what can I feed to a 7 month old?

[mrsflibble]

so far when we've been out gathering free food, I've only fed fruits to my daughter to keep her quiet on the trips. but is there anything else I can give to her to chew on? she's 7 months old and needs stuff to help with teething- that's preferably free!!

thanks.

[funkypixie]

How about dried apple rings? You can get them in health food shops but I don't see any reason why you couldn't dry your own in a very low oven. They're great for littlies because you can tie them onto highchairs, slings, pushchairs - anything - and when they throw them they don't end up on the floor.

Anna x

[baldowrie]

I used to give mine strips of raw carrot to gnaw on

[den_the_cat]

my friend in the US has a hazel bark necklace for her kid and says it keeps her happy (she chews it and it seems to stop the pain) so perhaps hazel bark, but splinters would worry me with a bit just off a tree. Nutmeg is also meant to help, and when I did a quick search for the necklaces I couldn't find them but there are loads of amber teething necklaces, which seem less to chew and more to calm. Who knows?

[mrsflibble]

thanks. think I'm going to try the apple rings- have found a cox's orange pippin tree on public land
and she loves carrot.
she's currently kind of purple cos we went blackberrying this morning lolz!

[mrsflibble]

as an update: dried apple rings are great for a teething baby, as is dried mango (mango jerky as my hubby calls it).