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BLW, 10mth old & scampi

15 replies

caspercat · 30/05/2007 19:03

Would you??

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Nbg · 30/05/2007 19:05

I have with ds and he's 9 months.

He was fine but he hated the texture of the breadcrumbs.

Sugarfree · 30/05/2007 19:18

I would.
All mine loved it,but I can't remember when they first had it.
The youngest likes it because he thinks he's getting 'bad,nuggetty food'

Moomin · 30/05/2007 19:19

Think I'd take the breadcrumbs off but that's just me. I don't think i'd make it a staple as such but once in a while is fine

Chandra · 30/05/2007 19:20

If you have allergies in the family (from hayfever, eczema, etc) I would leave it until he is older.

Enid · 30/05/2007 19:21

the scampi we have is pretty chokable size once you have the breadcrumbs off

so no or i'd cut it up

just give him the chips

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caspercat · 30/05/2007 19:54

Thanks all. Have saved 1 (and a few potato wedges), so will see.
Not worried about the choking bit as she can handle pork chops and steak, so would rather her just pick it up and bite bits off. Was more worried about the "no seafood before 1" which i'd heard xx

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Chandra · 30/05/2007 20:06

erm... yes, guidelines are there for a reason, I suppose

Rosa · 30/05/2007 20:22

No seafood before 1 ? Isn't it no shellfish before 1?

Enid · 30/05/2007 20:59

pork chops and steak are different

scampi chez Enid comes in a baby's mouth sized ball

Enid · 30/05/2007 21:00

in fact they are basically muscley, fishy, over sized grapes

Aitch · 30/05/2007 23:23

what are scampi anyway? victoria wood has totally ruined all water treading seafood for me...
i'd crack off the breadcrumbs (partly for salt/partly so that the baby can see what she's getting) and keep a very close eye. like enid, i think of scampi as having a bit of a bite to it, unlike say steak which is more suckable, so i'd be a bit cautious. not only that, there is the shellfish thing... hmmm.

luckily i am afraid of everything apart from those big huge fist-sized prawns with shells on so it's not something i know anything about.

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caspercat · 31/05/2007 14:05

OK, firstly obviously i got my seafood & shellfish muddled up! Doh!!
2ndly, i removed the breadcrumbs, leaving an almost whole scampi. Put it on her tray, she picked it up, chomped away & devoured it, then asked for more! Hurrah!!

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alex8 · 31/05/2007 23:18

ths fsa says shellfish is ok from 6 months. I remember my son chewing on squid once, it looked like an excellent teether.

Scampi are dublin bay prawns. I learned that at the natural history museum! I may have actually thought scampi swam in the sea before then.

jorange5 · 05/06/2007 11:16

i thought scampi was monk fish tail?

Anyway, DD had it minus the coating at 7 months and had trouble eating it so discarded it.

alex8 · 06/06/2007 10:54

"Scampi is the plural of scampo, the Italian name for the Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus), also known as the Dublin Bay prawn (especially in the U.K. and Ireland) and langoustine (the French name).[1] The name is used loosely both in Italy and elsewhere, though in Britain, food labelling laws define "scampi" as Nephrops norvegicus.

The fleshy tail of the Norway lobster is closer in both taste and texture to lobster and crayfish than prawn or shrimp." from wilkepedia!

I remember my dad saying that sometimes monkfish was passed off as scampi as it was cheaper.

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