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I LOVE these things for early eaters. These are crackers for beginning eaters - seriously, at the 6-month stage when they're showing signs of readiness for and grabbing for food, you can hand them these. What do I love?
Even if they are thin and light - the woman checking me out at the store today commented that, weight-wise, it felt like I was buying an empty box. They're 30 calories a packet, so 15 calories a cracker - lots of air, they're puffed.
1) They're sturdy enough to survive basic baby holding (beating on the highchair tray or tearing is another matter).
2) They chew easily, even with gums.
3) They make a satisfying "crunch" noise when chewed, so baby gets extra feedback (and with both of mine, this crunch has been entertaining).
4) They dissolve into mush in saliva, so they're not a choking hazard (gagging, yes) even if baby doesn't try chewing them. But they dissolve slowly enough that baby needs to chew if they want to eat at speed.
5) They don't dissolve (at least, not quickly enough to matter) under a thin layer of a not-too-watery spread such as hummus.
6) They come in individual packets with two crackers. Normally I would decry this much packaging, but when a small baby might have 1/2-1 cracker a day, this means they don't all go stale before more than a few can be eaten.
Multiple flavors. (All bland and faintly sweet: I don't feed my kids things I won't at least try, but these are utterly boring. Ian disagrees. Drew did when smaller.)
I'm grateful these exist. They're a great first-food solid.
Even if they are thin and light - the woman checking me out at the store today commented that, weight-wise, it felt like I was buying an empty box. They're 30 calories a packet, so 15 calories a cracker - lots of air, they're puffed.
1) They're sturdy enough to survive basic baby holding (beating on the highchair tray or tearing is another matter).
2) They chew easily, even with gums.
3) They make a satisfying "crunch" noise when chewed, so baby gets extra feedback (and with both of mine, this crunch has been entertaining).
4) They dissolve into mush in saliva, so they're not a choking hazard (gagging, yes) even if baby doesn't try chewing them. But they dissolve slowly enough that baby needs to chew if they want to eat at speed.
5) They don't dissolve (at least, not quickly enough to matter) under a thin layer of a not-too-watery spread such as hummus.
6) They come in individual packets with two crackers. Normally I would decry this much packaging, but when a small baby might have 1/2-1 cracker a day, this means they don't all go stale before more than a few can be eaten.
Multiple flavors. (All bland and faintly sweet: I don't feed my kids things I won't at least try, but these are utterly boring. Ian disagrees. Drew did when smaller.)
I'm grateful these exist. They're a great first-food solid.