Quick! Can you give a 2.5 year old prawns?

[knickerelasticjones]

..... well can you?

I know it sounds daft but I'm suddenly having a confidence crisis. Is it safe to give a 2.5 year old prawns (in my splendid prawn pilaf that I may or may not make for tea tonight)

help!

yes

it is not a hanging offence in EU countries

I don't see why not. DD has them and she's 16 months old - just make sure you cook them well.

my 16month old had them sat night. she's not keeled over just yet.

I seem to remember shellfish not being recommended till 3 years. But so long as they are fresh and cooked properly and your child doesn't tend to be allergic to things,its probably ok.

thanks all - the prawns it is then!

So far DD has had pretty much exactly the same food as us but for some reason I suddenly came over all cautious and thought that prawns might be forbidden.

That said, I may have to smother them in whole grain mustard (her current favourite food in the whole wide world.....)

ta!

I must admit I would never have given my 1st born prawns at the age I gave my dd (16mths). So much more relaxed 2nd time around, it didn't even occur to me that dd possibly shouldn't get them .

I thought you couldn't till they were 5 for some reason

can't remember why now

poor dd2 I have denied her

My mum gave ds seafood curry at 8 months. And then dealt with the resulting nappies...

my 2.5 yo had welks

good lord, do you really think other cultures - SE Asia for example where prawns are a precious source of protein and also used as a condiment in their dried form - wait for so long before giving them? Protein is important to kids and is traditionally welcomed with open arms when available.

Too much consumer choice these days

I remember reading in a parenting book once that Inuit children do not suddenly acquire a taste for fish livers after being weaned on ham sandwiches .
It helped me wean my PFB without too many traumas.

Just looked in the Birth to Five book andthe only reference I can find is not to give them under six months.

dd has had them from 8 months on - no probs

I should add the the nappies were foul due to the strength of the curry and not due to any adverse effects of prawns on the digestive system...

DD had prawns before she was a year old.

i did...

...and that was raw in prawn cocktail

Never heard anything about not giving them at any age (post weaning obviously.)

everything I have read says not to give them before 6 months and not to give them raw to children at all as they would then be at risk from food poisoning

yesss....my DD loves King prawns..She is 3 next week.

She started to have prawns when she was 1.5 yrs old.