RE: Feeding anchovy to babies

[Guest guest]

Wow. I don't have children and can't pretend to know but the thought of an

infant given anchovies to eat summons images of years in adult therapy....

~Robin

[Guest guest]

The dried anchovies are probably not as hi-powered as the salted

ones preserved in oil.

(I still haven't purchased a bag of dried anchovies from KOAMART yet.)

Darrell

[Guest guest]

> We do the egg yolk and the mashed banana as per NT, but need more

options.

>

> So, how about anchovy?

,

> Pratick,

Whirl up the dried ones in a blender and mix the powder into something

yummy, I guess. Why no milk?

B.

/just curious

[Guest guest]

--- downwardog7 <illneverbecool@...> wrote:

> Whirl up the dried ones in a blender and mix the powder into something

> yummy, I guess. Why no milk?

> B.

We wanted to delay the introduction of milk based products to avoid any chances

of

developing allergy - either now or later in life.

I don't think we will ever introduce regular milk at all - it will always be

either

yogurt or kefir.

We gave up drinking milk ourselves - only kefir or yogurt.

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[Guest guest]

Darrell --

--- Darrell <lazlo75501@...> wrote:

> The dried anchovies are probably not as hi-powered as the salted

> ones preserved in oil.

Interesting - I used to believe the opposite - i.e. buy the dried ones and use

it in

whatever way (we add it to kimchi).

The thing with the salted and oiled ones is that (1) the salt is obviously not

the best

quality sea salt - it is very likely the refined, processed, iodised salt and

(2) the oil

is probably rancid vegetable oil too (corn, soy, cottonseed, whatnot).

Is there any specific brand of salted and oiled anchovies that is better?

And why do you think salted and oiled will be better than regular dried?

-Pratick

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[Guest guest]

--- Robin Reese <robin.reese@...> wrote:

> Wow. I don't have children and can't pretend to know but the thought of an

> infant given anchovies to eat summons images of years in adult therapy....

> ~Robin

I think I am missing the meaning of your post here.

It is quite common to feed boiled or lightly cooked (without spices) fish to

babies

starting at 6 months.

The eyes and brains of the fishes are especially considered important for a

growing baby.

I was thinking anchovies simply for their calcium content.

Can you explain why you think it is not desirable and can create problems?

Thanks.

-Pratick

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[Guest guest]

> Is there any specific brand of salted and oiled anchovies that is

better?

Pratick,

Hey, Heidi recently posted about making her own sardines out in the

garage. Sounded real easy. Just pack in salt and leave alone. Try

Onibasu.

B.

[Guest guest]

I agree on the calcium content for babies -- yes!! -- very good and I eat

them myself as I have a true allergy to milk. It was late last night and

when I read your post I imagined a little baby being given a salty strong

tasting fish. I'm not sure a baby's tastes buds and sense of smell can

appreciate such a strong flavor and consistency. The babies I've known would

freak out just looking at a greasy fish with eyes sticking out.

I admitted in the other post to knowing very little about a babies but I do

know many adults who use the smallest incidences at childhood to complain

about parenting and so it was it was a little, probably ill-advised, joke.

Please forgive me my levity. I'm glad you're getting some good answers here.

As usual, I'm learning!

~Robin