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February 14, 2008 at 2:03 pm #48220

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Cooper is totally on table foods now and has been on them now for about a week. Well because I would rather him have fresh fruit than canned, I have been giving him grapes. I am cutting them in half and peeling them which is a pain. So my question is how long should I peel them? I know I need to keep cutting them in half for sometime b/c of potential for choking, but the peeling is a pain. Did anyone do this for their los and for how long? Thanks.

February 14, 2008 at 8:42 pm #48236

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I never peeled. Carter was a bit older when we started them, but I don’t even cut in half anymore and he does great! How many teeth does Cooper have? If he is chewing them well, and has teeth to cut through the skin, then I would go to just cutting in half. If he is still gumming a lot, then the skin might be too tough for him to get through.

Table food is a big step! Congratulations!!

Ann Marie

February 14, 2008 at 8:49 pm #48238

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I didn’t peel them either…

I also tried a wide variety of fruits, but then again I’m in the tropics, LOL!

papaya, mango (not good if worried about allergies though?), all kinds of melon, plum, apple, pear, peach, nectarine. for the ‘harder’ ones I’d poach them a bit at first- but not when they had chompers, LOL! both boys got teeth kinda early-ish…

how exciting!

February 15, 2008 at 6:45 am #48246

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I only peeled when they were much younger. But I’m big on cutting in half and still do for Hailey and still would if Sarah would let me. When you cut, make sure it’s lengthwise and not widthwise.

February 15, 2008 at 6:47 am #48247

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Coop has 8 teeth already (4 tops and 4 bottoms) but he still gums things on the side sometimes. I guess that I’ll wait for his 1st molars to come in and then stop peeling. I would love to give him more fresh fruit but I’ll have to wait until it gets a bit warmer… Here in VA the fruit just doesn’t look very good at the stores. So I guess Bananas and grapes will be our fresh fruit for now. I tried peeled apple pieces, but he didn’t do too well with that. We will keep trying.

February 15, 2008 at 8:13 pm #48270

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I don’t peel either, but at that age, I cut them into fourths. I’m a bit paranoid about the choking thing!! What about pears?? Those are soft and seem to be in the stores a lot now. Ben eats a ton of them. I just peel them and cut them into long strips. He likes to eat them better that way instead of me cutting them into small dices.

February 16, 2008 at 2:08 pm #48293

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I never peeled, but I still cut them in fourths for Alex and in half for Kaelyn.
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