Tomato puree

[LITTLEMRS1]

My 9 month old DD has been eating some of what we have for dinner (I cook without salt) but I've been using tomato puree without thinking anything of it (in bolognase, pasta sauce etc). My friend just mentioned that she doesn't use it for her DD because of the salt content. Am now panicking - how much salt do you think is in a couple of squidges of puree?!?! (She obviously doesn't eat a tomato based dish every meal). Should I be avoiding it?

the tomato puree we have doesnt have any added salt so would be perfectly fine to use - check your puree as it may well be salt free too. At 9 months I wouldnt be worried anyway especially if she was only having a portion of the food and not the whole lot.

Thanks for the reply - I've just had a look and it says it does have salt in it so I'll have to keep an eye out for brands that don't. Am going to chill about the amount that she's eaten so far though - think I just panic when people tell me that they don't use things that I do!! Aargh! :)

Whenever I hear a friend say something like that, I go home and tell DH that we're Bad Parents. But then I go and speak to friends who've had more than one child and they're so much more relaxed they've always got a 'You think you're a Bad Parent, I did XYZ!' type story which makes me feel better.

Lol! I need more friends with more than one child then!! :)

don*t worry about that. it is only a small amount of salt in the puree and she will not eat pure puree and only puree. or will she ? :)