Introducing eggs....

[SeaChelles]

Hi all, can someone please tell me:

A. What age is it ok to introduce eggs?
B. What recipes I can give DS with them in?

We are currently 22.5 weeks, 3 meals a day, which consist of porridge or weetabix for breakfast and pureed veg for lunch and dinner with a yoghurt for pudding at dinner time. He loves most foods, so just looking on how to incorporate some eggs and maybe chicken soon. He has pasta tubes as finger food too.

Thank you.

Hello,

A) eggs are fine after six months - although a few babies do have allergies to egg white so keep an eye after you first offer it.
B) cheese omelettes were a godsend for my DD who refused a spoon. easy, nutritious etc. scrambled eggs if spooning works? boiled eggs if you need to take food somewhere? I am about to try pancakes too. and of course there's always cake ...

What (s)he said. Eggs from 6 months, but they have to be cooked through, no runny middles.

Thank you!

gluten (wheat) is also not recommended before 6 months - is there a reason you have introduced it already? (weetabix, pasta, etc)

Seona - none other than I could tell he was getting bored having porridge for breakfast every morning. (I dont blame him - so would I...) He really enjoyed his weetabix yesterday morning though to no ill effect.

But then its not recommended that you actually wean until 6 months either is it....so as we've been weaning since 4 months am not going to become "age concerned" now. For these kind of things anyway - obviously I wouldnt introduce things like honey for example.

I was advised to give yolk first and then white after a month, from 6 months though, unless allergies in the family.

Yolk first then white, and 9mo/10mo is out of date I'm afraid.

Current NHS advice:

"Eggs can be given to babies over six months old, but make sure they're cooked until both the white and yolk are solid."

If there are no egg allergies in the family then you should be fine, but you can introduce a small quantity first to see if there is a reaction if you like.