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EAT => Eating For Toddlers => Topic started by: Sarah˛ on January 18, 2008, 13:51:52 pm
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I'd like to give Lily raisins. Any problems with that? How should I do it - i.e. cut them in half or something else?
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I've heard you should cut them or maybe soak them? I didnt do either though and gave them to both my boys but watched them pretty close. Does she have lots of teeth to grind them up good? ;)
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I haven't done raisins yet, but Mackenzie eats craisins (dried cranberries) that are kinda the same. I watch her pretty carefully but I don't cut them up or anything. She does fine as long as I don't put too many on her tray at once.
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She does fine as long as I don't put too many on her tray at once.
Squirrel issue, Melissa? ;)
I think I'm going to do prunes and cut them up. She needs assistance in the regularity department and prunes will most certainly do the trick! Plus I think they're softer than raisins . . .
Thanks for the input!
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Here's another recent thread about raisins - https://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=104542.0
Colin eats raisins and craisins constantly, just as they are with no trouble. But I can definitely see how that won't work for every kid.
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Often overlooked but a big hit here are dried apricots. They help big time in the poop department too and great for people like me with low iron.
Dried apricots are especially rich in carotenes, which are the natural yellow pigments that the body uses to make Vitamin A. They also provide potassium, iron, calcium, silicon, phosphorus, and Vitamin C.
I only buy the non-sulpharised organic ones, they are uglier (browny/black) than the bright orange ones you see commercially to look pretty but are full of chemicals. :P
We all eat them as snacks. When DS was 1 yr I would chop them into pieces for finger food. I also still stew them in a pot on the stove/hob in water until soft and then whiz them up in my food processor to make a homemade spread. It is a delicious spread on toast.
HTH,
A x
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Thank you, Aisling! She has low iron so apricots probably would work better for her. :) I'll pick some up for her today. :-*
Jess - When did you start Colin on raisins?
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Oh great Sarah, just make sure you get the all natural kind like from Papa Joe's, a little pricey, but hey you only eat a bit at a time.
A x
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Jess - When did you start Colin on raisins?
Waaaayyyy sooner that I should have :-[ but it was one of those things where he got a hold of one and ate it before I could snatch it back. He did fine and asked for more, so off we went ;) He always eats them with one of us right there though. I guess he was probably like 16 months or so.... I think....
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What I did with dd at this age was puree them, cook in water for a few mins and then puree with some of the water and add to natural yogurt. She was well over 2 before she could eat them on their own. But in natural yogurt the desired effect was great, gave it after lunch to avoid night time issues
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Fwiw, apricots and dried apples are a big hit here too! We do rasins too, but I agree, don't give them the whole box or to many at one time as you will have a hamster on your hands!
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i was curious about raisins but not in a rush. having to soak them sounds like a lot of work just to give your kid a raisin! i don't even buy grapes since cade can just about open the fridge these days.
have you tried dried blueberries? they are much smaller and a big hit at my house. i try to buy the ones w/o high fructose syrup. another option is to buy freeze dried fruit, such as blueberries, strawberries, etc. i mix them in cereal, yogurt, applesauce, etc. they are soft and kinda melt in the mouth. Warning: blueberries can dye the hands and poop blue!
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B had 12 teeth at a year so I started with him eating them then. I cut them in half at first and just recently gave them to him whole. he has eaten apricots for a while as well. In my kids food cookbook it says whe first starting dried fruit to boil it a bit to make it softer and then as they are a bit older then you can start to boil less and less until they have them straight.
HTH
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Aimee eats them all the time with no problems
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Prunes did the trick. ;) She's been an every other day pooper. She pooped yesterday so today should have been a no-poop day. I gave her prunes with lunch and she pooped during dinner. Yay poop!! ;D
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hey gals! we are still way too young for raisins or anything, but just wanted to pass along a tidbit from my SIL who is a dental hygienist - she freaks out when she hears of kids under 5 eating raisins because of how bad they are for your teeth. apparently the stickyness of raisins in particular on little teeth plus natural sugar content is a disaster.....
i thought she was exaggerating (she can be like that sometimes), but was at the dentist myself and was talking about when he wanted to see our los for their first checkup, and he got off on a tangent about eating raisins as well!!!!!!!
anyway, i haven't decided what we will do, i LOVE raisins and can't imagine saying 'no' when the time comes, but this certainly leaves me wondering.