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Uncooked pasta.....
DS (2 years old) has decided he likes to eat uncooked pasta and i have a feeling its not good for him!!! Is it????
I will sometimes give him some to play "cooking" while i am trying to cook- i put some uncooked pasta in a saucepan with a smidge of water and he stirs etc and the other night i noticed that he was eating it!!! Then today he got hold of a half a packet of pasta and started eating that too!!
I took it off him, but i was just wondering if anyone knows if it is really bad for him, or if i can let him keep eating it coz he seems to really like it!! (Mind you he also loves raw vegies!! He nibbled on a whole raw zucchinni the other night!!! - IS THAT BAD TOO????)
TIA!!!
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I'm not sure about the nutritional aspect of it, I'd assume the only risk would be cutting his mouth or it scratching his throat, and maybe hurting his teeth? :dunno: Having said that, I have many a memory of chowing down on a pasta necklace I had made for my mum at kinder, paint and all :lol:
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I used to eat uncooked pasta... but I was a teenager - not a 2yo! ;)
Other than the cut gums/mouth, etc, unless he ate a large volume of it, I wouldn't be too worried.
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Ds does the same thing Kat, Its not that much so I havent been that worried about it, apart from him wandering off with a piece of spaghetti in his mouth, chocking hazard and all that!
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Another fan here!! No ill effects to date, but I usually catch her before she eats too much of it!
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Phew!!! LoL I am glad he is not the only one!!
I had a horrible thought that it was like feeding pigeons uncooked rice :ROFL: I thought it might explode his tummy!!! Hee hee!!! I will let him keep "cooking" then- and if he choses to eat his creation then i wont stress!!! :)