quick question about bread..

[Murl]

I thought you had to give babys white bread as brown bread has too much fibre meaning dugestion takes place too quickly and nutrients etc do not have time to be absorbed (where did I get this from?!). But my husband keeps going on at me for giving her bread that is not good gor her!

What is the best type of bread to give her? She is 7.5 months old?
thanks!

I think you have to be wary of giving them too much wholemeal stuff but you don't have to ban it all together.

They shouldn't have a strictly 'wholemeal' diet, and certainly not 'high fibre' foods. Saying that, I choose to give DD her (one per day max) slice of bread wholemeal. I also try to bake with wholemeal flour as it must be more nutritious.

I wouldn't actually give bread to that small a child. I'd stick with veg and fruit, possibly some full cream yoghurt and a few weeks on some meat as well.

White bread especially has too much refined carbs in it, and so much hidden salt it's not even funny.

You could always in a few weeks try Organix baby rice cakes, some gluten-free kiddie shaped pasta or some sweet potato as 'carbs'?

bread is fine from 6 months (as is meat) - a mix of white and wholemeal is ok as long as they dont have a fully wholegrain diet till the age of 5.