Seafood & almost 13mth olds

[leckert]

Just wondering is there any seafood I should avoid with a 13mth old? We're having a seafood buffet tonight for tea and wasn't sure if there's anything DS should avoid. I'm not a huge seafood eater & DH will probably eat more seafood than me ... but not sure with DS. (hope that makes sense)

[Kazmar]

Well Lucy eats fish I think its incase they have a reaction I have been told to rub some on their skin 1st to see what happens, strange I know. But I get it

[leckert]

Thanks for that; DS has had tuna and fish&chips fish before. I was wondering about the slightly more adventurous seafoods (prawns,calamari, etc) - stuff I won't try but DH will eat

[Kazmar]

Annabelle eats all seafood. It's very good for them BUT there is the chance of reaction But I think fish is fish, no? So he should be fine

seafood buffet!!!! Lucky you! yum!

[~me~]

Unless there is a seafood allergy already in your family, then I would think it would be fine. Salmon in particular is good for little ones, and it usually appeals to their palette.
Enjoy..yummo!

[leckert]

Thanks for the info girls - was going to let DS try pretty much anything DH has tonight anyway but it just makes me feel a little better that it's pretty much okay.(no known seafood allergies in either family)

[MantaRay]

The latest allergy recommendation is that all foods are fine from when solids are first introduced at 6 months. Of course for non-allergy reasons, honey should still be avoided until 2 years old (due to the botulism risk) and whole nuts until at least 3 (due to choking).

[leckert]

Thought that was the case MR but was just double checking.
After all that worry, DS only really ate a bit of bean curd and fried fish - too tired I think in the end - he didn't even want any roast carrot (a fav) or bread (although I think we're teething and it was hurting his mouth as it was really crusty). We were waiting for DHs conference to break for tea so we could eat and that happened later than scheduled and DS didn't want to sleep before we went for tea even though he was showing some of his tired signs

[MantaRay]

Tired kids at dinner aren't much fun I hope you enjoyed it anyway.

[jaskie]

One other thing to consider with little ones eating fish (and BF mums) is the mercury content. Fish that contain higher levels of mercury include shark (flake), ray, swordfish, barramundi, gemfish, orange roughy, ling and southern bluefin tuna. I think the recommended is no more than 1 serve per fortnight of these fish for kids. Best to stick to seafood that only have low levels of mercury such as shellfish including prawns, lobsters, oyster, salmon (I would also avoid tinned fish as there is a very good chance that the tin lining contains BPA).