🍑 Can babies eat peach?

Yes, from 6 months, when your baby is ready for solids. Ripe peaches are soft and messy in the best way. Always remove the pit.

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

How to serve peach by age

6 months

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

  1. Use a large, ripe peach and remove the pit
  2. Offer a half with the skin on for grip
  3. Or cut peeled wedges

Amount: ½ peach

9 months

Small bite-size pieces, 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, with or without skin

Amount: A few slices

Is peach 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, oats, ricotta

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