would you give a 7mth crumpet with cheese?

[kels666]

Maybe it's a daft question BUT would you? He really enjoyed it (mainly sucked at it, but devoured half of his sister's crumpet), but they seem be a little high in salt.

[bizzykid]

Yes I agree its common sense really, if there is salt in things they have such small portions of ot anyway that should do no harm at all, only if you knowingly pour loads in yourself.

[nicoloola]

My dd had cheese on toast (homemade bread, but with salt) and carrot and coriander soup (low sodium stock) today, I think most people know what's okay and what's not - don't they?

[terramum]

Each to their own

[doormat]

enid i do too
i pile the stuff on except on beans and bacon

and my blood always comes back
low in salt
that must make me a weirdo

[terramum]

Not a food obsessive....just a money obsessive...on VERY small budget (£20-30 per week for groceries) & making our own stuff saves us loads of money...

[Enid]

I love salt

[terramum]

Enid - I meant psychologically - there is a history of heart & BP problems on my mums side of the family so knowing mt diet is better & I am reducing my chances of having similar health problems to my mum & aunt certainly make me feel a LOT better.

Clairybee - I just dont add salt to most of what I make...eg the recipe I use for pancakes says to add salt, but I just miss it out - they actually taste better imo 0 DH made them on tuesday & followed the recipe to the letter & I couldnt eat them as they tasted too salty. Bread just seems to work - have no idea why though....I know poeple who make bread & cant get it to work without salt...

[Enid]

[fnaar fnaar]

[ScummyMummy]

A lad is never too young for a bit of cheesy crumpet, surely?
[ooer missus seaside postcard emoticon]

[doormat]

yes

[Enid]

I am sorry but you sound like a food obsessive

[Enid]

how on earth can you 'feel better' from having a diet so low in salt terramum?

you feel better psychologically I am sure which is why you do it but I dispute taht you would feel any immediate health benefits

[claireybee]

We make our own bread, cakes etc but thought you still had to add a small amount of salt to it-otherwise the yeast doent work or something. Correct me if I'm wrong... I have never added salt either to cooking or to food on my plate so that isnt an issue(apart from the v occasional stock cube and i wouldnt give dd anything i'd put a stock cube in). As long as you dont give babies everything with salt in then i dont think the odd crumpet or slice of toast will do any harm

[tassis]

i wouldn't

[terramum]

Make your own bread, buy tinned tomatoes without salt or just use fresh ones, & use unprocessed cereals like oats or spelt, or quinoa, or buy ones that have lower salt levels like the doves farm wholewheat biscuits....it is VERY possible to have a diet with virtually no added salt at all....we do & tbh feel much better about doing so - most of what we buy is fresh produce & we make most of our own processed stuff like bread, cakes etc...Its amazing just how easy it is....plus you start actually tasting the ingredients rather than the salt...as soon as we stopped adding salt to our cooking we stopped buying meat from supermarkets, even the "premiere" type cuts, as they simply didnt taste any good without salt .

Ill give you cheese though - my boys (DH & DS!) both love it so thats our only weak point...but it is possibly to minimise that even if you are careful about which cheese you choose: salt & cheese link ...but then its wasnt an issue for DS when he was under 1 as like I said we didnt do dairy before then anyway. That was mainly for allergy reasons...but now being much more aware of issues like this will probably do it again for subsequent babies even if there werent allergy issues.

[queenofpuddings]

yes

[Notquitegrownup]

Just echoing the other comments for Nicoloola. My dss weren't interested in solids until 10 months, then started gumming bread/ricecakes etc.

[terramum]

I wouldnt - but then we avoided all wheat & dairy until over one year

TBH though even if that wasnt the case the salt content would put me off....babies simply dont need any added salt. The 1g/day is the absolute max they should have & they get all they need from milk....when you realise that adults only need about 1.5g to survive & the 6g adult rda is only really used to try & get people to reduce their intake from an average 10g per day ...giving a 7 month baby anything with added salt doesnt seem a very good idea....but maybe thats just me being paranoid & anal

[Hattiecat]

i would, but as an easier one to eat, have you tried pikelets - they are virtually the same (while i think they are) but alot thinner so they don't have to chew quite so much...

[Enid]

oh crap actually she is nearly 10 months

[Enid]

yes definitely

but I wouldnt buy crumpets specially

dd3 loves cheese on toast (8 months)

[claireybee]

Oh and Nicoloola, don't worry. My DD has only just started showing an interest in food. Wouldn't accept any purees AT ALL so I started giving her finger foods which mostly ended up on floor. It has taken a good 3 months for her to actually eat anything rather than just playing with it and even now her appetite is very small. Some days she'll eat a fair amount and others hardly anything but its perfectly normal. Look on Baby led weaning website if really worried-they make some good points that certainly helped me stop stressing about it!

[claireybee]

Yes definitely! My DD (9months today!) had chicken fajitas the other day (although i did rinse off the seasoning from her meat first)-the more foods they are exposed to at this age the better!