finger food for 7 month old

They all gag a bit to begin with..

But if your afraid of choking when starting out choose foods that really break up easily with their saliva.. rice wafers are really good for that.. my boys demolish muffins. Banana is nice n soft.

We used bibs with sleeves when Alex was little to avoid getting anything smushed into his clothing

DD loves toast, sandwiches, banana, avacado, cruskets, soft well cooked pasta, cheese (I grate it for her), well steamed brocolli and cauliflower. She prefers finger food over pureed food that I spoon feed her now... my baby is growing up!!

Thank you so much for the suggestions, it has given me some great ideas and a place to start. With the cruskets, do you gave them a whole one, or break it so its smaller? And with the toast and sandwhiches do you put spreads on them (sorry if these are silly questions)

Agree with the others. Cruskits (split in half or quarters) with a bit of vegemite, rice crackers, toast fingers, grated cheese, steamed fingers of veggies eg courgettes, carrots, kumara etc. Peas are great fun to watch them pick up with their little hands, and great for developing the pincer grip. grapes cut in half are good too.

If you want meat, then make little meatballs from mince, or you can buy Aria Farm meat strips in the freezer at the supermarket (where the frozen beef patties are). These are pure meat that has been formed into strips so they are nice and soft. They come in beef, lamb or chicken I think.

Oh and pasta, my kids would fade away without pasta!