🍑 Can babies eat plum?

Yes, from 6 months, when your baby is ready for solids. Juicy and a little tart. Ripe plums are soft; firm ones are slippery and need cooking.

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

How to serve plum by age

6 months

Offer a large, very ripe, pitted half with the skin on for grip, or steam firm plum wedges until soft.

  1. Remove the pit
  2. Offer a ripe half, skin on for grip
  3. Or steam firm wedges until soft

Amount: ½ plum

9 months

Cut ripe plum into small pieces, peeling the skin if it is tough.

  1. Remove the pit
  2. Cut ripe plum into small pieces
  3. Peel if the skin is tough

Amount: A few pieces

12 months (1 year)+

Thin slices or bite-size pieces of ripe plum.

  1. Remove the pit
  2. Cut ripe plum into thin slices

Amount: A few slices

Is plum a choking hazard?

Medium risk Medium risk if firm. Always remove the pit, which is a choking hazard.

Nutrition

Vitamin C, vitamin K, fiber. Plums and prunes can help with constipation.

Goes well with

yogurt, oats, ricotta

More fruit