Buttered toast

[bex2011]

Can you help me solve a debate between a bunch of neurotic mums with their PFBs. Can babies aged around 7 months have toast with unsalted butter on? The main question is is butter ok? My DS loves a slice of toast with butter on, I told the other mums and some thought I was feeding him food from the devil. Your advice would be gratefully recieved. TIA

Bloody hope it's ok. Both my kids live on it.

unsalted butter is fine. Babies need fats! I've been known to swirl in a little butter to DS porridge if he has had a very veggie couple of days.
The hardest part is not eating the leftovers. butter taste so much nicer the flora extra light

Yes! Butter is fine. My DD loves peanut butter too.

Hazchem is right, babies need fats. That's why children under 2 shouldn't drink semi skimmed or skimmed milk - they need the calories that full fat provides.

Yes, of course its ok. Much better than horrible margerine

My kids grew up on slightly salted Lurpak. Its only a scraping on a soldier of toast after all!

Thanks everyone. I can't eat the bread that the butter is spread on, so no danger of me eating the leftovers. The full fat yoghurt, well that's one spoon for baby, one spoon for mummy!

Buttered toast, full fat greek yogurt, steak strips, home made roast potatoes (and chips too!) are all good weaning foods too (lots of other things are too, just a short list!).

Babies don't need diet food, they need calorie dense foods. No point replacing 75kcals per 100ml bm with 30kcal jars of baby food.

What are the other Mums worried about? Butter is better than not as far as I'm concerned.