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| 926.1 | | NETCAD::FLOWERS | Hub Products Engineering; Dan | Mon Mar 27 1995 09:42 | 8 |
| funny, my wife was just looking this up an a couple of the books we have...
One said to wait till 8 months, the other book said wait till 1 year.
(No mention of nursing; or at least my wife didn't mention it to me...)
I didn't think of asking her 'why?'. But now you've got me curious...
Dan
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| 926.2 | | BIGQ::MARCHAND | | Mon Mar 27 1995 09:47 | 6 |
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I'm not 100% sure, but I recall something about the lungs. There's
pollen in honey. If there's allergies or ashma these things can be
triggered, or even encouraged.
Rosie
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| 926.3 | | CSC32::P_SO | Get those shoes off your head! | Mon Mar 27 1995 09:48 | 7 |
| Honey contains a bacteria that can cause food poisoning to
young infants.
I think the the jist of what I was told. I'm sure others
will have more info though.
Pam
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| 926.4 | botulism? | VIVE::STOLICNY | | Mon Mar 27 1995 09:48 | 8 |
| Doesn't it have something to do with the fact that honey is not
pasteurized? I believe that there's potentially some sort of
bacteria that an infant can't handle and/or the potential that
an infant can get botulism.....sorry I don't have concrete
facts..
cj/
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| 926.5 | | CSC32::M_EVANS | proud counter-culture McGovernik | Mon Mar 27 1995 10:08 | 7 |
| cj is right, there is the potential of a form of botulism poinsoning in
infants and the immune-system impaired from eating unpasturized honey.
This isn't a problem once the baby is over a year, (unless of course
there is something else impairing the immune system, such as
chemotherapy, HIV, or choronic infections of one sort or another.
meg
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| 926.6 | thanks | MTWASH::CLEMENT | | Mon Mar 27 1995 12:32 | 5 |
| well,
Thank you for the information so far...but is there any info on the
nursing part?? I would think that it is safe but one never knows....
Mary
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| 926.7 | | CSC32::M_EVANS | proud counter-culture McGovernik | Mon Mar 27 1995 12:45 | 10 |
| Hi Mary,
I missed the second part of your question.
Honey shouldn't be a problem for you eating it while nursing your
child. The spores that can produce botulism poisoning are a problem in
an undeveloped digestive tract, they are not passed on through your milk,
as your older digestive tract will do away with them.
meg
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| 926.8 | Botulism | SAPPHO::DUBOIS | Another day, another doctor | Mon Mar 27 1995 14:47 | 6 |
| You probably don't need my additional affirmation, but since so many people
didn't know, I thought I would add that what Meg has written about botulism
with honey is correct. After a year old, the baby's digestive system
is able to handle the honey so it is no longer dangerous to him/her.
Carol, who heard this from *several* doctors :-)
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| 926.9 | honey grahams... | CDROM::BLACHEK | | Tue Mar 28 1995 11:04 | 6 |
| I knew that honey was a no no and have avoided anything with it for
my kids. I recently found out that my daycare gives the babies
graham crackers with honey. Does the processing/baking of the
crackers remove the risk of the honey?
judy
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| 926.10 | honey grahams ok! | MPGS::HEALEY | Karen Healey, VIIS Group, SHR3 | Tue Mar 28 1995 11:14 | 5 |
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I asked our pediatrician about honey graham crackers. Not a problem.
It is just honey FLAVOR, not real honey.
Karen
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| 926.11 | | CDROM::BLACHEK | | Tue Mar 28 1995 14:44 | 5 |
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Thanks. I keep meaning to call mine to ask, and just never remembered
until I saw this note.
judy
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| 926.12 | | BLAKFT::HEADLEY | | Tue Mar 28 1995 16:03 | 4 |
| Just FYI, the "no honey" rule applies to the elderly as well. Sometime their
digestive tract cannot handle the botulism bacteria either.
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| 926.13 | | UHUH::BNELSON | | Tue Mar 28 1995 21:36 | 6 |
| The honey is ok if it is baked, as in muffins or whatever, so I think
that would take care of commercially available baked goods also. It is
just unprocessed honey which can cause this particular form of
botulism.
Beryl
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