Physicians no longer recommended avoiding eggs and other potentially allergic foods in the diets of babies and toddlers. So yes, you can feed your 11-month-old scrambled eggs and you can even use the egg yolks (and some formula, cheese, and butter of course).

Hard boil an egg, peel off the shell, and take the yolk out. Mash it together with breast milk, formula, (or whole milk if your baby is over 1 year old). As your baby begins eating more foods, you may also mash the yolk with avocado, banana, sweet potato, and other pureed fruits and vegetables.

Eggs are not considered a common choking hazard for babies. However, you should still prepare them safely by making sure they’re soft and easy to chew (such as by scrambling them or serving them in a frittata), then cut into small, bite-sized pieces that are manageable for your baby’s age.

6 months
You can introduce scrambled eggs from 6 months of age. Experts no longer recommend delaying the introduction of eggs. In fact, introducing eggs early can actually help to lower your baby’s chance of developing an egg allergy (1).

You can give your baby the entire egg (yolk and white), if your pediatrician recommends it. Around 6 months, puree or mash one hard-boiled or scrambled egg and serve it to your baby. For a more liquid consistency, add breast milk or water. Around 8 months, scrambled egg pieces are a fantastic finger food.

The official scientific recommendation says to serve up to 7 eggs per week. This can mean one a day, or two to three a day if you don’t serve them daily.

Make sure the entire egg is fully cooked before offering it to your child—no over-medium or sunny-side up for baby! They can enjoy pureed hard-boiled egg or scrambled egg as a first food. As your baby gets older, you can feed her pieces of a hard-boiled egg or scrambled egg as a finger food.

When to Give Eggs to Your Baby It is recommended to introduce whole egg into your child’s diet in the first year of their life – around six months of age, but not before four months.

But as long as your child is not overdoing cholesterol and saturated fat from other protein sources and is eating a variety of foods each day, your child can eat eggs every day, if desired.

Make sure any cooked food has cooled right down before offering it to your baby. Foods containing allergens (such as peanuts, hens’ eggs, gluten and fish) can be introduced from around 6 months of age, 1 at a time and in small amounts so you can spot any reaction.

How many eggs can toddlers eat? The official scientific recommendation says to serve up to 7 eggs per week. This can mean one a day, or two to three a day if you don’t serve them daily.

For babies aged less than a year old, use only egg yolks to make this scrambled eggs recipe. Also, skip the milk and make with egg alone. You can add prepared formula milk to adjust the consistency if required. Adding salt is not recommended in baby food unless they turned one year.

Your toddler’s lunch of choice may be a scrambled egg for the next few weeks, but this does not have to be a source of worry. Giving your toddler an egg daily is just fine. Your toddler is growing in leaps and bounds and needs sufficient calories to support both his developmental and physical growth during this time.

You might also worry about the cholesterol content in eggs. But as long as your child is not overdoing cholesterol and saturated fat from other protein sources and is eating a variety of foods each day, your child can eat eggs every day, if desired.

Unless your one-year-old has a history of allergies, eggs can be a nutritious part of his diet. You can start to give your child eggs once he is ready for solid food, at around 4 to 6 months of age. Most people start by introducing iron-fortified baby cereal and then vegetables, but you can introduce eggs at any time after starting solids.