Runny eggs - and yes, this does belong in Parenting rather than Food

[PrettyCandles]

OK, 'fess up - who gives their pre-schoolers runny eggs?

3yo dd loves soft-boiled eggs and sunny-side-up fried eggs.

Of course I do.

With you.

At least, we aim for soft-boiled, but they're often a tad overdone to qualify.

Of course.

Why shouldn't you?
I know, salmonella and all that, but surely after about 2yo it's OK (raw eggs are a different matter though)? Or am I being hopelessly naive?
A soft-boiled egg is a wonderful thing IMO.

Dippy Eggie is one of DD2's big favourite things.

My pre-schooler doesn't like eggs - my older one does and has them runny.

I have no qualms however (in ref to other thread) in letting them lick the cake mix bowl which shockingly contains raw egg mix....

there is very little salmonella in english flocks now

yep, ham runny eggs and chips for tea once in a while, they love it.

Especially in Lion eggs, which come from flocks vaccinated against salmonella.

I feel the urge to bake...

What other things do we do that we're not supposed to?

I put dd to sleep on her stomach almost from day 1.

They don't like soft-boiled eggs but they do like fried and poached eggs with runny yolks. I always cook the white fully though, coz I can't stand it if it's at all jelly-like.

i did that with DS PrettyCandles - only way he wanted to be.

I do, and I ate them whilst pregnant.

Now that the hens are vaccinated I don't feel there is so much of a risk. I didn't give eggs at all until about 10 months though and hard boiled until about 1 and a half.

definately, but as with purpleturtle i'm not that great at them - try and get dh to cook them as he does them great, also HATE the white runny.
Ate them when I was pg too