feel awful: been told "laughing cow" cheese really bad for my 10 month old

[bumbly]

that am bad parent etc etc

all i thought was it was ok to give him soft cheese now as he doesnt chew much with lumps and loves cheese

yes soft and has salt - but not that salty

have i done real harm to little one??

I give that sort of stuff to my ds. He 10 months, he has dairy-lea and stuff but won't kill him and I think it all part of having a balanced diet, they gotta have a bit of crap, just not too much. He also has the odd wotsit, choclate button, ice-cream, and tbh I let him try a bit of preety much anything I eat. Not as a meal, but if I'm at Burger King, he'll have a chip or 2, won't do any harm at all. X

Def ok - think it's pasturised anyway. They should try most things you eat and should be family foods totally by about a year!! Both mine had them.

Only vaguely related but this really makes me laugh

bumbly, give him a taste of everything. There isn't a single food out there that'll kill him or do untold damage if consumed once a month or so by small children!

but been giving chees eevery day and thus laughing cow every toher day for finger food!

oh dear feel really bad now.........

Don't bea yourself up. I think it's fine to have everything. Mine weaned on whatever we were eating at that age beit curry/chinese - and they eat the lot now!!!

HHmm tired and not spelling well I think

but is it actually bad for them to have soft cheee that is pastuerised????

I've never heard of laughing cow cheese...

is it bollocks bad for your baby. don't worry.

laughing cow is a bit like dairylea and is not going to do much harm at all.

bumbly, get a grip. He's had some cheese - so what! I had mine on holiday once and fed them exclusively on crisps and shit for two weeks because the wee buggers wouldn't eat anything else (we were in a phase) and guess what? They didn't croak or turn into 6 year old bloaters!

Now start to mix in some other foods - apple, bread sticks, etc etc and get him going on a RANGE of foods. Will you be mithered about this in 6 months time? NO!!!

I was under the impression that of all those sorts of cheeses laughing cow was the best

I've just cut and paste this from another site

thought that laughing cow was pretty "fake" too, but I just looked at the ingredients and there really aren't too many funky ingredients compared to other foods, or at least american cheese. The package says: light cheddar, swiss and semisoft cheeses, whey, cream, sodium phosphate, onion, sodium citrate, salt, natural flavor.

hope that puts your mind at rest. I would try not to worry about it. but if you are concerned about how much he eats it only give it a few times a week.

No bumbly they can have any pasturised cheese!! and do you know what? I bet you not adding salt to his diet and his kidneys are mature enough now to tolerate some salt.

need suggestions for finger food as he liked banana before but now spits it out - so cheese goes down well...anything else???

thanks furball and no dotn add salt at all

was just told "laughing cow" is salty = bad mum!!!

argh!!!!!!

Oh, and a 10 months, my DS was happily munching on the dog's dried biscuits and lapping up water from the same dog's dish - good news....he survived!

(Should just add - he chose to eat and drink from the dog's stuff. It wasn't my idea of a balanced diet you understand!)

Toast fingers
cut up fruit
raisens
rice cakes
scrambled egg
beans
cooked veg
melty CRISPS
choc cake
hhmm need i go on

Fingers of sliced pitta bread with humous.

The only reason I have avoided things like dairylea and laughing cow is cos I loved them and it took me a long time to get used to the flavour and texture of real cheese, so we just give DD1 and 2 'proper' cheese which they have always loved. If you're that worried give him cubes or sticks of 'proper' cheese - edam is a great one to start with.

slices of eggy bread
breadsticks
raisins
cherios
ricecakes
peanut butter on toast
strips of pitta or tortilla wrap dunked in bolognese sauce
meatballs (mix breadcrumbs, mince and an egg, roll into mini balls and deep fry - can freeze then defrost in microwave ready as needed)

It's FINE. All cheese is quite salty, but it's fine. Full of calcium and protein.

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