Bread, Hummus and Cucumber
From 6 months · 3 foods
Ingredients
How to prepare each food
Bread
Lightly toast bread so it holds together, then cut it into finger-width strips your baby can grip. Toasting helps it firm up instead of turning gummy in the mouth. Most bread contains wheat, so introduce it on its own and watch for a reaction. Choose lower-salt bread when you can.
Finger-width strips of lightly toasted bread. Avoid soft, untoasted bread that can ball up into a gummy wad.
Soft, fresh bread can compress into a sticky wad that is hard to clear, and hard crusts can break off in firm pieces. Toast it lightly, cut it into strips or small pieces, add a thin moist spread, and always supervise eating.
Hummus
Choose or make a plain, no-salt hummus. Its smooth, spreadable texture suits early eating: offer it on a preloaded spoon, spread a thin layer on a soft strip of toast or steamed vegetable, or stir a spoonful into other purées. Because hummus contains tahini, sesame is an allergen here, so offer it as a single new food the first few times.
Smooth, on a spoon or thinly spread on a soft strip.
Cucumber
Peel the cucumber and offer a large, finger-length spear to hold and gnaw on, or grate it finely and stir into yogurt or a purée. For very young babies you can scoop out the seedy center first.
A large peeled spear to hold, or finely grated into another food.
Raw cucumber is firm and crunchy, so hard coins, rounds, or chunks are a choking risk for babies. Peel it and serve it as a large spear to gnaw on, finely grated, or soft-cooked rather than in raw bite-size pieces.
Putting it together
Prepare each ingredient using the age guidance above, then serve them together.
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- AAP - Starting Solid Foods (around 6 months)
- NHS - What to feed your baby from around 6 months
- AAP - Choking prevention guidance for infants and toddlers
- CDC - Foods that are choking hazards for infants and toddlers
- ESPGHAN 2017 - Complementary feeding position paper (gluten and allergen timing)
- AAP - Introducing common food allergens to your baby
- USDA FoodData Central - Bread (nutrient data)
- USDA FoodData Central - Hummus (nutrient data)
- USDA FoodData Central - Cucumber (nutrient data)
General informational content, not medical advice. Always consult your pediatrician about introducing new foods, especially if your baby has any medical conditions or family history of allergies.
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