I hate peeling grapes!

Do you guys peel grapes for your little ones? My boys LOVE grapes but peeling them is such a PITA. Our pedi told us that the three main foods babies and toddlers choke on are grapes, hot dogs, and popcorn. Well, we're not doing hotdogs or popcorn yet, but she said to be sure and peel and quarter their grapes - so that's what I'm doing. I'm wondering when they'll be ready to eat them with the peel??

So, for those of you with older babies... are you still peeling their grapes?


- Carrie

 

Maybe this makes me a bad mommy, but we never peeled the girls grapes!

We do however quarter them though. Never even thought about peeling them. And if someone were insistent upon it to us, I can quite honestly say, the girls probably wouldn't get grapes!

 

I also never peeled them. Just quartered them.

Are you peeling or quartering first? (I would think it would be easier to peel them after they are cut -- oh, but what a PITA!)

 

I have never peeled grapes for my girls but I do cut them in quarters.

 

I never peeled either, just quartered.

 

I didnt peel them either...

 

I don't peel either, but I do cut them into eighths. I think that's a pain, but it's not nearly as time consuming as cutting & peeling!

Good Luck!
Suzi

 

I peeled them very early on for my older DD, but only for a month or so....as soon as I was comfortable that she could eat them in quarters without choking, I stopped peeling them. I would just try it and see how they do....

I used to buy an organic brand of hot dogs, and found that the casing on them was sort of tough -- so I used to peel those, too!

 

Our pedi also told us to peel them too. We have actually NOT bought grapes because peeling is too much effort.

 

I never peeled grapes with any of my kids. I always quatered them though.

 

I'm not a peeler either. I did cut them into 1/8ths or 1/4ths depending on their age. Now they eat the whole things. :shok:

 

I never peeled them.. Just quartered.

 

I've never peeled their grapes. When they were younger, I cut them into quarters -- then until just this week I always cut them in half. I finally stopped doing that, although I keep a close eye on them when they're eating, and make sure they only eat one at a time.

 

Another non-peeler here! Like pps, I cut them into quarters or eighths, depending on the size of the grapes.

 

Non-peeler here too; just quartered! I remember the day we actually gave them whole grapes and I felt like we had reached this momentous milestone!

 

Never peeled either - just cut into quarters.

 

So guess what we had for dinner tonight... sweet potato fries, chicken, and grapes - with the peel!!! Ahhh, I feel so liberated! Now I have to figure out what to do with all of this extra time I'll have on my hands... time I WON'T be spending peeling grapes.

ETA: and I have to thank Leighann for making me feel like I wasn't a complete weirdo! I swear our pedi told us we needed to peel them :blink:

Put me down as a member of the non-peelers club! Thanks ladies.

 

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I swear our pedi told us we needed to peel them


He probably just didn't want anybody to sue him! :lol:

 

I'm sure one of the reasons we never peeled is because fruit skin is good for preventing constipation! Love the grapes!