"Hot dogs, for instance, are exactly the size of a child's airway and can easily wedge in there," the USDA notes in its April 2019 "Infant Nutrition and Feeding" guide for WIC. However, "cylindrical-shaped foods" require extra care. Cut hot dogs lengthwise firstĪll foods for babies and young children should be cut into ½-inch or smaller pieces, the AAP recommends. "I'm one of those crazy moms that goes around the birthday party with the plastic knife that cuts all the hot dogs," Altmann said. We all know they will eat them. So when they do, they should be appropriately cut up to reduce the risk of choking. "If you wanted to mash up a hot dog into pureed or bite-sized pieces, theoretically you could feed it to an older infant or toddler, but I would argue it may not be nutritionally the best choice," she said.īut kids love hot dogs. Parents should consider both the nutritional value and safety of a food when choosing their baby's diet. Parents can start introducing solid foods (except raw honey, which can harbor bacteria that causes foodborne illness in infants) to babies around 6 months of age, said Altmann. 'It just is what it is': Megan Fox has relatable working-mom moment as kids crash interview At what age can a child eat a hot dog? Traveling for the Fourth of July?: Here are the worst times to hit the road Hot dogs accounted for 2.6% of the cases.
Hard candy caused most choking episodes (15 percent), followed by other candy (13 percent), meat other than hot dogs (12 percent) and bones (12 percent).
On average, 12,400 children (or 34 per day) were treated for a choking incident. Researchers investigated nonfatal food choking-related emergency department visits among children ages 0 to 14 years from 2001 to 2009. In a 2013 study of choking incidents among young children, the AAP reported "choking is a leading cause of injury among children, and can sometimes be fatal."
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