🍑 Can babies eat nectarine?

Yes, from 6 months, when your baby is ready for solids. A smooth-skinned cousin of the peach. Serve ripe and soft, pit removed.

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

How to serve nectarine by age

6 months

Offer a large, ripe, pitted half with the skin on for grip, or peeled wedges.

  1. Remove the pit
  2. Offer a ripe half, skin on for grip
  3. Or cut peeled wedges

Amount: ½ nectarine

9 months

Small bite-size pieces of ripe nectarine, peeled if the skin is tough.

  1. Remove the pit
  2. Cut into small bite-size pieces
  3. Peel if the skin is tough

Amount: A few pieces

12 months (1 year)+

Slices with or without skin.

  1. Remove the pit
  2. Cut into slices, skin on or off

Amount: A few slices

Is nectarine a choking hazard?

Medium risk Medium risk if firm. Remove the pit; it is a choking hazard.

Nutrition

Vitamin C, vitamin A, fiber.

Goes well with

yogurt, ricotta, oats

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