raw foods: is it possible to feed 12 month old babies raw foods? i would think that it would be better for them.|||NO!.....especially vegetables because the baby might get choked!...OMG!, please hire a nanny before you hurt this child.......|||OK lady! listen up! for one thing i don't have a child yet! I'm only 16, and thinking way way way way ahead! now, how do you think Adam and Eve did it? Report Abuse |||There are a couple of problems with raw foods such as... Their immune systems are not ready to handle any pesticides so you would have to soak, rinse, soak, rinse a couple of times before even thinking of giving it to a 12 month child Their digestive systems have a hard time breaking down 'raw' so bloating, gas, etc......cranky child!! The 'big' possibility of choking as they don't understand that everything must be fully chewed and broken down before swallowing. Don't rush it as you will pay the price!|||dude your gonna kill them. yea hire a nanny answer mine? http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;鈥?/a>