what do you think about canned fruit?

my ds loves fruit but can't bite/chew a fresh apple, pear, peach, etc. so i give him them canned at 1-2 times a day as a dessert.

i know it has a ton of sugar but i'm just glad he's eating.

so do you ever give canned fruit? if you don't like them, why not?

tia!

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try to get it in water and not syrup

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I don't give canned, but I buy the Gerber diced fruit and give her those or the fruit cups in the plastic, but I rinse them first.

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DS loves fruit...I just make sure I get the ones packed in their own juice rather than syrup...

Depending upon the time of year canned fruit sometimes retains more nutrients than fresh because it's picked fully ripe and then processed right away. Fresh fruit, on the other hand, may have to travel long distances from farm to your local supermarket. It may suffer from improper storage conditions, and precious nutrients may be destroyed along the way.

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I'll give it to her when I'm on the go, but I really only buy them if they're packed in juice, and if they're not, I do what Summer said and drain and rinse them.
Have you tried poaching some fresh fruit?

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I give them he dole fruit cups. I haven't been able to find ones in water except for gerber which are in fruit juice but those are expensive.
I would try tree ripe peaches and necatrines this time of year. I just picked some up tonite and they feel juicey. Banana's he should be ok with and you can always steam them too a little to soften them.

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I give Thomas Dole fruit cups.

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DD loves the dole peaches in the plastic cups, I always drain the juice...

She gets them occassionally when I am out of fresh fruit or if she's begging for them

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you can get canned fruit in pear juice so it's not syrup. all it is is fruit and water and juice concentrate.

the fruit in plastic containers may come in juice as well, but they may be in syrup.

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no I do not like canned fruit at all.
I do buy the fruit in the cups in the refrigerated produce section---if any has light syrup I wash them.
You can also buy fruit in jars at trader joes that is packed in juice.
Its hard...they seem to add sugar to everything!
Or..I get a giant fruit bowl from edible arrangements for 7.00 tht lasts a few days

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I was able to find some good fruit packs at WholeFoods but otherwise I steam the fruit and cut into pieces for DS.

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i sometimes give DS the dole canned peaches and mandarin oranges, all other fruits (bananas, plums, etc) i cut up fresh (and if i have fresh peaches he gets that instead of the doles obviously). I also dump out the syrup and rinse it off. but i dont think its big deal if you give it to your DS whatever works for him, like you said as long as hes eating and happy, their are so many worse things he can have (ice cream, cake, etc)

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Why not just cut up some fruit for him, apples into chunks for him to bite, Bananas are easy for babies to eat, ripe peaches...plums are nice and soft, grapes cut into pieces...

I have no problem with canned fruit, but you can give your baby tons of different kids of fresh fruit!

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thanks everyone! i do give him fresh fruit (mainly bananas, peeled grapes, peeled blueberies, and sometimes watermellon (but he throws up from it at times)> my ds can't bite into many fresh fruit and chew it b/c he has feeding issues which is why i give the fruit in a can (in water or in juice).

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DS is a fruit junkie. I used the canned in the winter or when I run out of fresh fruit, they also sell the ones in only their own juice or Lite

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If I don't have fresh fruit, As an above poster said, I buy the canned fruit that is in pear juice concentrate...not in syrup...