My daughter had only five or fix teeth when we were on vacation in North America this past August. Despite that fact, she developed an incredible appetite for bread that has only gotten stronger since then.
We had generally avoided giving her bread prior to her first birthday, mostly out of fear that her lack of teeth would lead to the bread sticking to the roof or back of her mouth, potentially choking her, and partly out of worry over wheat allergies (which she turned out not have…which is unsurprising, since neither my wife nor I have any food allergies).
Anpan-man (middle), Baikin-man (Left) and Dokin-chan (right). Bento in the back.
We did give her “baby rice bread,” which was a kind of instant rice cake (dump one package into a bowl, add 50 ml of hot water, and microwave for 30 seconds…presto! Baby shortcake).
Of course, she still eats rice often, as do we all, but the amount of rice has decreased, especially at breakfast when she insists on toast or even (her new favorite) English muffin.
Rice for breakfast?
Taking Leave 