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Just caught my eldest giving my 8 week old Mr whippy

59 replies

loz12345 · 27/08/2017 15:28

AIBU to panic
My eldest is really good normally and knows the baby can't have food (he is 8). I nipped to the lo and must have been gone a minute and when I came back baby was licking his lips and looked guilty and admitted he let his almost 9 week old brother try a tiny bit of his Mr Whippy ice cream (a bit on the end of a spoon).

I made the mistake of googling and am now terrified the baby might get listeria, I had 3 mc before him so am aware I may be over reacting slightly.

TIA

OP posts:
Ropsleybunny · 27/08/2017 16:11

I'm sure there's not harm done, so don't worry. I'd be telling the eight year old off though, as you really don't want him trying that trick again.

Iruka · 27/08/2017 16:12

Apparently my brother fed me chocolate buttons when I was 3 days old :). Didn't hurt me but may account for my lifelong addiction

StillMedusa · 27/08/2017 16:20

Found my 3 year old giving the 12 week old a bit of french stick!
She survived :) Honestly kids used to be weaned from 6 weeks when I was tiny and tho we now know it's not ideal a lick of icecream won't do any damage.

Libitina · 27/08/2017 16:20

I tried to feed my sister a chip the day she got out of hospital. I didn't understand why I got told off, I thought I was being nice. I was only 3 though.

SparklyUnicornPoo · 27/08/2017 16:21

Obviously not a great thing to feed a baby but that tiny amount as a one off should be fine. My grandmother insisted on sneaking babies a bit of everything she ate, often off her finger nail, we were all fine.

VeryPunny · 27/08/2017 16:23

DD fed DS hummus on a breadstick at 12 weeks, and I found my mum giving him tiramisu at 20 weeks. No harm done and he has gone on to eat everything.

Mustardnowletsnotbesilly · 27/08/2017 16:25

DM gave DS a spoonful of pub custard at 8 weeks. Bonkers. She was determined he should be on baby rice at 11 weeks. How things change!!!

BamburyFuriou3 · 27/08/2017 16:31

My dd2 but her muddy toe in her brothers mouth at a similar age as apparently it looked like he wanted to suck on something Confused

I hit the roof (internally and to DH) and really panicked but DS was totally fine. I then made sure both DDS knew never to put ANYTHING in a baby's mouth. Anything!
Your baby will also almost certainly also be totally fine, but it's understandable to panic.

Olympiathequeen · 27/08/2017 16:38

Please don't stress. Ice cream for a small baby is totally harmless in this instance. I'm sure your older child thought he was being kind and sharing, so don't worry

Goingtobeawesome · 27/08/2017 16:43

How lovely to see a thread where every poster is being kind and empathetic instead of the sneering comments these types of threads sometimes have.

indulgentberries · 27/08/2017 16:46

I wouldn't worry OP, babies used to start on solid food at 8 weeks.

Sunferra · 27/08/2017 16:51

It is lovely to see a supportive and fun thread. It's amazing we all survived! My mother gave me coffee on a teaspoon at three weeks to 'see if I liked it'. She also started my much younger brother soft boiled eggs at three weeks. Maybe the novelty of having a newborn wore off quickly!

Singingtherapy · 27/08/2017 16:52

Health visitor here. Don't worry, obviously not ideal but there's nothing in Mr whippy that would do any harm to a baby. He probably loved it!

Fitzsimmons · 27/08/2017 16:55

DD had her first taste of chocolate aged 8 weeks, when at a toddler and baby group a toddler put his melted chocolate coated fingers in her mouth. She was fine. Loves chocolate now though Grin

Original poster
loz12345 · 27/08/2017 16:58

I agree I was expecting lots of negative posts too, I weaned my eldest on dr orders at 4 mnt as he wasn't gaining weight so I knew it is ok from them I just hope he doesn't end up loving ice cream now 😂

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Whinesalot · 27/08/2017 17:04

One of mines first taste of proper food was marmite, care of my stupid Dad...

GnomeDePlume · 27/08/2017 17:13

DD1 gave DS a bite of her chocolate muffin at similar age. I came back into the room to find DS with chocolate all round his mouth looking quite content!

DS is now 18 and is still quite partial to a chocolate muffin!

WashBasketsAreUs · 27/08/2017 17:14

My sister shoved half an oxo cube in my mouth when I was 6 weeks old. I'm still here, and I love oxo cubes!

FruitCider · 27/08/2017 17:20

My FIL shoved a finger covered in jam into my baby's mouth at 10 weeks old and I hit the roof, I had failed to breastfeed so was EPing as I worried about my baby not having a virgin gut. At that moment I thought my whole world had collapsed. My child is now about to turn 5, still eats strawberry jam, and knows grandad provides good tasting food Grin

It will be fine x

Pigface1 · 27/08/2017 17:20

OP, I think the listeria risk is largely posed by unpasteurised milk products - like blue cheese and other soft cheeses - and obviously by uncooked meats. Mr Whippy is an ice cream for kids - it will have been pasteurised and processed within an inch of its life. I really wouldn't worry.

biscuitmillionaire · 27/08/2017 17:31

I seem to remember there was a report about people getting food poisoning from ice cream due to vendors who would keep the scoop in a container of water, which would then get milk in it and would sit getting warm on the counter. I think that might be what OP has read about online. So she's not just panicking about weaning and sugar etc. However, Mr Whippy isn't served with a scoop so all should be fine. (And I think ice cream sellers are now aware of this potential risk).

AnneEyhtMeyer · 27/08/2017 17:34

Mr Whippy was DD's first food too - she stole it herself while I was distracted by grabbing a handful from my cone and shoving it in her mouth at 12 weeks.

Her next food was Doritos, stolen from my plate in a pub.

She has suffered no ill effects.

Screwinthetuna · 27/08/2017 17:37

Don't worry OP, baby will be fine. Some mothers literally poo in the birthing pool and baby comes out into it.
When DS was about 8 weeks, I let a family friend hold him at a party. Went to get some food and found her eating prawns and peanuts and then sticking her finger into his mouth for him to suck. Prawns and friggin peanuts.
I also had that pfb smugness that DS's first food at 5 months was a taste of organic carrot. DH then said, 'no it wasn't, I took him to McDonald's with me when he was 4 months and he ate chips.' Grin

Mammyloveswine · 28/08/2017 15:02

My mum held haribos to my then 12 week old DS for him to kick, saying "he loves it! Look!" I told her he would lick the floor and to never attempt to give my son bloody haribo again! Honest to god!

I also made my dad a cuppa whilst he had DS at 5 months on his knee...heard DS making "mmmmm" noises... he was only greedily devouring a bloody magnum!! Obviously loved it (who wouldn't?) but not my weaning food of choice! 🙈

Aaviiii · 28/08/2017 15:44

I found 19 yr old DN feeding my 6 week DS3 old cola bottles because "he looked like he wanted it"
Her dad used to feed DS1the most appalling things. By 6 months DS1 had had coke, crisps, chocolate, tea and generally anything else Bil was eating. I refused to let him see Ds1 unless I was present. And then the shit hit the fan when he put a lit cigarette in my one yr old's mouth to wind me up.