Can my 11 month old have mustard / Worcester sauce?

[MrsBags]

Hi,
I was wondering if my 11 month old can have mustard in a casserole I've made for the rest of the family. There is also a tbsp of Worcester sauce as well. The recipe came from a baby and toddler cook book, but it says to remove baby's portion before adding the herbs, tomato purée and mustard /Worcester sauce. I'm just wondering if at 11months my son should be ok? My toddler loves it, but I'm unsure at what age they can start having such things.
Thanks!

Absolutely no reason not to use them in a casserole, ditto the tomato puree etc. If you fed them nothing but worcester sauce, then that would be bad, but a bit in a casserole, of course it's fine - it won't come close to making the dish too salty.

There are no ingredients to absolutely avoid other than honey. Things with lots of bad metals in should be minimised probably to the extent of avoiding - so no Shark. And you should prepare things that have a risk of food poisoning to minimise it - so no raw shellfish. And choking risks should be managed, so crush your nuts.

I don't see why the baby has to be deprived of herbs, tomato puree and mustard. I'm sure tomato purees are basically salt free. And mustard or worcester, how much will there be in a whole pot of casserole!

yes, absolutely fine.
you don't plan to spoon feed him the mustard, do you
if you look at what's in the jars, there are plenty of herbs and tomatoe sauce in there.

and even honey, cooked in a casserole for example, would be fine as would be heated hot enough for long enough.

Hope so....my DS has had all manner of sauces, condiments and pickles since about 7months! Now at 2 he likes to have a little of every possibility on the table. Even English mustard :)

My DD would happily eat a jar of mustard or a jar of horseradish at that age, if we had let her. She still loves strong flavours.

Yes, mine have every we have and have done from 6 months, I dont cook with salt so I use a lot of garlic.

MousyMouse My understanding is that honey is not ok even when cooked as heat doesn't kill the botulism.

MousyMouse honey cooked in a casserole is not fine. Please don't spread misinformation like this. (It's specifically in the NHS guide to weaning to not give honey). The botulism spores aren't killed in normal cooking temperature. (The bacteria however is killed by cooking). Once the spores are in the gut, it produces toxin and that's what infant botulism is. It's not the same as adult food-borne botulism, where you ingest the bacteria.

Infant botulism is very very rare after 6mo. I remember looking up the facts on the web, and the oldest baby known to develop botulism is about 11mo, and that's why the advice at 12mo.

I used to take mine out then add more spice for DD and DH. I'm not keen on spicy food but DD would happily eat anything if it had enough chilli in it!

oh, sorry. didn't know that. thank your for correcting me.
but at least regarding the herbs and spices we are on the same page.

Great thank you everyone, I've been cooking meals with spices and garlic for my little one for a while now, but could find nothing on mustard! So pleased it will save some time and help save on the washing up! :)