My son enjoys eating eggshell 🤮

[Hungrycaterpillarsmummy]

It makes me feel sick every time he does this.
The crunch crunch crunch. It must be like eating sand.

Making egg in a cup and we peeled the eggs and he's happily eating pieces of shell.
Andddd doesn't want butter in his cup for mashing..

What kind of sorcery is this?!

(I've googled months ago and seemingly there's no harm eating them...just who would?!)

No medical knowledge at all but I wonder if he’s low on some vitamin/mineral? Sometimes weird cravings or eating habits can indicate that.

I’m with you though. The tiniest piece makes me wretch.

I wondered but honestly he has a good and varied diet. He just likes the crunching I think

My DS eats the skin of kiwis, which isn't quite as bad, but nearly!

Egg shell is calcium carbonate so I'd be looking into if he is getting enough calcium.

I wouldn't be letting him eat it as shell though as bacteria lives on it. I know some people eat it ground as a powder but that is quite different to a sharp piece going down his oesophagus.

SingleandProud

I wouldn't be letting him eat it as shell though as bacteria lives on it“

Can bacteria survive boiling?

He has loads of calcium in his diet
It's definitely not a deficiency

Salmonella is killed at 74 C so would probably be fine.

Yes the eggs were boiled for ten mins, I'm not worried about bacteria.

I love a bit of chewy kiwi skin.😋

The kiwi skin is very nutritious, it just feels horrible chewing on the hairy skin.