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When is the right time to introduce coconut milk and coconut to babies? Can coconut water be also given?
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After 8 months, you can give all coconut items one by one. but coconut per se should be in purée form. Otherwise there is a risk of choking if you give pieces(small and big) and may enter the wind pipe instead of food pipe.
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