Teething Popsicles
Fresh fruit teething popsicles are the perfect cool down treat on a hot day or for a grumbly baby with sore gums.
Add these baby popsicles to your arsenal of soothing foods for teething babies, along with some homemade baby rusks and your little one will sail through the teething stage.
Ingredients you will need
Ingredient Notes, Substitutes, & Alternatives
- Soft Fruits: Use fruits that can easily be squashed when pressed with a finger, this means they do not pose a choking risk. Soft fruits include: Raspberries, Strawberries, Watermelon, Mango, Kiwi fruit, Peaches, Mango, Cantaloupe or Rock Melon.
- Liquid: You can make these homemade teething pops with: Fresh breast milk, Cows milk, Dairy-free milk, Formula, plain yogurt or Water.
- Popsicle Moulds: Any ice block, ice lolly or popsicle mold will work. I quite like to use the soft squeezable silicone ones.
Step-by-step instructions
Below are illustrated step-by-step instructions to make my teething popsicles recipe, if you prefer just the written instructions then head straight to the printable recipe card below.
Step one: Dice the soft fruits and berries as required.
Step two: Place the fruit in the bottom of popsicle or ice lolly moulds.
Step three: Fill up the moulds with the liquid of your choice: Water, milk, breastmilk, plain yogurt or formula
Step four Freeze until solid.
Enjoy!
Tips & Tricks
Here is how you can make these teething popsicles perfectly every time!
- Instead of using diced fruit, you can also use store-bought or homemade baby purées in any naturally sweet flavor: Strawberry purée, Blueberry purée, Apple purée or applesauce, Banana baby food, Carrot purée, Sweet potato puree, Pear purée or Raspberry purée.
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How To Make This Recipe Suitable For Baby-Led-Weaning
- Be sure to choose soft fruits that are able to be squashed with a finger.
- If you are choosing small round fruit such as blueberries or grapes beside to cut them into quarters before adding them to the popsicles.
- If you have excess expressed breastmilk, try making breastmilk popsicles.
- Choose unsweetened liquids such as breastmilk, water, milk or baby formula rather than juice.
- Do not add honey to sweeten the popsicles.
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Equipment
- 6 Silicone popsicle moulds
Ingredients
- ½ cup diced soft fruit strawberries, mango, peach, kiwi, watermelon, cantaloupe.
- 300 millilitres water water, milk, breast milk, unsweetened yogurt or infant formula can be used.
Instructions
- Place the diced soft fruit in the popsicle moulds.
- Fill the moulds with your liquid of choice.
- Freeze
Video
Notes
- Instead of using diced fruit, you can also use store-bought or homemade baby purées in any naturally sweet flavor: Strawberry purée, Blueberry purée, Apple purée or applesauce, Banana baby food, Carrot purée, Sweet potato puree, Pear purée or Raspberry purée.
- Soft Fruits: Use fruits that can easily be squashed when pressed with a finger, this means they do not pose a choking risk. Soft fruits include: Raspberries, Bananas, Strawberries, Watermelon, Mango, Kiwi fruit, Peaches, Mango, Cantaloupe or Rock Melon.
- Liquid: You can make these homemade teething pops with: Fresh breast milk, Cows milk, Dairy-free milk, Formula, plain yogurt or Water.
- Popsicle Moulds: Any ice block, ice lolly or popsicle mold will work. I quite like to use the soft squeezable silicone ones.
Baby Led Weaning Notes
- Be sure to choose soft fruits that are able to be squashed with a finger.
- If you are choosing small round fruit such as blueberries or grapes beside to cut them into quarters before adding them to the popsicles.
- If you have excess expressed breastmilk, try making breastmilk popsicles.
- Choose unsweetened liquids such as breastmilk, water, milk or baby formula rather than juice.
- Do not add honey to sweeten the popsicles.
Nutrition
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