Those who give their babies the puffs?

AAA024 · February 2013

My LO is almost 7 months and has been eating cereal and pureed food for about 2 1/2 months. I've been eying them and just haven't offtered them yet. How did you know it was a good time to offer them to your babies?

CYBURRCHIC · February 2013

They dissolve on the tongue so not a chocking hazard. I break them in half and put them on his tray. LO is 7 mos and he is learning to put them in his mouth. It isn't about nutrition because they have none but motor skills. It was fun to watch him realize he can put them in his mouth. 1/2 land in his chair or on the floor still.

NerdyMama2 · February 2013

They dissolve so I think any time from 6 months up is good to start.

chickenlittlenc · February 2013

My pediatrician told us to go ahead and start offering them when we were in for our 6-month visit. She said to offer them every few days... she wouldn't be able to eat them 'til she was ready. DD is just now, at 2 days shy of 7 months, getting the coordination to pick them up... but she still can't quite get them into her mouth without dropping them

MsLs · February 2013

All of what PP said. I introduced them at 6 months and my LOwasnt quite ready so we kept trying very week and eventually he got it. We use them for the motor skills and if we are out at a restaurant to keep occupied if its taking a while.

caballablanca · February 2013

I started when LO turned 7 months. She still doesn't have teeth yet, so I was a little hesitant, but she loves them. The first couple days, more ended up on the floor than in her mouth, but as she kept practicing, she would get better at it. My boss has a LO that is a week younger than mine, and I gave him a jar to use for his child and he said it was the first stress free dinner they have had in their house since the baby was born.

IncognitoSuperhero · February 2013

We started at 6 months, he's 7 months now and has mastered feeding them to himself. And it's super cute to watch!

angelfire02 · February 2013

My kids still didn't do well with them at 9 months but they went to town on the Baby Mum Mums!!! They were bigger and easier for them to hold onto and feed themselves. Just a thought of something else that might work too.

Mel5983 · February 2013

We introduced them to Ds around 6 months. He choked & it scared the sh*t out of him & us. I will now break them into smaller pieces to try them.

DD (8yrs ago) ate them like a champ at like 6 months.

AshleyDHerring · February 2013

I just went for it. At 7 months I gave him a 1/2 and watched carefully. I did this each day for about a week by giving him about 1-3 total (gradually increasing). HE LOVED THEM!...must be the new textures and taste...After that I gave him a whole one, still the same amount at a time while watching him eat them and having a bottle close by with water in it to wash it down. After that he was good to go. I still watch him closely but I think as long as you slowly introduce new things, baby's will be fine. Now he loves to find them as I will randomly put one on my lap or by a toy while we are playing. I sit and laugh and get a good show while watching him learn how to put it in his mouth.

IncognitoSuperhero · February 2013

AshleyDHerring:
I just went for it. At 7 months I gave him a 1/2 and watched carefully. I did this each day for about a week by giving him about 13 total gradually increasing. HE LOVED THEM!...must be the new textures and taste...After that I gave him a whole one, still the same amount at a time while watching him eat them and having a bottle close by with water in it to wash it down. After that he was good to go. I still watch him closely but I think as long as you slowly introduce new things, baby's will be fine. Now he loves to find them as I will randomly put one on my lap or by a toy while we are playing. I sit and laugh and get a good show while watching him learn how to put it in his mouth.

Different strategies for everyone. We just poured a handful on the table and let him have at it and explore, rather than just a couple cut up ones. Just have to do what you and baby are comfortable with.

brennarobbie · February 2013

IncognitoSuperhero:
We started at 6 months, he's 7 months now and has mastered feeding them to himself. And it's super cute to watch!

This! It is so much fun to watch him! We introduced them at 6 and 1/2 months and by 7 and 1/2 he had it down pat. He has figured out exactly how to pick them up to get them into his mouth. If he picks them up the wrong way, he has figured out that he has to put them back on the tray and try again. )

If you're not ready for Puffs, look for "Mum-mum's." I found them at Target and Babies R Us so far. They're rice cakes for babies shaped kinda like a surf board. They're much bigger than Puffs, and this is how little man got used to picking things up to bring them to his mouth.

brennarobbie · February 2013

IncognitoSuperhero:
We started at 6 months, he's 7 months now and has mastered feeding them to himself. And it's super cute to watch!

This! It is so much fun to watch him! We introduced them at 6 and 1/2 months and by 7 and 1/2 he had it down pat. He has figured out exactly how to pick them up to get them into his mouth. If he picks them up the wrong way, he has figured out that he has to put them back on the tray and try again. )

If you're not ready for Puffs, look for "Mum-mum's." I found them at Target and Babies R Us so far. They're rice cakes for babies shaped kinda like a surf board. They're much bigger than Puffs, and this is how little man got used to picking things up to bring them to his mouth.

NicoleMatthew · February 2013

I offered them to my son at 6 months (he was already crawling) for about 2 weeks before he actually ate one. He would pick them up and study them for a while and then either put it down or drop them off his tray for the dogs. When I put them in his mouth he would spit them out - it may have had something to do with the dryness of them? Now he would eat a whole container in one day if I let him, but I really try to limit it to a handful a day.

zyas · February 2013

I basically started giving her the puffs when we started her on solids, so she's been getting them since she was just over 6 months. She went from trying to grab them, to grabbing them, to trying to put them in her mouth but missing, to successfully putting them in her mouth, to stuffing several in her mouth at a time - in the span of about a week. Still over half wind up as treats for our dogs who sit patiently under her highchair waiting for "treats" that magically fall from above.

sjirishgirl · February 2013

Now is a great time to start. I worked in a developmental center for years and we always started offering them around 6 months. Puff are not a chocking hazard and it is a GREAT way for babies to work on their fine moter skills.

My daughter loves them. They are a great way to keep an eye on the LO while your doing dinner too.

AAA024 · February 2013

Thanks for all of your advice ladies!!

manalouise · February 2013

My son is 8 1/2 months and has been eating puffs for a while now. He's up to the Lil Crunchies which I was worried about at first since they're long and narrow, but he immediately put them in the corner of his mouth and started chewing them into a mush before swallowing.

catapult32 · March 2013

I just thought she might enjoy it. Turned out the first time I gave them to DD she wasn't ready, but the second time she was. It's just like everything else, try it and see.

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