the 6 month 'allowed list'

[MerlinsBeard]

What is it that babies shouldn't eat when they are 6 months old? I have completely forgotten, it has been a while since i have weaned and both other DCs were weaned much earlier!

I have a vague recollection that they can have pretty much anything except honey, nuts and some kind f strawberry type fruit (can't remember which!!)

Am doing a mixture of mashed up food (he will NOT touch puree!) and finger foods if that makes a difference

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I think you are supposed to avoid kiwi as well.

Honey
Nuts
Milk as a main drink

I reckon that's it.
I can't think of a reason why strawberries or kiwi would be an issue as a general rule.

I think the strawberry thing is to do with a lot of people are allergic, and kiwis give them the shits. Also I think they are not allowed runny eggs and runny cheese till they're 1.

it can't be strawberries as i am sure that i have seen baby food with strawberries in! Kiwi rings a bell

cool, sounds like i am not about to poion him (beyond discovering foods he dislikes of course!!)

God, how can anything make a baby poo more than it already does? If I weren't the person in the nappy firing line, I would be kind of intrigued to try kiwi just as an experiment.

Honey, whole or chopped nuts (ground ones are ok), pate and blue cheese iirc.

Kiwi and strawberries can spark the same allergic reaction, but you won't know till you try, iyswim! I think at six months they reckon they're fine, it's if you wean at four months you need to be careful.

I think they recommend putting a tiny amount of kiwi/strawberry on the lips to check for allergic reactions, any swelling etc then steer clear!

of course i mean POISON not poion!

Is egg white okay, then? I am sure it wasn't until 9 months according to guidelines I was given many years ago. I have slight aversion to egg white myself.

If you have allergies yourself pbk then you should be a bit more cautious, but if there's no reason to anticipate a problem then yes, egg white is fine. If you have an aversion to it yourself then I would perhaps leave it til a bit later, and offer without any other new foods, so that you can be sure it is the egg if it does cause a reaction.