When can a baby have grapes?
最後更新 2026年10月2日
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The NHS gives no separate start age for grapes. What it gives is how to prepare them: "cut small round fruits like grapes, cherries, berries, strawberries and cherry tomatoes into quarters (4 small pieces)." Whole grapes stay off the plate.
How to cut them
Quarter each grape lengthways. The Department for Education's early years guidance says to "cut small round foods (like grapes, strawberries and cherry tomatoes) lengthways and into quarters". Halving is not enough.
How long to keep cutting
Neither the NHS nor the Department for Education gives an age to stop cutting grapes. The Department for Education says: "Children can choke at any age. However, younger children are at greater risk as their narrow airways are more easily blocked." Its choking advice, including the grape advice, is written for children aged 5 and under. If an older child shares the plate, quartered grapes for everyone is simplest.
When to start
Weaning starts from around six months. Whenever grapes go on the plate, they are cut as above.
Other fruits have cards of their own: banana, pear and avocado. For sitting upright, gagging versus choking and what to do if your baby chokes, see baby-led weaning safety.