DD is almost 14 months and is a pretty good eater and will for the majority of things just eat whatever she is given. She loves fruit and most vegies, hot meats, spag bolg etc etc.. I probably give her about 2 or 3 sandwiches a week at the moment but I'm looking for some more variety. At the moment they either have tuna, cheese/ricotta, tomato or something of that idea on them or even the odd vegemite/cheese melt.
I'd like to maybe give her a cold meat option in her sandwiches but I'm torn on if this is good or not, been reading mixed messages.
Is cold processed meat like ham ok for a toddler?? The lady at the shops when I enquired about what ham would be a good one for toddlers referred me to a "mild ham" but I haven't actually bought her anything yet as I'm not sure what to get as I know that alot of processed cold meats have sulphites, preservatives etc etc in them.
I would and have steered clear of the ham. Ham is heavy in nitrites and they aren't good for any of us especially little ones.
If you have left over roast lamb or chicken that would be fine if you want him to have meat - but ham isn't usually recommended due to the heavy processing and the nitrites. HTH
Last edited by Inanna; October 7th, 2009 at 09:33 AM.
I was giving Jazz ham at about 10 months, after the seagulled my ham and cheese sandwich and loved it LOL! She's also been eating devon this part month. I didn't realise it was a no-no either...
Leasha any sort of manufactured meat like devon is heavy in nitrites too. It's just got so much additive that it's suggested little ones don't eat it. It's hard sometimes to know hey.
Colds Meats for 1yo
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