Best Healthy Baby Snacks
List of actual healthy baby snacks, including baby-led weaning snacks, store-bought snacks, organic snacks, teething snacks, bedtime snacks for 6 month old baby to 1 year old baby. Plus info on when and how much snacks to give your baby.
Servings 1
Calories 80kcal
Ingredients
Fruit Snacks for baby
- 1-2 tablespoon Berries such as blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, strawberries quartered or halved depending on size
- 1-2 tablespoon Banana; mashed or halved (BLW)
- 1 Apricots, peaches chopped into tiny pieces
- 1 Clementine chopped into small pieces
- 1-2 tablespoon Avocado slivered or mashed
- 1-2 tablespoon Watermelon deseeded and chopped into tiny pieces
- 1-2 tablespoon Mango chopped into tiny pieces
- 1-2 tablespoon Papaya chopped into tiny pieces
- 1-2 tablespoon Pears chopped into tiny pieces
- 1-2 tablespoon Apples baked or grated or mashed
Homemade Baby Snacks
- 1 Boiled egg with cucumber spears
- 1 teaspoon Nut butter on bread or pancake
- 1 Healthy Applesauce Oatmeal Cookie
- 1 Banana Spinach Pancake
- 1 piece Zucchini Cake
- 1 ball 10 min no bake energy bite
- 1 Spinach Cornbread muffin
- 1 Apple Pancake
- 1 Baked Spinach and Ricotta Fritter
- ½ cup Mango Pineapple Smoothie
- ½ cup Incredible Apple Banana Smoothie
Baby-led weaning snacks (BLW)
- 1-2 tablespoon Baked apples with cinnamon
- 1-2 tablespoon Mashed avocado with flaxseeds on wholemeal bread
- ½ banana with ½ cup of yogurt
- 1-2 tablespoon Grated or slivered cheese with crackers and cucumber spears
- ½ Quartered tomato and pitta with hummus
- ½ Toast with cream cheese or nut butter and fruit
- ½ cup Freeze dried fruit
- Handful Kale chips
- 1 Sweet Potato Pancake
- 1 Mini Zucchini Pizza Bite
- ¼ Cheese and Egg Quesadilla
- 1-2 tablespoon Homemade Vegan Nutella with Dates on wholewheat bread or crackers
- 1 Cheesey Broccoli Bite
- ½ cup Smoothie
Teething Snacks for babies
- 1 Soft, cold foods that baby can suck on like popsicles and smoothies
- ½ cup Frozen fruit in mesh feeders
- ½ cup Cold applesauce
- ½ cup Cold yogurt
- 1-2 Teething biscuits
Dairy-free baby snacks
- 1-2 Crackers and peanut butter
- 1-2 tablespoon Hazelnut butter on toast
- 1 3 ingredient oat banana pancakes
- ½ Banana and coconut yogurt
- ½ Fruit and nut butter on corn cakes
- 1 Applesauce Oatmeal Cookies
Healthy bedtime / evening snacks for babies
- 1 teaspoon Nut butter on toast
- 1 tablespoon Hummus on wholewheat crackers
- ½ Banana with full fat yogurt
- 1 Blueberry Pancakes
- ½ cup Chia pudding
- 1 Apple Banana Oatmeal
- 1 Healthy French Toast
- ½ cup High calorie smoothie such as this Banana Peanut Butter Smoothie
Yogurt snacks for babies
- 1 Siggi's plain yogurt
- ½ cup Drinkable yogurt
- 1-2 tablespoon Yogurt melts
- 1 Yogurt berry healthy kids snack
- 1 Frozen blueberry yogurt popsicle
Instructions
- Choose a food you know they will like and maybe a new food to increase exposure.
- Offer a small amount and give more if baby wants more.
- Make sure the food does not pose a choking hazard - so is soft enough to mash between your fingers and if needed cut into tiny pieces.
- Serve on a preloaded spoon or let them feed themselves.
- Offer water with snacks and meals.
- Store leftovers in fridge up to 3 days.
Notes
- between age 9 - 12 months offer 3 meals per day + 2 snacks
- serve meals/snacks at roughly the same time each day so baby has a predictable day; it will be easier for both you and the baby as you will know why they are getting moody
- food should still be mashable between your thumb and forefinger and cut into tiny pieces
- offer fruit if main meal is soon
- aim to have a snack 1.5-2 hours before main meal so the child comes to the main meal hungry and eats a proper meal
- if baby needs bedtime snack offer either breastmilk/formula or a heavier fat and carbohydrate snack such as peanut butter toast in order to keep them full
- keep meals pressure free and avoid forcing baby to eat a certain amount or certain food
- always offer at least 1 food you know they will like
- the more you offer different foods the more likely the baby will develop a varied healthy diet
- sit with baby and model so they can learn how to use utensils, cups and eat in general
- teach them signs for "more", "water" and "all done" as it will be easier to understand them
- baby's appetite will vary from day to day so if they eat nothing one day and loads on the other this is completely normal
- beware of store bought snacks as most are high in sugar, salt and artificial ingredients - always check ingredient list
- avoid honey, fruit juices, smoked and cured meats, unpasteurized products, low fat milk or dairy products
- avoid child eating while crawling, walking, running or sitting in a moving car as these pose choking hazards
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 80kcal