. Smash each cherry flat
  3. Or chop finely into yogurt

Amount: A few cherries

9 months

Pit and quarter cherries.

  1. Remove every pit and stem
  2. Cut each cherry into quarters

Amount: A few cherries

12 months (1 year)+

Pit and quarter. Keep cutting until at least age 4.

  1. Remove every pit and stem
  2. Quarter until at least age 4

Amount: A few cherries

Is cherries a choking hazard?

High risk High risk. Never serve whole or with the pit. Pit and quarter, or flatten.

Nutrition

Vitamin C, potassium, antioxidants.

Goes well with

yogurt, oats, ricotta

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