Babies can eat blueberries from 6 months, when they start solids. Blueberries are a choking risk until age 4 (small, round and firm), so serve them in the shape for your baby's age below. At 6 months: cooked until they burst, or smashed, then stirred into porridge or yogurt.
- Other names and forms
- wild blueberries
- Start
- 6 months, when solids begin
- Choking risk
- Until age 4 (small, round and firm)
- Common allergen
- Not one of the nine major allergens
- Textures
- Mashed and finger food
How to cut and serve blueberries by age
6 to 8 months
Cooked until they burst, or smashed, then stirred into porridge or yogurt.
9 to 11 months
Each berry pressed flat into a thin disc to pick up, or cooked and stirred into yogurt.
12 months until age 4
Pressed flat or quartered; keep squashing or cutting them until age 4.
Age 4 and up
Once your child chews well, whole blueberries, eaten sitting down; keep pressing them flat or cutting them if not.
Sito shows this card at your baby's exact age, for 583 foods.
Choking: why the shape matters
Why blueberries are a choking risk: small, round and firm. Until age 4, serve them only in the shapes above.
The AAP also advises supervising mealtimes, having children sit down when they eat, and taking a CPR and first aid course.
Nutrients
USDA figures per 100 g (Blueberries, raw): iron 0.34 mg, zinc 0.09 mg, calcium 12 mg and vitamin C 8.1 mg. Household measures from USDA: 1 berry is about 1.4 g and 1 cup is about 148 g.
Starting Solids in the Sito app
Sito is our app. From 4 months, the home screen is Starting Solids: the signs of readiness, how to serve each of 583 foods at your baby's age, and a quick log for every taste. Spears to grip or mashed on a spoon, each food's card shows the shapes that fit your baby's age, and swipes ahead to how it changes as they grow.
The Allergen Ladder takes 9 common allergens, one at a time, with a check-in after each. At 12 months the full app opens on its own: meals from a photo, 18 nutrients, and how to cut every food until age 4.
Every first food, served right
Add your baby and Starting Solids opens at 4 months.
FAQ
When can babies eat blueberries?
From 6 months, when your baby starts solids. Blueberries are a choking risk until age 4, so follow the shape for each age.
How do you cut blueberries for a 6-month-old?
Cooked until they burst, or smashed, then stirred into porridge or yogurt.
How do you cut blueberries for a 9-month-old?
Each berry pressed flat into a thin disc to pick up, or cooked and stirred into yogurt.
How do you cut blueberries for a 12-month-old?
Pressed flat or quartered; keep squashing or cutting them until age 4.
Sources
- AAP HealthyChildren: Choking Prevention for Babies & Children
- CDC: When, What, and How to Introduce Solid Foods
- CDC: Foods and Drinks to Avoid or Limit
- NHS: Your baby's first solid foods
- NHS: Foods to avoid giving babies and young children
- USDA FoodData Central: Blueberries, raw