Before you race out and try brazil nuts or any other nuts with your child, you should know that the Unicef baby friendly initiative (which Gill Rapley was the deputy director of) states that you should not give nuts to children under the age of 5 years due to the high risk of choking. For more information check out the link below. http://www.babyfriendly.org.uk/pdfs/weaning_leaflet.pdf