When did you introduce eggs and fish?

[ladygrey]

Our pedi gave the green light at DD's last visit, and it seems like most of the baby food websites say that around 8-9 months is okay. It would be great to incorporate some new protein sources into her diet; she's not a big fan of (shredded) chicken and pork so far.

Also, I had no idea that egg whites were bad for babies - do you only serve yolks?

[toesie]

We started with eggs at 7 months. Scrambled eggs. I didn't know we're not supposed to give egg whites, so I gave DD both. She was okay with it. With fish, I started at 8 months and introduced more slowly with different kinds of fish.

[ladygrey]

Wholesome Baby Food says not to do egg whites before a year. Not sure if that is a common recommendation or not.

wholesomebabyfood.momtastic.com/eggsbabyfoodrecipes.html

[mrssandro]

I never heard that egg whites where bad.

[bearbaby]

My Pedi reinforced the "no eggs until *close* to a year" - I think we're going to try them out this weekend.

Fish was never called out as an issue - I think by 9-months we were given the go-ahead on all things except the eggs mentioned above and whole red berries.

[ssmjlm]

Eggs at 6m, fish and PB at 9m.

E loves crabcakes.

[redheadk]

DDs allergy dr was just fine with eggs and fish early on. She had them whenever the opportunity presented itself so maybe 7-8 months.

[Deleted]

Mine had eggs and fish early on.
I never worried because we have no history of allergies anywhere and my pedi is pretty "just do it."
I also had no idea parts of eggs were bad until we were well past that stage either.

[Deleted]

We had no history of allergies, so we introduced things quite early. I think around 8-9 months?

If I had a family history I would wait until at least a year.

[grosnl19]

7 months, we were living in the Netherlands at the time and they said anytime after 6 months.

[Deleted]

We've done eggs a few times since seven months. He doesn't dig them so much yet.

[h]

DS3 has been eating both since 6 or 7 months. DH and DS1 have severe food allergies, and DS1's allergist recommended that we go ahead and introduce everything (short of honey and chocking hazards, obviously) as we were ready once DS3 started solids at 6 months.

[spk926]

Eggs, PB and (shell) fish used to be recommended to wait at least a year. Now the AAP says NOT to wait as that can actually increase allergies (given you don't have a family history of allergies). We have DD eggs (scrambled, never runny), PB and fish at about 6-7 months. I quickly found this (although when I was originally researching this for DD I found much better sources too):

"Because of the fact that many children tend to be allergic to egg whites, doctors have traditionally advised that parents avoid offering egg whites altogether for the first year. If there is a family history of food allergy, then the traditional advice has been to exclude egg whites from your baby's diet for the first 2 years.

However, the American Academy of Pediatrics published a report in 2008 stating that - in most cases - there may be NO benefit in delaying the introduction of eggs (including the whites) beyond 6 months of age (unless there is a family history of food allergy). The report concluded that

"Although solid foods should not be introduced before 4 to 6 months of age, there is no current convincing evidence that delaying their introduction beyond this period has a significant protective effect on the development of atopic disease regardless of whether infants are fed cow milk protein formula or human milk. This includes delaying the introduction of foods that are considered to be highly allergic, such as fish, eggs, and foods containing peanut protein."
www.homemade-baby-food-recipes.com/when-can-my-baby-eat-eggs.html

[sjh722]

I did (whole) eggs around 7 or 8 months. I haven't done fish yet, but just because I haven't made it at home lately.

[mcfelix]

My ped is very laidback, which we love, and at our 6 mo appt he said any food except honey is fine. So we tried scrambled eggs this weekend at 7 mo but DS had a bad reaction. Rash around his mouth and spitting up all afternoon. And it was like half a teaspoon of eggs in total. We will wait a bit before trying again! I don't regret introducing them though - we learned he is sensitive to them.

[countthestars]

Feb 26, 2014 11:21:44 GMT -5 sjh722 said:

I did (whole) eggs around 7 or 8 months. I haven't done fish yet, but just because I haven't made it at home lately.

Same.  We don't eat a lot of fish so we haven't introduced it yet.

[CloudBee]

6 months.

Some people on my BMB only cook the yolks to get a higher concentration of fat and protein. I think it's crazy. Yes babies need fat, but some of these ladies are obsessed with only serving high fat. Moderation, people!

[Deleted]

I think we started eggs around 7-8 months, and fish at the same time. DD LOVES fish, its one of her favorites.

We also started Peanut Butter at about 8 months.

No allergies in our families, so we weren't too worried about it.

[wonderfezz]

6 or 7 months, we don't have any allergies, so we started slowly and K was fine. We did whole egg. Same with PB although he didn't like that until 10/11 months.

[cinco]

I think around 9-10 months with my oldest two. Probably around the same with fish. 

DD2 has an egg allergy, so not yet at age 2 She reacted from egg noodles recently (oops, need to read labels better), so I'm not testing it anytime soon.

[ijack]

Feb 26, 2014 11:30:59 GMT -5 CloudBee said:

6 months.

Some people on my BMB only cook the yolks to get a higher concentration of fat and protein. I think it's crazy. Yes babies need fat, but some of these ladies are obsessed with only serving high fat. Moderation, people!

with some kids it's super important to only offer calorie dense foods.

OP - 6 months.

[Deleted]

We gave fish and whole eggs starting around 8-9 months. We didn't delay or anything, that's just the time when he started actually EATING whole foods, so I started making more of them.

[jenn248]

I think we tried both around 8-9 months? She generally is not a big fan of either, but she does like lox.

[Deleted]

Eggs? Somewhere before 9 months. I know because at her 9 month appointment teh doc said to wait until 1 year for eggs, nuts and honey. We had already violated eggs.

Fish was recently. At 10 months, scallops are C's favorite food.

[CloudBee]

Feb 26, 2014 12:33:46 GMT -5 ijack said:

Feb 26, 2014 11:30:59 GMT -5 CloudBee said:

6 months.

Some people on my BMB only cook the yolks to get a higher concentration of fat and protein. I think it's crazy. Yes babies need fat, but some of these ladies are obsessed with only serving high fat. Moderation, people!

with some kids it's super important to only offer calorie dense foods.

OP - 6 months.

Obviously. But not the average Joe.

[ladygrey]

Feb 26, 2014 12:42:56 GMT -5 @libgrl said:

At 10 months, scallops are C's favorite food.

Fancy baby! 

[rootbeerfloat]

We gave DS eggs at 10m, and he had a reaction, so I think we waited until 12m with DD (who had no reaction).

I don't really remember with what we did with fish, except to say that DD had a reaction around 8m to accidental exposure to seafood, so we might've held off until close to year there, too.

[everafter07]

We just introduced egg yolks. I mixed one up with some formula and scrambled it gently on low heat. It turned out pretty creamy, rather than chunky. She was ok with it but didn't love it.

[darnkatz]

Started scrambled eggs (yolk and white) at 7 months, I think. Our pedi goes with the new AAP guidelines, which state that all foods can be introduced after six months, with the exception of honey (because of the botulism risk).

Salmon was introduced at 9 months, as was crab.