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🎃 Can babies eat pumpkin seeds?
Yes, from 6 months, when your baby is ready for solids. Pepitas are rich in iron and zinc. Grind them for babies.
- From
- 6 months
- Choking risk
- High
- Common allergen
- No
- Iron-rich
- Yes
How to serve pumpkin seeds by age
6 months
Grind pumpkin seeds into a fine powder and stir into oatmeal, yogurt or mash.
- Grind into a fine powder
- Stir into oatmeal or yogurt
Amount: 1 tsp, mixed in
9 months
Ground seeds sprinkled on soft fruit, or pumpkin seed butter spread thinly.
- Sprinkle ground seeds on fruit
- Or spread seed butter thinly
Amount: 1 tsp
12 months (1 year)+
Ground or as seed butter. Hold off on whole seeds until chewing is strong.
- Use ground seeds or seed butter
- Hold off on whole seeds
Amount: 1–2 tsp
Is pumpkin seeds a choking hazard?
High risk High risk whole. Grind finely.
Nutrition
Iron, zinc, magnesium, protein.
Goes well with
oats, yogurt, butternut squash