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This honey/babies thing...

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Butterpie · 23/05/2010 23:23

How strict is it? I tend to just hand 6 mo DD2 a bit of whatever i am eating, whether it is in her hand or on a spoon (so I suppose half BLW? I dunno, I'm not even sure it counts as weaning now, she has been on solids a month now and just eats normal food)

I made raisin bread earlier, with a honey glaze (so, the honey was cooked if that changes anything?) but it was cheap mass produced honey from the corner shop in a squeezy bottle. Gave DD2 some to chew on, and it only occured to me later that she isn't meant to have honey. Should she have had it? She had some of my sandwich the other day that had honey mustard dressing on it, how about that? I gave her a taste of iced tea with honey in it, was that ok? (herbal tea, so no worries on the caffiene front)

She's bf though, so surely she is used to everything I eat anyway?

Is there anything she isn't allowed, obviously apart from too much salt?

Meh, I was all merrily dishing out food without a thought until this occured to me!

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thisisyesterday · 23/05/2010 23:29

the risk with raw honey it that it can contain clostridium botulinum (the bacteria that causes botulism)

obviously anything processed or cooked has less risk of the bacteria being present

in small babies it can be quite serious, although i think cases of it are fairly rare.
still it's a known risk and IMO best avoided, just in casse

Missus84 · 23/05/2010 23:48

Infant botulism from honey is incredibly rare though I believe - and most babies who get it do survive. However, I don't think normal cooking kills the bacteria. Once babies are around 12 months their guts can handle it.

It's a tiny risk but still a risk.

mumoffraser · 24/05/2010 18:29

A baby here in Scotland contracted botulism from honey this year so rare but happens

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