To let my child eat two eggs in one sitting?

[Iamcheeseman]

My dd (3 next month) loves eggs. She recently started asking for 2 boiled eggs instead of 1 for lunch.

My dm was a bit at me giving her 2 eggs in one go. The next time I saw my nan she said to me 'I think you should phone the health visitor or doctor and check it's ok to have 2 eggs'. I have Googled but can't find anything.

The eggs are only small and dd is not 'bunged up' which seems to be their concern. She also only has boiled eggs once or twice a week, not everyday!
Is 2 small eggs really a problem?

Libby - I think you're right about the generational thing. Egg advice has changed (or is changing) for pregnant women as well so perhaps older people do have different views.

It's hardly the worst thing in the world.

We go through two dozen eggs a week here between the kids and DP.

When they were little they used to have two eggs in one sitting, sometimes more.

Zou that's brilliant

Mine is 8 and he has 3 boiled eggs every morning for his breakfast mashed up in a cup with butter and salt - best breakfast ever 👍 he used to have 2 and a piece of toast but now he prefers the extra egg rather than the toast.

Two boiled eggs seems perfectly fine for a three-year-old to me. Healthy and nutritious and plenty of protein.

I've never really understand the whole 'eggs bung you up' thing. I eat loads of eggs and it's never been a problem! If she has a reasonably balanced diet overall it's fine.

Some people do seem a bit overly obsessed with children's pooing habits, though.

My children are vegetarian (I'm vegan) they go through 6-12 eggs daily. We are gettin our own hens after Christmas

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I'm a massive egg fan and there's no health issue. They were thought to be high in cholesterol but that's no longer valid.

DS sometimes has 2 eggs (he's 2). The nhs dietician said his diet was one of the best she's seen this was before toddler fussiness hit, I'm sure she wouldn't say the same now! and specifically said he can have as many eggs as he likes.

The only reason I've ever restricted my and my eldest's egg intake is due to allergies - we both had the classic infancy egg allergy and gradually grew out of it. I remember getting troublesome eczema around the age of 9 when I started having 2 eggs every morning for breakfast - so cut back to one or not every day and was fine. Similarly my daughter didn't tolerate straight eggs or eggy food till she was about 6; but now as a teenager she's fine with more eggs more often which is great. (5 eggs makes an omelette for two in our house, breakfast every day this week :) )

My usually sensible, non interfering DM got a right bee in her bonnet about DS1, her first GC, eating too many eggs. Easily two a day at age two most days, now fried egg sandwich is a goto snack/breakfast age seven. She really got quite insistent that it would cause him harm. So I asked what madness she was going on about. My DM was born in the 50's, I remember the salmonella scare, she thought it daft, panics about cholesterol but not in relation to eggs, her reason? A woman became ill during WW2, it turned out she was living off almost exclusively eggs that she was sneaking out of the chicken shed

My 17 month old DD easily scarfs two scrambled eggs for lunch every other day. Usually with smoked salmon. Her dietician is very pleased about it, as am I, given she is intolerant of a whole ream of foods. Ignore your DM. She is drawing off old-fashioned advice.

A woman became ill during WW2, it turned out she was living off almost exclusively eggs that she was sneaking out of the chicken shed

I seem to remember some children dying after eating bananas when they were reintroduced to the public post WWII. I can't remember why it was they died exactly. Hasn't given me a fear of banoffee pie though!

Oh and I'm not laughing at that poor woman's death, more the fact that one single death decades ago should be a reason to avoid eggs!

If if give my girls eggs its usually 2 they get boiled or scrambled with toast

Look at your DD. If two eggs are troubling her it's too much. If she's eating them. Then carry on!!!
I'd much prefer my children ate extra eggs than extra bread (but more. Read with more eggs, in proportion is ok!) or worse sugary puddings because they are hungry after a meal.

I have 2 eggs for breakfast everyday, nothing wrong with my health.. and I don't feel hungry till lunchtime

2 eggs is fine op

My DD can eat 5 eggs at one sitting!

Eggs have been vilified in the past for several different reasons such as cholesterol, salmonella, allergies... So probably they have heard at some point that too much egg is bad but don't really know why. There isn't really good evidence for such stories so I wouldn't worry too much.

My 3yo lives on blinking eggs. She can polish off two no problem, and she's only a 14kg stripling. Absolutely fine

I think my nephew (4) would eat two eggs for breakfast everyday if he was allowed. Due to time constraints etc, we try to keep it to weekends.

My mum is of the opinion they bung you up but we have found this not to be the case.

squoosh I don't think she died, was just quite ill and returned to health with a more balanced diet.

Really thought your posts was going to be about Easter eggs 😳

As long as they're not Cadburys, I shouldn't worry. My gran (who passed at the grand old age of 88) used to panic 20+ years ago when I wanted egg sandwiches two days running, so I'd say it's an older generation thing.