Questions about multi-grain bread.

**Moi** · April 12th, 2010, 03:09 PM

Hi all,

I was wondering:
1) Why is it recommended that you don't give babies or toddlers multi-grain bread?
2) At what age can you give children multi-grain bread?

TIA.

**[M]umma[M]ia** · April 12th, 2010, 03:13 PM

its not? DD has been having multi grain bread since about 8 months old. Mayb its a choking thing?

**Laranna** · April 12th, 2010, 03:36 PM

Oh I've never heard of that one. Multigrain bread is the only bread we eat so DS has been having it since about 9 months. The grains just show up in his nappy.

**ss_storm** · April 12th, 2010, 03:39 PM

Same...we only ever have multigrain, I find it lasts a lot longer than white bread.

And duh..I've just realised what the little black seeds are that keep coming out in DD's poo...lol. I was wondering what they were thinking she hasn't eaten anything with seeds like that in it..but must be from the bread!

**indie24** · April 12th, 2010, 08:31 PM

I have been giving DD multi grain bread since she started solids.

**Junglemum** · April 12th, 2010, 08:34 PM

My health nurse recommended multi grain over white, as it was less likely to form a big clump and be chocked on.....

**Moi** · April 13th, 2010, 03:18 PM

I'm sure I was told that you are not supposed to give babies multi-grain bread so I've been giving DD wholemeal, but recently I started giving her multi-grain and couldn't work out what would be wrong with giving it earlier?

[M]umma[M]ia - I did wonder if the reason was because it could be a choking hazard but the grains are SO tiny they surely couldn't present a choking hazard.

Has anyone else been told not to give their babies bread with grains in it? Now I wonder why I was told that?

**Oorki Galoorki** · April 13th, 2010, 03:28 PM

babies can not digest the whole grains(similar to lentils), wholemeal is better as it is ground first.

**Curly** · April 13th, 2010, 04:57 PM

I think it might be in case they get a seed in their throat and cough.

But I always gave my children multigrain bread, I didn't want them developing a taste for white bread. I don't eat it anymore - I find it gives me a tummyache. And DS actually prefers "seed bread" and if either he or DD have white bread they seem to get a mini sugar high from it.

Re the digesting of the wholegrains - nobody does, it's not just babies that can't. If you checked out your own poo you'd find the seeds in there too. That's why it's so good for you, the roughage cleans out the intestine.

**Miss E** · April 13th, 2010, 08:39 PM

Yep, I'm another one who gives my LO multigrain.

**studymum** · April 13th, 2010, 08:58 PM

Its not cause its a choking hazard, just that the grains dont start to get digested till they are older. If they eat an awful lot of bread you could see the problem there with them passing properly is suppose.

DD1 just plain doesnt like it since she got molers (full set chompers at 12mths) cause the seeds get stuck in her teeth and she gets agro at it. So she has wholemeal, took a little while for her to agree to eat it though.