TUC crackers for an 8 month old.

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Honestly do not know if IABU or not.

Have a friend who gives her not-quite-8mo salty TUC crackers to eat - one or two per day. I am not sure how common they are in the UK - they are similar to Ritz salty crackers.

I found out about it yesterday and decided to voice concern over the salt. I said it in a friendly, chatty way and she was happy to tell me that she thinks it's fine, so I shut up.

Not sure if my concern is over-the-top or not - just do not know. I thought salt should be avoided completely for a year. She was so unconcerned I wonder if she knows something I don't. Maybe she's looked into it herself and has made an informed decision, but she doesn't strike me as the type. It's been on my mind since.

Would IBU to bring it up again when I see her today? Don't want to fall out with her, but don't want to see her risk her DD's health, if that's what she's doing.

I wouldn't give them personally. Plain rice cakes or something would be better. I don't even feed them to my four and two-year olds unless they get them at a party (but they do eat plenty of other "unhealthy" stuff here and there!).

Not sure I would take it up again with friend though if you have already mentioned it and she is happy with it.

YANBU - but don't mention it again. You've told your friend and she has politely told you to butt out.

What to feed your baby is such an emotive issue, that even though your brain is screaming at you "it's wrong, it's wrong!! That is sooo bad for your baby!" you need to keep your lip firmly buttoned. Chances they have had access to the same advice as you have but they have chosen to intepret it differently.
Otherwise all that is going to happen is you will fall out with your friend.

I've had it the other way where someone has told me that something I was doing is not recommended, and found myself very irritated at the friend in question, because I had weighed up the risks and deemed it acceptable for my child. Perhaps your friend has done the same - she may be ultra scrupulous about avoiding salt in other foods.

YABU

You mentioned the salt. She said it was fine.

Mentioning it again will piss her off.

Tuc crackers are nom nom nom.

YANBU at all but I also would leave it now.

Maybe your comment will be enough to actually make her think about it, even though she seemingly brushed it off the first time.

YABU. I don't know how much salt could possibly be in one cracker but it's probably not very different from a lot of seemingly non-salty foods that still manage to sneak it in. (cereal, etc.)

Surely there is no real risk in a cracker or two - do you really think she is in some sort of medical danger?!

YANBU to think that an 8 month old shouldn't be eating salty biscuits. I LOVE tuc but they do taste very salty, I wouldn't be giving them to a baby. Unfortunately you have voiced your concerns and she has chosen to ignore you so you can't say anything else, it has nothing to do with you.

Thanks for the replies. Maybe you are right 5DollarShake and mentioning it made her think about it.

chandellina salt can be dangerous for babies and formula is designed to give them what they need already (the DD in question drinks formula milk). TUC salted crackers are really quite salty, so yes I do think it's really quite unhealthy.

YANBU. Those crackers should have had some roquefort or stilton on them, or perhaps some crab pate. The poor baby.

How many people give their young children Marmite? I know LOADS

Just leave it, it may not be healthy, but its really none of your business. I'm positive this baby is in no medical danger. If she is, let her doctor tell her.

Ooh get this. Seems your friend is more enlightened nutritionally than you are!

Tuc crackers have only a trace of sodium per biscuit

breakfast And this has only a trace per pouch

Yet if you saw her eating this you wouldn't blink, yet its got the same amounts.

We were sucking on crisps at that age. I wouldn't do it now, but actually nothing happened to us.

Bunty, I love your name. Its just so jolly hockey sticks!

I thought you were saying it would be crackers to take an 8-month-old to the Trade Union Congress.

The biscuits seem to taste very salty but it really is none of your business. She's clarified once already that she's happy to give them to him regardless of the salt content, I don't think you can raise it again. If you have a similar-aged child you could perhaps sing the praises of another snack (rice cakes or something) or maybe give her a pack saying they were on BOGOF and you won't use both so maybe DD would like them.

There's far less sodium in a couple of TUC than in a slice of bought bread, and yet andwiches are standard fare for babies.

YABU.

I would be really miffed if you mentioned it to me again. My DD had a lot of cheesy wotsits at the same age. I can use ignorance as my excuse, she is and was my first born. We lived in Oman where post natal care was non existant and she liked them. She is a very healthy, if skinny nine year old now.

Mind your own, its not like the bairns eating a packet a day.
Do you think your friend is too thick to know what she's doing?

Ok, thanks everyone, IABU - good to know - would rather ask than worry about it :)

No need to worry now, only a trace of sodium.

Mind, at least TUC are actual food. Unlike rice cakes which are, I suspect, a form of packaging material reconfigured to appeal to the ascetic tendencies of the Modern Parent.

Disclaimer: I gave them to ds. It was what concerned parents like me did. And then it occured to me that they're fucking horrible

Thanks for your reasearch, Sloany - I tried to find out myself but I couldn't find the info on their website

Jenai yes, they do taste like something you'd pack a TV in.

SnoBear Now I have a cheese craving.

sloany thank you

BonniePrinceBilly in answer to your question - well, yes. This woman quite cheerfully admits to being 'too dumb to read a map'. She hasn't been to the cinema since Titanic came out because she went to see it and found the plot too complicated. She also hasn't read a book in well over a decade because it's 'too much like hard work'. This is what I meant in my OP when I said that she isn't the type to research this kind of thing - hence my concern.

Concern which has now abated :)