Can I give DS (22 months) boiled egg with runny yolks yet?

[liquidclocks]

Thoughts?

I usually cook them for myself and DH for 5 mins ish. It's just one of those rainy weekend afternoons deserving of boiled eggs and soldiers!

Have made him omlette instead (first one I ever made - how sad!) - still, be nice to know if it's considered safe yet!

I'm sure we gave ds boiled eggs by this age, basically as long as the WHITE is firm, the yolk can be runny and all should be fine I reckon.

Thank you! was beginning to think everyone thought it was a stupid question! Well, maybe it is -I can cook a gourmet six course dinner but when it comes to toddler food - I'm lost!

My HV always told me dd couldn't have soft-boiled eggs until she was 5 because of the risk of salmonella. But Lion Mark eggs are salmonella-free, and I never did what my HV told me anyway - so I think dd was about 2 when I first gave her runny eggs.

That advice has annoyed me all the way through pg too - but knowing I'd never forgive myself I've not has a soft boiled egg for soooo long [mouth watery emoticon]! - 6 weeks to go then I'm having a week of brie and pate!

Mind you, when you consider a lot of the HV's advice that goes up here I'd tend to just ignore anything they say! (but that would be mean coz my HV's lovely)

My HV was lovely too.

But she didn't half spout a load of old crock!

I'd say you'd be OK to have a boiled egg too - if it was a Lion marked one.

I was obsessed by this too. I still haven't given my 3 yr old any. I looked at the fsa web site and it just said toddlers shouldn't have raw or partially cooked eggs but young children could! No bloooming ages mentioned. I emailed them and they said it was on their web site, which was rubbish. I replied but they never responded.

I keep meaning to do it with the lion marked ones

I'll give him one for tea tomorrow - will let you know if we end up at docs/a&e!

Just to add that the UK is actually officially classed as salmonella free now so ALL eggs are OK. I don't know much about Lion Mark but worry this may stop people buying yummy free range farm eggs etc.Mmmmmm

Thanks LL, that's useful to know - I like my free range farm eggs too! They actually make yellow scramble rather than just creamy white - yum yum!

Yes I only eat eggs from my mum's back garden chucks and not so many as DD1 ia a bit allergic so we don't eat many eggy dishes as a family. Always have runny yellow fried egg on toast at mum's tho - yum yum. Fresh from the chicken's bum!!!!

Without sounding like I am from the Egg Marketing Board, when I was weaned the most popular weaning food was 'coddled' egg - i.e. runny yolk egg mashed up with butter!! How times change eh?
This thread has made me want eggy soldiers too....