🥣 Can babies eat oats?

Yes, from 6 months, when your baby is ready for solids. Iron-fortified oats are a fast, flexible staple.

From
6 months
Choking risk
Low
Common allergen
No
Iron-rich
Yes

How to serve oats by age

6 months

Cook into thick oatmeal and serve on a preloaded spoon, or bake into soft oat fingers.

  1. Cook into thick oatmeal
  2. Serve on a preloaded spoon
  3. Or bake into soft oat fingers

Amount: 1–2 tbsp

9 months

Oatmeal, oat pancakes or soft oat bars.

  1. Serve oatmeal
  2. Or offer oat pancakes or soft oat bars

Amount: 1–2 tbsp

12 months (1 year)+

Any oat dish. Raw oats are fine in baking.

  1. Serve any oat dish
  2. Use raw oats in baking if you like

Amount: 2–3 tbsp

Is oats a choking hazard?

Low risk Low risk when cooked.

Nutrition

Iron (fortified), fiber, zinc.

Goes well with

banana, blueberries, peanut, apple

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