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[drliz]

(the eggs, not the baby...)

 

Baby is now being weaned, and has had a couple of the girls eggs, hard boiled or firmly scrambled, as the books all say they should be for fear of those nasty germy things that are everywhere... (don't get me started on the paranoia of society & health visitors in particular about hygeine... we're talking about a crawling infant who will put everything in her mouth)

 

So go on, be brave, anyone else thinking that an egg that is so fresh it is still warm when it goes in the pan, and comes from chickens vaccinated against everything, will be perfectly ok to introduce little'un to the joys of dippy soldiers?

 

I should know the answer to this, as i have a food hygeine certificate, and i'm a GP but i am pleading temporary insanity, suffering from mum-nesia & baby brain jelly!

 

i'd just like some back up please against those loathsome hygeine police!

 

cheers

Liz

[Hen Watch]

Oh Liz, you've got to go with your gut feeling I think.

 

Personally I didn't give mine soft boiled eggs for ages and that's all the fault of the "hygiene police". But I did rebell and fed 8 month olds milky tea made with .........cows milk. (Yes I know why you shouldn't but I did so there).

 

First baby, I had a lovely Health Visitor, an older lady with 4 children, who would give me the official advice plus the "in my day" info to balance, but sadly she retired. Why do they always change things? 12 years ago, my 1st baby was weaned at 14 wks (the advice of the day was wean at 16 wks). I did the same with my other 2 babies.

 

Current advice is now not to give solids before 6 months......!!!!!!!!!!!! Last year my sister was very worried about her 5 month old baby that suddenly started waking in the night. I told her baby was hungry. She held off weaning till 6 months. As soon as baby was fed, he slept. I had a big attack of the "I told you so's.."

 

My mother gave me a soft boiled egg as my first ever food at 8 weeks old ........ and 39 years later I'm still here.

 

Sorry Liz, have gone wildly off topic here, that's what happens when jelly brain sets in (and stays )

[Madchook]

How old is your baby? You know what, I probably would But then you are talking to the woman who ate runny eggs throughout pregnancy with the philosphy that if I thought there were a risk of getting anything I wouldn't eat them normally either.

Looking fwd to starting number two on solids in 2 months or so (4 months now), it is such fun before they learn to say 'I don't likes that mummy!' anyway

[drliz]

thanks guys!

 

My main concern was that an attack of the "i told you so's" is really really embarrasing if you're supposed to know better - but and apparently i have various certificates in knowing better - but as i've found increasingly over the last 7 months - to my delight - gut instinct is the BEST parenting guide.

 

Now all i have to do is sum up the courage to face the mess that will result from introducing her to dippy soldiers

 

liz

[chooklady]

The trouble with things like this is it changes all the time, and have you noticed on the news they come up with something almost everyday, things that are bad for you.

 

My son who is now 17 ate everything as a baby. He had baby rice at 14 weeks and it settled him almost straight away he was very hungry all the time. When he was older I used to cook batches of dinners and freeze them in little tubs, he used to have soft poached eggs for breakfast, liver and bacon dinners, he doesn't have allergies and he's strong and healthy. Personally I think possibly we are too fussy about hygiene etc and no one has any immunity.

 

Go with your gut instinct, good luck.

Nicola

[Snowy]

Go for it Liz! As you know, the worst thing you have to worry about with your home eggs is allergies (I think they now say don't give babies under 1 eggs - or has that now changed ). None of my family are allergy prone, so I suppose it is a calculated risk, I certainly gave them to my boys. But I don't worry about the 'germs' side. Middle son's favourite treat when we bake is to slurp raw egg from the shells after I've cracked them into the cake mix

[RubyReckless]

The reason to avoid eggs is allergy, so they should be avoided prior to 6 months. If there is no history of allergies or excema in the family, no reason to avoid eggs from 6 months on. Immature digestive systems like those of babies under 6 months old are more prone to developing allergies and reacting to food intolerances, which is why it is a good plan to leave potentially triggering foods like egg and cow's milk and wheat products until 6 months.

 

Incidentally, this does not mean every kid fed food earlier will get allergies, nor that leaving it guarantees you will avoid them. So the "I fed my kid/my mum fed me/etc at 3 weeks old on steak and chips and mugs of tea and I am fine" stuff doesn't prove anything either way. Research has shown us that on the whole, there is less chance of a digestive problem if we leave weaning later, so if we can, that's a helpful thing. Still, it is a given that whatever we did with out kids we did with the best intentions, information and decision making available to us at the time. (end of rant!)

 

WRT how firm or otherwise, that's linked to risk of the nasty bugs like salmonella. Personally, with lovely fresh eggs from my own very healthy and vaccinated chooks I am perfectly happy to eat runny eggs or dishes containing raw eggs throughout pregnancy and feed my babies runny eggs.

[Egluntyne]

I agree with everything that has been said.

 

I'd just give her the tiniest taste the first time, and then leave it a day or two to see if there are any signs of allergy, and then go for it. What better way of getting some iron into her.