After Goosey's rice cake and rejected veg I went looking for inspiration when I noticed the humble kiwis in the fruit bowl; they reproached me for the fact they'd been there a couple of days and still not got a look in, so I peeled one, quartered it (big mistake) and put it in front of the master. Now we all know that kiwi's are quite sour so I was expecting a gumming, a funny face and a fling to the floor. What happened was it went straight in his mouth, it was pulled back for a paddington bear stare and then sucked in with all the power of a vacuum cleaner. Ahhhhh!!!! If I hadn't been watching I would have sworn that nothing could have disappeared that quickly. Inevitably the gagging came, followed by the errant fruit. I started breathing again and vowed next time to offer him a whole mostly peeled one that he can gum without fear of inhalation.
After that I thought lets see what other mums do with them and then the real shock came. There's a significant proportion of medical advice not to give Kiwi's before aged 2 as they have been known to cause severe reactions in some infants. Now I had read my "foods to be aware of" (http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/812.aspx?CategoryID=62&SubCategoryID=63) before I started weaning Goosey but obviously there's a lot more divided opinion than I'd realised. With the more conventional weaning approach the guidelines are to introduce a new food once every three days (primarily because babies were being weaned much earlier than 6 months). With BLW I'd become a little cavalier giving a variety of foods from day one. As a family with food allergies (including Goosey being Lactose Intolerant) I think I'll rein in my enthusiasm for the time being and give a couple of days grace after an introduction just to be safe.
Oh and the big news of the day - Goosey got his first tooth. Time to buy the boy a steak!
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I like the steak idea! Just don't let him near the horseradish sauce.
ReplyDeleteSomeone from our NCT group suggested this website
http://forum.babyledweaning.com/
Perhaps you could add a sidebar with links to other useful websites? You could do in it all that free time you have saved not puréeing things :-)
Good idea - as soon as I get a bit of time to play with the format I will do, so thanks for the link.
ReplyDeletewe are doing blw a week, and I gave my Lo kiwi 2 days ago - he loved it of course, but within a short space of time was covered in a red hot blotchy rash all around his mouth, on his cheeks and all down his neck. i knew immediately i saw it that it was the kiwi. something at the back of my mind was a bit dubious about giving it to him but i shook it off and went ahead anyway. he looked so bad that when hub came home from work he insisted i take him to the GP to check him out. She confirmed it was an allergic reaction, took his temp etc.. and advised avoiding kiwi for at least another two months. also strawberry due to this reaction...i must read your list of foods to be careful of....his face is much better than it was but still looks so sore but he doesnt seem bothered by it. but wow did i feel like a bad mammy!
ReplyDeleteOh I hope your son gets better soon. My first had a reaction to strawberries and you feel so responsible. But these things are part & parcel of weaning so there's no point in feeling bad. I also discovered tomatoes caused a rash on my first but he's fine with them now. One of those things.
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