Tuna? For a 10 mth old

[hannamaren]

Can I give my kid canned tuna? Is there some bad thing I dont know about related to canned tuna and children?

She will really only eat food she can hold in her hand. But she doesnt like plain old chicken unless it is fresh off the grill. (some days)
Basically she gets bored of the same things and tuna would be new.

Except bread, she will eat that forevr.

[pierogigirl]

My doctor said to avoid tuna because of the mercury content. She was fine with low mercury fish. If you do feed her tuna, I would only do it on very rare occasions. My three year old has had tuna twice.

[egishere]

I would say probably yes but doesn't it have a lot of mercury and sodium? Have you made her turkey meatballs? My kids love those things.

[atouchofklasse]

Canned tuna has much less mercury than tuna steak. I'd be fine with it a few times a week.

[hannamaren]

Sept 18, 2012 21:09:04 GMT -5 atouchofklasse said:

Canned tuna has much less mercury than tuna steak. I'd be fine with it a few times a week.

We see the doctor next week. I think I will wait.
Although, I think you are right and .i doubt she would eat it more than once a week.

[CloudBee]

What about a light chicken salad? Dice the chicken really fine or shred it, toss with a little bit of mayo so it sticks to the bread.

[CloudBee]

They also have wild caught salmon in cans. My MIL buys that and preps it in a similar fashion as tuna. I am pretty sure salmon is considered a "safe" fish.

[bunch]

I do (and did) tuna. Low sodium, not albacore. Dd loves it.

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DS has had canned tuna and salmon.

Canned tuna is pretty low mercury because it's the "junk" fish, not the fancy big ones. The bigger, the older, the more heavy metals.

A roast in the slow cooker is also great for babies - pork or beef. Makes it really tender and easy to chew.