Cereal and Grains

• Ten-month-old infants are able to eat a variety of grains. The most common are crackers, cheerios, wheat germ, toast, quinoa and rice. All foods should be cut into bite size pieces for the baby to safely eat and swallow without choking. Crackers can be grahams, butter crackers, saltines or other soft cracker. Cheerios and bite size toast are also age appropriate and are nutritional breakfast finger foods. Pasta (plain or with butter and cheese), cut into small pieces, is a good finger snack for infants at dinnertime.
  
  

Fruit

• Fruit must be peeled and cut into bite size pieces. Fruits that are easily eaten by older infants are blueberries, cantaloupe, watermelon, honeydew melons, cherries, avocados, cranberries, dates, grapes, kiwi and papaya. Fruit may need to be boiled or put in the microwave to make it slightly mushy or soft enough for a baby.
  
  

Vegetables

• Vegetables should be softened by baking or steaming before being given to infants. Softer vegetables are easier to chew. Vegetables appropriate for this age include asparagus, broccoli, cauliflower, potatoes, peas, sweet potatoes, beets, onions, eggplant, peppers, leeks, mushrooms and parsnips.
  
  

Protein

• Proteins can include meats, tofu, eggs or legumes. Older infants may eat cubed or shredded chicken or small pieces of ground beef. Cubed firm tofu (many parents roll it in cheerios or cracker crumbs) is a protein filled snack, as are bits of scrambled or hard boiled eggs. Softer beans, such as kidney or red, can be cut up and fed to older infants.
  
  

Dairy

• You can feed older infants cubes of cheddar, Colby, mozzarella or other firm cheeses. Other ideas for calcium filled finger foods include pieces of toasted bagel or toasted bread with cream cheese.
  
  

Other Foods

• Many baby food brands, like Gerber or Earth's Best, have created finger foods for older children. These include puffed rice snacks, freeze-dried fruit, crackers and dried vegetables. Many parents also give older infants cut-up pieces of sandwiches, rice cakes and bits of tortilla or naan bread with hummus.