Experimenting with different foods presents
certain hazards to a baby. Some children have allergic reactions to certain
foods and all children should be closely observed while eating.
Choking is caused by an object becoming lodged in the windpipe. Foods
that are a common choking hazard include the following:
Grapes
Vegetables (raw or undercooked and cut into choking sized pieces)
Chunks of Meat
Skins (chicken skin in large pieces, potato skins)
Hard Candy
Chips (especially tortilla chips)
Nuts
Peanut Butter (if offering peanut butter..spread a very thin layer on
bread)
Popcorn
Raisins
Anything with pits or large seeds (Cherries, plums)
Unpeeled fruit
Hot Dogs
Beans
Stringy foods (Melted cheese on Pizza strings and clumps, celery,
asparagus)
In order to better prepare parents and caregivers in the event of choking,
Robyns Nest has a printable step by step guide to Choking
Infants (under 1 year of age) and Choking
Child (over 1 year of age).