They can cause infections. Don t give baby chunky foods like corn, nuts, popcorn and seeds, or course-textured foods like crumbly cookies. These foods are hard for baby to eat and can cause choking. Grapes and round pieces of hot dog are especially dangerous. It s OK to serve foods cold.
Most babies don t mind.
If you want to warm baby food, do it just before serving. By now, your baby may have one or more teeth or may be teething. In about two years, he will have 20 baby teeth. If any of these teeth are decayed, the child may have what dentists call Nursing Bottle Mouth. Bacteria in baby s mouth react with sugar to make acid.