Honey under 12mths.

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Skribble · 22/09/2006 22:36

Dh wants to know why can't you give babies under 12 mths honey. I don't know but I said I know a woman who does. So why not???

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emkana · 22/09/2006 22:36

It can cause an illness called botulism.

SoupDragon · 22/09/2006 22:36

Infant botulism I beleive!

PinkTulips · 22/09/2006 22:39

infant botulism

sweetkitty · 22/09/2006 22:40

risk of infant botulism

spores are an inert form of a bacterium called Clostridium botulinum which are present in the soil, honey is not treated in any way to kill the spores so if you were to ingest the spores they start to grow in the body and produce a toxin, in babies this can cause infant botulism which can be fatal

it's very very rare and usually only occurs in deveoping countries where it is normal to give young babies honey

hope that helps

sweetkitty · 22/09/2006 22:43

pink tulips link better than my memory at 11.40pm on a Friday night

PinkTulips · 22/09/2006 22:45

had to do link as my memory is nowhere near as good as yours sweet kitty

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Skribble · 22/09/2006 23:20

Thankyou DH bows to the collective knowledge on MN.

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