have i imagined it or was there a thread saying not to give toddlers wholemeal bread...?

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something about too much fibre inhibitng absorption of protein???

so, should i be buying white bread?

oops sorry have crashed what is now private bitching sesh

as a parent of an sn child we were always told that white bread can be a choking hazard as it 'wads up' into balls rather than breaking down

surely this affects small children learning to chew as well as kids with feeding problems?

franny you are welcome to our beeatching sessions whenever you like

tis a privelege of being in the pamper clique

do join in, Franny. just imagine you were posting on a website and one woman expressed herself energetically in a northern patois. so 'oop' for 'up', 'eeh ba gum' etc. no thought from her feeble brain went unexpressed, and she thought she was in charge of the place. vile. and thick... oh my god, so, so thick.

Well what do children in remote uncivilised tribes eat? Do they have white pasta there?

Ooh I have heard tell of her before Aitch

every squeak and fart, etcetera

you are not fond of her, I kind of gather

Capp I have heard that too, about the choking risk

aitch, come and bow to me as I am the giver of the early dinner suggestion.

and optimal nutrition for babies and young children says wholemeal all the way.

We use mostly wholewheat pasta and bread, mainly white rice, DD1 3.5 yo has muesli for breakfast nearly every day. She's tall and well built and has normal bm...
Have heard wholemeal is too fibrous (sp.) for babies tho...

It's only the author's opinion, and she was 'trained' by someone who is very controversial and recommends an awful lot of multivitamins. I'd take my advice from eatwell.gov.uk (Food Standards Agency) personally.

Agree with Capp about the white bread balling up in mouth - gave some to DD1 at a party once and she was totally disgusted and couldn't even spit it out as it was stuck all over her palate - yuk!

tell me more edam, i was sucked right in by the title and there is a lot of good suggestions in there.

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with regards to the balling... we BLWers are advised to toast bread initially to prevent it.

One shouldn't be fooled into thinking that white bread always means 'plastic' bread.

There is plenty alternatives to cloggy, sticky plastic bread.

Hospital nutritionalist also said no wholemeal bread (although was before 5 yo at that time) when we went to the eating clinic because of DCs allergies.

MrsApron, the thing is, anyone can call themselves a nutritionist - it isn't a protected title like doctor, or registered nurse. With an NHS registered dietitian you know you are getting someone qualified who actually understands the science.

The place where the author apparently did some training was founded by someone who advised a smoker to take beta-carotene supplements, contradicting official warnings that beta-carotene supplements may actually increase the risk of a smoker getting lung cancer, for instance. The fact that Cancer Research UK (the country's biggest cancer charity which funds proper medical research) had backed the lung cancer warnings didn't seem to register with the founder.

I haven't read the book, btw, only the Amazon link, it may be very sensible, but I'd be wary of anyone contradicting the standard advice on not giving wholemeal to small children and I'd look very carefully at what else they have to say and whether it differs from what the FSA says, for instance.

I have always given them wholemeal bread, supposedly it has more vitamins and minerals. I thought white bread, pasta etc was over-refined such that it has virtually no nutritional value?