Dangerous foods for babies - Infant Care (up to 18 months old) Message Board

cattieos · 01-24-2006, 10:04 PM

I thought it might be a good idea to post this, most people probably already know this, but just in case.
There are some foods that can really make babies sick, even kill them, and should not be given to them.
One of them is honey, there is a huge risk of botchelsim (sp) which can actually be deadly if not caught fast enough.
Also ice cream, there is a high risk of lysteria from ice cream, most people think I am crazy for this one, but it really is true, the chances of getting lysteria from ice cream are four times higher than the chance of getting it from unpasteruized milk. Children under one year are very vulnerable to lysteria, as are pregnant women.
Soft cheese and unpasteurized milk also should not be given to babies under one.
Any meat not cooked throughly, or unheated lunch meat (again lysteria)
Anyway there may be others that I don't know about, if there are please post them!

dizzygirl · 01-25-2006, 05:17 AM

Good post, aside from the ones you mentioned, stay away from the highly allergic foods till at least one year as well like, strawberries, tree nuts, cows milk, egg whites..........I think there is more I'm just blanking out!

roxyfoxy · 01-25-2006, 08:26 AM

I was told give baby whole milk after 6months old.

Ratatosk · 01-25-2006, 08:39 AM

Karo syrup -- lot of people give this to their babies if they're constipated, but if you used Karo that's sitting back in the cupboard that hasn't been used for awhile, it can get mold in it, can also run the risk of botulism.

Choking hazards - Hot dogs, Popcorn, chicken mcnuggets.

Celestine · 01-25-2006, 08:58 AM

It's also good to check imported snacks for hidden ingredients. Most packages made around here list potential allergens but that's not always the case with things imported in. We have some chocolate snacks from Japan that I love that actually contain fish oil as well as peanut oil in the shortening, not listed on package, and since I have a cousin with a deadly seafood and peanut allergy we won't be giving DS any seafood or peanuts for a long time. I would not have known it was in there if I hadn't looked it up.