weaning-coconut milk

[callaird]

Anyone have any idea at what age children can have coconut milk??

Also organic mayonaise, if it is cooked in a sauce??

Tia

Ali

6 months I would think as most things can be given then except for whole nuts, honey and high salt foods

Hope it's 6 months as I have been making rice pudding with it, courtesy of a MN suggestion! Yum. Yum.

Ok, I'll give them those then, how about mushrooms?? I am a nanny and have looked after babies for 15 years and the guidelines keep changing!! My HV is next to useless, she said to MB that they could have honey and peanut butter (they are just 6 months!) I know that is not correct, so now I am loath to go to her incase she says it's ok!

Oh and any chance I could have the recipe for rice pudding with coconut milk?? Please

xx

Not 100% sure about mushrooms but again, I've given them so hope they are ok.

Rice Pudding Recipe was just off the side of a pudding rice bag...put 2.5oz rice in a greased oven-proof container, pour over 1 pint milk (I use one can of coconut milk and a little water to bring it up to a pint), sprinkle a little nutmeg (and I use cinnamon too) over the top and then pop in the oven for 2 hours at about 180. The normal recipe uses sugar too but I've left it out as it's for babies and just mash up some banana or serve as is. My DTs love it!

Both mushrooms and coconut milk are fine from 6 months.

Mayonnaise has egg in it, so don't give it until you've introduced egg. I don't think I'd give homemade mayo, or mayo with unpasteurised egg, to a child under 1, maybe? (Depending on their immune system, I guess, are they BF, etc etc).

Ok, will try them on mushrooms. The boys already have home made egg custard and have no adverse reaction to it. But spoke to my old HV on Guer abouernsey to ask ht egg as new HV said it was fine. Old one said fine as long as free range organic which is fine as they are on an organic diet anyway. Just wanted to make a mild coronation chicken type sauce for them and usually use mayonaise in it, it would be organic mayo.

Thanks for the recipe dairymoo, I will try that one for them this week. How old are your DT's?

If the mayo isn't homemade, the eggs will be pasteurised, I would think - read the label.

8 and a half months and they are little gourmands

Dairymoo - boys or girls? My two (charges!) are 6 and a half month boys. Youngest will eat anything and everything, elder will eat everything, just not as much. Youngest has cut back to 400mls of milk though, eldest still has closer to 650ml.

Can you give me some ideas of what they eat? As I am bored with what I am cooking, although they don't seem bored of eating it!

Thanks for all the advise. It's so difficult when guidelines keep changing.

Caillard - two identical girls.

They normally have Weetabix or Ready Brek for breakfast, sometimes with mashed banana thrown in for good measure, or another fruit.

Lunch could be anything from mild chicken curry with cous cous to pasta and bolognaise sauce or spinachy scrambled eggs, or sometimes (like today) just finger foods - tuna mayo sandwiches and chunks of roasted butternut squash or sweet potato. They usually have some fruit at lunch too.

Supper is normally something like rice pudding and fruit or avocado and banana, followed by yogurt. I give them a few rice cakes to munch on too, to keep them busy while I prepare their food.

Hope that helps! The only things I avoid are honey and nuts, oh and salt.

What do you cook? We can share successful recipes!

Sorry, spelt your user name wrong!

Hi dairymoo, don't worry about the name thing, it's rather odd and I have to check that I haven't called you diarymoo!

Identical huh? Bless, I guess you can tell the difference, I always wonder how, especially from a distance!!

They have fruit and porridge for breakfast at 8ish.

Lunch at 11:30, they have salmon/cod/chicken/pork with veg and pots/sweet pots/squash and maybe a sauce - cheese, mushroom (tried that today after Notquitecockney said it was ok) tomato or gravy. Or lentil casserole/spag bol. Then fruit and yoghurt or custard

For tea they have veg or pasta and tomato sauce and then fruit. The younger one doesn't have all his bedtime milk if he has dairy or protein at tea time. Although he still goes through the night even if he doesn't finish his milk so not sure it's a problem!

They have rice cakes and fruit for snacks after their naps.

Too be honest, I think they are fine, I am just bored of cooking the same stuff all the time. I guess that they'd eat pretty much what we eat now. I want to do them rice and have brought organic basmati, is there still the worry of heating it through thoroughly??

Am going to put cous cous and curry powder on my shopping list for next week and I'll also make them a dahl!!

Thanks for your help!