If you’re wondering “At what age can I give my baby cookies?” the answer is “It depends on what kind of cookies.” Truly, I hope you’re not wanting to give your baby Oreos or Chips Ahoy cookies. If your baby is ready for food (sitting independently, sturdily, and can bring food to her mouth on her own) and has tasted lots of real foods (vegetables, meat, fruits, etc.), I don’t think it can hurt to give the baby a little baked good as long as you approve all of the ingredients.
And if you give a baby a cookie, she’ll want a glass of milk to go with it…
I mixed up some Coconut milk drink and saved a bit of it, unsweetened, for Anneliese. She GULPED it. LOVED it.
I also made these awesome grain-free chocolate chip cookies, and made sure to make a small one with no chocolate chips, for Anneliese to try. They’ve got loads of good stuff in them and are high protein and easy to hold, bite, and chew, so I thought it would be a nice treat without being crazy or full of too many refined ingredients and sugar.
She really liked the cookie too. In fact, she recognized what a great pairing it was, because as soon as she took her first bite, she started signing “milk.” I guess it’s a classic combination for a reason.
So, again, if you’re asking, “At what age can I give my baby a cookie?” I think the answer is, “When you make a baby-friendly cookie to share.”
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Its so amazing to take understanding of what is in our foods. Make it yourself and you control the ingredients!! Now that is a fantastic example to set for our kids.
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I love this article!! I also love those cookies! Now I have a craving for them!! LOL
Its so nice to bring awareness of what is in our food. Make it yourself and you control the ingredients!! Now that is a good example to set for our kids!!
I agree with your above comment too, about watching what we as adults order at restaurants in front of our kids….what are we teaching them?!
So cute!!!
I made my son some oatmeal ‘breakfast’ cookies without wheat or refined sugar and he LOVED them. I guess it makes sense because he loves loves loves oatmeal.
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Sebastian has had a couple bites of Chips Ahoy… But not whole cookies and definitely not a regular thing! It’s hard not to share something we’re eating though (which means no more junk!).
Homemade cookies are better for babies than many packaged “healthy” foods in my opinion.
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It definitely does make you more mindful of what YOU are eating. Tonight we went out to eat, and I had Diet Coke to drink, and my husband had a sweet tea. Of course we got water for Anneliese, but I told him we should probably stop ordering drinks when we go out.
1) It’s way too expensive. The cost of our two drinks could pay for a kids’ meal.
2) It’s not setting a great example.
3) When she gets older she would want a drink too, and THREE drinks is usually $7-9 in restaurants. Ridiculous.
4) Water is way better for us all.
And I totally agree that homemade cookies where you can be sure what is in them are often going to be a lot healthier than any sort of packaged processed foods… good call.
I see all the Torani Syrups! Have you tried the Bacon one?
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Bacon syrup? nooo…. I can’t imagine why I would want that though. I would just use real bacon. Bacon coffee? haha. What do you use it for?
I am kind of ashamed of the syrups though. They’re DEFINITELY NOT “real food” but I do like a little bit in my coffee. Yum.
It has a salty sweet kinda thing going for it. Fit for weirdos like me! Don’t be ashamed of the syrups, sometimes we have to throw caution to the wind and just say “MMmmmMM!”
Cute! When my daughter was just crawling, she was underfoot while I was baking chocolate chip cookies and I dropped a scalding hot one, fresh out of the oven, RIGHT in front of her. She reached for it, I screamed and scooped it up barehanded (ouch) and she sat there trembling, trying to figure out what had just gone wrong! Poor kid. I gave her one of the 10-minutes-old cookies. Not hot enough to burn, but the chips were still all gooey. Good stuff.
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oh i think if someone dropped a scalding hot cookie on the floor in front of me, i’d eat it before you had time to swoop in. YUM. but then I’m always eating too-hot things and burning my mouth and regretting it later.
Me too! Now I’m hungry for a scalding hot cookie.