can I give margarine and cheese to my 6 and a half month old?

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Started weaning at 5 months and 2 Weeks and ds is doing well. Eaten everything I ve given him, apart from sweet potatoe and cinnamon, I expect I put too mum cinnamon in.

Anyway, because it's going well I ve decided to do some blw along with the purees. I want to try toast but not sure what to put on it. Can I put flora light on it? Is it ok to give him tesco medium cheese, as it will have cows milk in? Will it be too hard? As ds has only had very soft fruits like,peach and banana and those organic puff things.

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Cheese on toast might be easier to eat than raw cheese. DS1 always gagged on raw cheese as a baby, but was fine with it melted onto something.

Thanks will try that. Do you know if flora light if ok?

I think margarine isn't ok, for anyone! But other will disagree.

Why? K2. Less fat than butter.

I think unsalted butter would be the best option as it's 'real' iyswim? Margarine has all sorts in it.
We have always bought mature cheddar and baby's never had a problem, cheese on toast is a good idea ouryve.
You can give things with cow's milk in at six months so full fat yoghurts, cheese, butter... Just not on it's own as a bf or ff substitute.
Any artificial sweetners/ fats are not great for baby I don't think so steer clear of reduced fat options.

Someone please say if I'm talking utter rubbish, I'm no expert, just remember from weaning dd

My health visitor said babies from 6 m can eat anything and everything except whole nuts, honey and shell fish.

Things like marg are a personal thing, I would buy some organic Unsalted butter just for baby, but that's my preference!

HTH

I think the idea is more fat for babies the better- within reason obs. That's why full fat milk/ yoghurts are advised. It's unnatural sugars that need to be avoided.
If I'm not mistaken the advice changes when the child turns 5 or is it 7... I don't know.

I may be talking complete BS

Unsalted butter would be better, babies need full fat and it contains vitamin A. The best is butter from grass-fed cows.

Thanks. Will buy some butter but until then will do melted cheese on toast for breakfast some days.

Maybe will buy butter for myself too just always thought very fatty and more calories but know doesn't matter for ds, calories that is.