https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 16 Apr 2026 23:35:49 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/finger-foods-just-how-small-do-you-cut-pieces-of-food#post-474514 Tue, 01 Jan 2013 22:56:55 +0000 BeachMama 474514@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks guys. I gave her a big piece of apple today to see what she'd do. At first she seemed to not like getting her hand dirty but the n gnawed on it a bit. Tomorrow I think I'll try some banana or really soft carrot pieces. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/finger-foods-just-how-small-do-you-cut-pieces-of-food#post-474009 Tue, 01 Jan 2013 16:45:31 +0000 Freckles 474009@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think i would concentrate on the foods being really soft rather than the size. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/finger-foods-just-how-small-do-you-cut-pieces-of-food#post-474007 Tue, 01 Jan 2013 16:44:50 +0000 Freckles 474007@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually give pea-sized pieces. But it depends on the food. I will give huge chunks of tofu because it dissolves pretty quickly in her mouth, and i will give her big strips of pear when it is super ripe. Everything else is small but big enough for her to pick up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/finger-foods-just-how-small-do-you-cut-pieces-of-food#post-473975 Tue, 01 Jan 2013 16:24:16 +0000 cvbee 473975@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Foods he can bite easily we give big pieces (toast with spread cut into 4 strips, for example).<br /> Foods he cannot bite easily (for example, some meats) we give him bits no bigger than a chickpea. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/finger-foods-just-how-small-do-you-cut-pieces-of-food#post-473933 Tue, 01 Jan 2013 15:56:25 +0000 heffalump 473933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lo didn't have teeth so we gave her teeny teeny tiny. I was paranoid! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/finger-foods-just-how-small-do-you-cut-pieces-of-food#post-473928 Tue, 01 Jan 2013 15:48:46 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 473928@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I first started giving real solids, I actually gave her big pieces of food (like, my finger-sized) so that she could grab hold of it and gnaw on it until she really understood what the food was for. Now that she feeds herself, I give her Cheerio-sized pieces of food, sometimes bigger, depending on if it breaks down easily. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/finger-foods-just-how-small-do-you-cut-pieces-of-food#post-473927 Tue, 01 Jan 2013 15:46:41 +0000 BeachMama 473927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 7 months and has been eating purées like a champ for the past two months. I'm interested in trying some finger foods/self feeding with some cooked veggies but I'm kinda paranoid about choking. Everyone says to cut the pieces small but just how small are we talking? I feel like anything is choke-able. How small do you chop your finger foods? </p>