Right, this salt business

[RandallPinkFloyd]

I'm confused.

DS is just coming up to 16 months old and eats really well. (He has his moments obviously but on the whole he's pretty good!)

I'm still working by the no more than 0.5g a day rule but is it different now he's older?

I'm thinking mainly about foods containing salt rather than adding it IYSWIM. Like cheese, bread that king of thing as I know he'd love a cheese butty.

Anyone knowledgeable about?

It's 1g a day for children over a year old

www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Goodfood/Pages/salt.aspx
This is about half way down the page.

"Babies, children and salt

Babies and children under 11 should have less salt than adults.
Babies under a year old need less than 1g of salt a day, as their kidneys can?t cope with more. If a baby is breastfed, he or she will get the right amount of salt from breast milk. Formula milk contains a similar amount.
Never add salt to your baby?s milk or food, and don?t give food that isn?t specifically for babies as it?s often too high in salt.
The daily recommended maximum amount of salt children should eat depends on age:
1 to 3 years: 2g salt a day (0.8g sodium)
4 to 6 years: 3g salt a day (1.2g sodium)
7 to 10 years: 5g salt a day (2g sodium)
11 years and over: 6g salt a day (2.4g sodium)
Making sure your child doesn?t eat too much salt means you?re also helping to ensure that they don?t develop a taste for salty food, which makes them them less likely to eat too much salt as an adult."

:) HTH

Sorry, I meant up to 1g a day for babies under 1 - contradicting myself there! :)

It's 1g I think and goes up gradually as they get older. Perhaps measure it over a week if that helps with meal planning.

There's no way you will accurately measure added salt so just be sensible and use hard cheese etc in moderation. Soft mild cheeses typically have less salt than hard cheddars.

That's fab, thank you!

I was always sure it was 0.5g for babies up to 1 year, where did I make that up from

I shall unclench and let him have his cheese butty

At the moment he tends to have philadelphia on rice cakes or oat cakes and just little cubes of cheese on days he hasn't had any bready type things.

Risking pfb-ness here aren't I