Place all ingredients into a small mixing bowl. Serve as a dip for celery sticks and slices of apple or pear. The following questions were sent in by visitors to our site. The answers are provided by Dr. Janice Woolley, pediatrician. Experts recommend avoiding raw carrots and celery until age four because of the choking hazard.
Cucumbers are softer and can probably be handled earlier than that.
You can steam or microwave vegetables to soften them for a toddler to finger feed. Always wash fresh produce in clear running water before eating. After that age you can gradually switch over. One way to do that is to put the milk in a cup and offer it once or twice a day. As your child gets used to the flavor, switch one feeding at a time.