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  1. Dec 22, 2009 #1
    lee50

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    Hi,

    I have started my baby on semi solids after five months. I am not using salt or sugar in any of the foods. I checked with the paed he said it should be fine. Is there any problem if I continue doing so? I thought salt and sugar are not good for infants.
     
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  2. Dec 22, 2009 #2
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    Lee,

    Even I think the same...I read somewhere that infants don't need salt until they are almost an year old..I might be wrong though!!! And of course the same rule applies for added sugars..

    Let's see what experienced moms have to say
     
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    Aadhusmom

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    If you can get your baby to eat without added salt then thats the best thing. Personally after DS was 7-8 months he point-blank refused rice/dal and I had to add salt/pepper and later rasam to it. We didnt do sugar for ages - even now there's hardly any refined sugar in his daily menu, about a spoonful I think (half spoon with milk twice/day) and whatever is there in a biscuit.

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    lee50

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    Thanks Vanathi for the confirmation.
     
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    me too ....
    i never added sugar or salt to my kids feed .... till about one year

    sometimes i feel may be thats why she is skinny .... due to the lack of sugar .
    being skinny in no way implies that she is unhealthy ..... only that people around , think that she is starving
     
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    lee50

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    Rosary Interesting enough, but that's not the case with my DD. I think sugar would just add to the worm trouble and stomach upset.
     
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    rosary

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    lee , that is just my assumption , as it is known that sugar is directly proportional to weight gain.

    now talking about worm trouble ...... is it necessary for the kids to be dewormed ........ as i have never ever seen worms in my dd's stools or any problem related to that ... i have never thought about that.
     
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    Hi,

    Yes it is necessary to deworm children once in a while, like says atleast once in 6 months. But remember that you have to give the second dose of deworm after 14 days, of the first dose, so that the deworm process is complete.
     
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    Lynette,

    At this age I would not add any salt or sugar.

    I now have started adding a bit of salt to my 11-month old's rice+dal+veggie combo. I have not added sugar and do not plan for as long as I am able to resist.

    My 4-year old gets a little bit of strawberry syrup added to his milk since that is his fav. Since he is a very picky eater I have to add it to get him to drink. Until about 2.5 he was fine with plain milk then he started being more picky and then came the strawberry syrup.
     
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    I started adding salt to DD's food after 1.3yrs... Sugar, till now a NO NO. She takes plain milk. If we add junior horlicks to it, we wudnt add sugar.
     
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