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Umm yah my kids ate this. This wouldn’t even be on my radar, especially raisins

@jennlin821: I don't give any dried fruit including raisins. But he eats pretty much anything and has since before he had his molars.

The peel is the worse part of an apple because it doesn't chew up well. If it's peeled I wouldn't even worry about it. I didn't really offer raisins to me son until he was probably 18 months, but that is because I don't really keep them as a snack but my parents had some at their house.

We didn't introduce raisins until today actually! 2y3m. But i would've been fine trying a year ago.... just never bought them.

He has been biting into whole apples with the supervision of DH since about 15m. I very much prefer to peel and cut though.

DD is 15 months. I don't know when we gave raisins, but it has been a while.

On the other hand, she had a whole apple before she was 9 months. I was eating it and let her have a bite. DD stole the end of my apple and ate the rest of it.

DD is 15 months and has 8 teeth. She's been eating raisins since she was about a year, I think? I only give her a few at a time on her tray so she doesn't put a bunch it and get them all stuck together, that's the only way I could see them being a choking hazard. She does fine with other dried fruits, too, I just make sure she takes bites.

I give her peeled apple slices, apples break up relatively easily. I don't necessarily think she'd choke on the skin, but maybe gag.

I used to work in a raisin factory; consequently I’m over raisins and forgot to give them to my kids when they were small. So no personal experience feeding them to kids. In googling I found that the AAP took raisins off their list of choking hazards but apples are on there. If you already have choking anxiety reading their policy paper might not be a positive experience for you but I found it interesting. For one, there’s a push to have food manufacturers reformulate foods that are choking hazards. As a food product developer that is news to me and honestly hasn’t been on my radar.

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/pediatrics/early/2010/02/22/peds.2009-2862.full.pdf

We have had a gagging/choking incident with apples so I peel them and cut in thin slices and only buy ‘softer’ types like Macintosh. He’s had them since about 1 year old. Never did raisins actually and he’s 3.5 ha! We just don’t like them but I also think of them as a bit of a hazard since they are chewy/sticky. You could try at home maybe just to give some peace of mind?

FWIW I do think if you’ve personally experienced a choking incident, there is a hyper awareness. We’ve had 3 and I still do carefully check food and how I prepare it. So, I feel you on that end. It gets easier as they get older.