As your baby starts to eat more of a variety of solids, choking becomes more of a hazard. These tips will help prevent your baby from choking:
- Always supervise your baby while she is eating.
- Make sure your baby is sitting up while eating.
- Make sure the food is soft.
- Chop food into small pieces.
- Do not feed your baby foods that hard, sharp, or sticky.
Some foods that children are most likely to choke on are hot dogs, peanuts, raisins, whole grapes and peanut butter. These foods should be avoided until your child is at least 2 and a half. As a precaution cut grapes in half and hot dogs lengthwise until your child is at least 5. |
