Apples - choking hazard...when did you first let LO have an apple?

[koe2moe]

oh my mashi!!  what a good idea!  But then i have no tolerance to sticky little wet hands hmmm  and DS will drop it... and i don't allow food once dropped on the floor to be eaten... hmmm 

[squeakersmum]

Is it really bad to admit that DS has never had apple as I'm scared of the same thing!! Lol.

He quite happily eats pear slices/chunks straight from the fridge but I always think of apple as being so much harder.

Perhaps I'll just bite the bullet and give him a peeled apple for his snack this afternoon!

[speechie]

Hi girls! I too gave my LO apples whole at 12 mos- we went apple picking and he just helped himself- peel and all- same sort of thought that Mashi had, I guess, that the apples were so large, he just sort of gnawed on it at first- shearing off small amounts and not really "biting" a huge chunk. That being said, you know your LO's abilities and some kids aren't ready for that by 12 mos, and others are.
We also went through the, Take a HUGE bite, chew it up and SPit it out phase here too!
Love the photo!

[Tweakster]

Well it was interesting.  He examined it for about 5 mins lol, then used it as a bowling ball.  I let him eat stuff off the floor though so I picked it up and gave it back lol  Then showed him how to eat it.  He took a bite (as shown in the pic) then threw it on the floor again.  Oh yeah and it was after ravioli so all covered in tomato sauce.  Yum lol. 

Then I cut some up ala McD's fries and he wasn't sure what to think.

He was actually more interested in the orange I was eating.  *sigh*

I'll try again another time hehe.

[Mashi]

Yep, lots of bowling balls here, too!!  One of the reasons I like apples so much is that they are SO easy to just pick up and run under the water and carpet-fluff-be-gone! 

One of the reasons why apples are/were so appetizing here is because we always present it as MY apple or DH's apple, and does he want some?  I need to take the first bite to start him off with a place to get a tooth grasp (iykwim?) and so he sees it as my apple right from the beginning and then wants some. Every so often when he gets "stuck" and can't find a place to bite I've got to help out, so it keeps up the charade of it not being his ... and thus sooo much more appetizing!!

[First Time Mom]

LOL Wendy! I'm having a horrible day and your post just made me laugh so hard, thanks- I needed that!