Is it right/wrong to give a 7 month old ice cream?

[eenybeeny]

Just wondering... A Mum I know mentioned that she gave her LO ice cream all the time as a baby. She said she used it to help with teething pain. My 7 month old son has never had it but I was wondering if its just not healthy enough. What's the MN verdict?

too young imo.

That was my instinct but I wasnt sure.

its neither.

i think it's the raw egg thats the problem.

And Mr Whippy style ice cream is often dispensed from inadequately cleaned equipment, left ot melt over night etc etc. Responsible for a fair number of bugs.

no, raw egg in certain ice creams.

"You could puree frozen raspberries and put them in very cold greek yoghurt." mmmmmmm that sounds v yummy muminfife.

didn't risk it with ds until he was a year old...we make our own.
you can make yummy banana icecream by just peeling and freezing bananas for four hours & then blending them.
great for sore gummed babies!

lol

could be worse...although an iced carrot is probably tastier!

just make a smoothie with natural full fat yoghurt and freeze that if you really want to give it a go. better than some cheapo walls flavoured rubbish imo.

you can also freeze strips of carrot that can be gummed. also any frozen fruits, raspberries, blueberries etc are quite nice.

wow I had no idea it would be this contentious!

may I interject that cholesterol is a much needed food group for babies?

I certainly didnt mean to start a yawn worthy thread!

LOL at yawny thread.
DS1 was fed icecream by well-meaning relative when he was six months old. The family joke is that this rellie is now responsible for funding DS1's icecream habit (and to be fair, he does stump up holiday spends so maybe it's a good tactic)

I asume that said 7 month old is not eating Ben & Jerrys double Chocolate whatever icecream in the style of Bridget Jones? If it helps that parent deal with teething problems, then it is a good thing. My dd sampled icecream before she was 1 and is now 11 with a normal health BALANCED diet, no fillings in her teeth and slim. Everything in moderation.

It would have been wrong of me to feed ds ice cream at 7months as we have a family history of allergies. I delayed dairy until 9 months (I think) and eggs until a year. Just as well because he has a severe egg allergy.

But that's not to say that it's wrong for every child.

ds 10 months tried it for the first time yesterday off my mum's spoon, didn't like it anyway, pulled funny face and spat it out. Ditto chocolate.
I don't think a teaspoonful of "unhealthy" food is a big deal, although I wouldn't want him eating it for every meal.