Apart from honey is there anything I should not feed a nine month old?

[Chubfuddler]

TIA

No wine, coffee, tea, cola, fizzy crap, unpasturised cheese (I think), liver.

Shame about the wine.

Whole nuts and other choking hazards

The only things to avoid are:
Honey
Whole grapes
Whole nuts
High salt foods (on a regular basis)

Anything else - eggs, strawberries, shellfish, pickled onions, coq au vin - is absolutely fine

I think the more flavours and textures they are exposed to, the better.

Thank you! The wine is all mine.

Joyful That's the same advice as when DD was weaned 18m ago...

I thought cows milk was fine for cooking from six months. That's what I was told five years ago with ds.

Mc Donalds

a whole crocodile

Though half would be fine Stealth

Gin.

Latest NHS info on weaning (revised 2009).

As far as I'm aware the guidelines have been the same for all my children, the eldest of whom is 7 years old.

Advised against giving:
raw eggs
shellfish
honey
whole nuts & other choking hazards (e.g. whole grapes, sausage skin)
anything with added salt or sugar
fish with bones
food marketed as 'low fat'
processed food (where possible)
shark, swordfish and marlin

Have also heard that strawberries can be an allergen and to wait a bit - could be guff. Maybe they just meant in daiquiris.

Pesto thanks for that - not seen it before!

Will be sticking to just the honey, grapes and nut avoidance myself though.

Why can't you give them honey? Does it have something awful in it?

You can't give them eggs unless they are cooked until the yolks are hard.

Also, no semi-skimmed or skimmed milk - only full fat!

cooked shellfish is fine, it says to avoid if it is raw

honey can cause infant botulism

HobsCobs risk of botulism which can be fatal - their bodies can't deal with it until they're about one. Cooking doesn't get rid of it either.

So scrambled egg is fine?

Ah. That link doesn't say avoid those things, just suggests you remove fish bones and peel/chop/lightly cook veg, and avoid raw shellfish (who eats raw shellfish?!) and shark and marlin - as well as honey, whole nuts and grapes, and high salt food.

Low fat food won't harm a child in moderation - a low fat diet will but that's not the same thing!

Scrambled egg is fine. I believe the risk is from salmonella in lightly cooked eggs, but all British hens are vaccinated against salmonella so there's no reason why you can't give an under 1 lightly cooked Lion mark eggs.

Fliss - oysters! People eat those raw all the time!