Don't give nuts to children under the age of 6

[vi edit]

Or so says the warning lable on my jar of Planter's cashews.

Is there some sort of nut chewing and swallowing capacity that children hit at age 7 that they aren't capable of at 6 that I need to be aware of?

 

[jlee]

It's just like the magical transformation between the age of 20 and 21 which permits people to responsibly consume alcohol.

 

[JulesMaximus]

My son doesn't even like nuts...although, he loves peanut butter.

 

[SirStev0]

same reason curling irons say for external use only. Because someone probably tried to sue them for not warning them that an infant might choke on a Brazilian Nut.

 

[spidey07]

Probably concerned about food allergies. Which surprisingly would be better dealt with by feeding them MORE of the food they are allergic to. There is something seriously wrong with our children with all these food allergies. That's darwin trying to take them out.

 

[krylon]

you can only go balls deep on an adult, otherwise it's pedophilia

everyone knows this

 

[vi edit]

My son doesn't even like nuts...although, he loves peanut butter.

I've got a 2 year old that would eat her body weight in cashews if given the opportunity.

 

[SunnyD]

I give my 20 month old nuts all the time. He loves em...



... Not THOSE nuts, you god damn pedos! Cashews, Walnuts, Almonds, etc.

 

[Uppsala9496]

My daughter will be 2 Saturday. She has been eating peanuts, peanut butter, cashews, etc for a good 6 months. When I took her in for her 18 month checkup the pediatrician said is was ok to introduce her to nuts slowly (here is a peanut to try). If no reaction, then no worries.

 

[vi edit]

My daughter will be 2 Saturday. She has been eating peanuts, peanut butter, cashews, etc for a good 6 months. When I took her in for her 18 month checkup the pediatrician said is was ok to introduce her to nuts slowly (here is a peanut to try). If no reaction, then no worries.

Yeh, I think my Pediatrician said that by 9 months or so any food allergies are going to be showing up and you can start introducing more foods. From our doc's opinion, strawberries are actually one of the worst and should be introduced the last.

 

[Rubycon]

I played with lots of nuts when I was younger than that...

They had names and came in all sorts of sizes from 2mm through 50mm.

Successfully threaded about half an inch of a candy cane with a die and screwed a nut down on its sugary shaft.

 

[SirStev0]

Probably concerned about food allergies. Which surprisingly would be better dealt with by feeding them MORE of the food they are allergic to. There is something seriously wrong with our children with all these food allergies. That's darwin trying to take them out.

Nah, research is showing it has to do much more with lack of early exposure to a wide variety of pathogens. We have a learning immune system. If its not exposed to things it just starts making stuff up as it goes.

Let your kids roll around in the dirt. Throw out your antibacterial soaps. And make sure they have plenty of access to other kids (aka germ factories).

 

[Homerboy]

Yeh, I think my Pediatrician said that by 9 months or so any food allergies are going to be showing up and you can start introducing more foods. From our doc's opinion, strawberries are actually one of the worst and should be introduced the last.

Yeap.
Yet you'd be amazed at the number of kids at the age of 6 or so that haven't had things like tree nuts, or strawberries or shell fish. These can be VERY common allergies, and the reactions with them can be VERY quick and VERY deadly especially in smaller bodies.

So, manufacturers put the labels saying "6 and under" to cover their asses. Makes sense.

 

[spidey07]

Nah, research is showing it has to do much more with lack of early exposure to a wide variety of pathogens. We have a learning immune system. If its not exposed to things it just starts making stuff up as it goes.

Let your kids roll around in the dirt. Throw out your antibacterial soaps. And make sure they have plenty of access to other kids (aka germ factories).

Amen. That is exactly what is causing all the problems.

 

[Uppsala9496]

I do remember that we had to avoid strawberries. Now....well, she can't get enough of them. Funny, but there are some gerber stage 2 meals that had strawberries in them.

As a matter of fact, they are still in the pantry. Never fed them to my daughter since I was told by the pediatrician to avoid strawberries.

 

[purbeast0]

pedobear approves of this thread.

 

[xanis]

Amen. That is exactly what is causing all the problems.

Yep, I definitely agree. There was non of this silly organic-only, selective-food bullshit nonsense when I was little. I would also go outside and play in the forest and run around getting filthy dirty with my friends. Things are different now I guess...

FWIW, I have probably one of the best immune systems of anyone I know. The extent of my annual illnesses involves one, maybe two colds and a stomach virus. That's it.

 

[Newbian]

This thread has so much potential.

 

[spidey07]

I give my 20 month old nuts all the time. He loves em...



... Not THOSE nuts, you god damn pedos! Cashews, Walnuts, Almonds, etc.

Sunny-deez-nuts as well?

 

[SunnyD]

Yep, I definitely agree. There was non of this silly organic-only, selective-food bullshit nonsense when I was little. I would also go outside and play in the forest and run around getting filthy dirty with my friends. Things are different now I guess...

FWIW, I have probably one of the best immune systems of anyone I know. The extent of my annual illnesses involves one, maybe two colds and a stomach virus. That's it.

Organic vs. Non-organic has nothing to do with it. We're talking about exposure, period.

 

[xanis]

Organic vs. Non-organic has nothing to do with it. We're talking about exposure, period.

Oh I know that, I'm simply referring to the people that think organic foods are somehow superior to their child's physical and mental development. In reality, however, I have yet to see the difference in development and immune system strength between kids raised eating organic products versus kids eating non-organic ones... that was my point.

 

[SirStev0]

Organic vs. Non-organic has nothing to do with it. We're talking about exposure, period.

If anything Organically grown or raised (livestock) food, I think, would probably be better as the lack of pesticides and antibiotics and other chemicals would allow natural bacteria and pathogens to grow.

You gotta remember that when you were growing up, they weren't treating all livestock with heavy antibiotics and hormones.

EDIT: My town has an awesome farmer's market that has a lot of naturally grown crops and corn fed beef and free range chickens etc. So when I say organic, I am more referring to this. Not the mass produced "organic" you get at walmart. (BTW, I'm in bumblefuck West Virginia and this isn't from hippy farmers, just old timers who didn't jump on to the mass produced chemically treated bandwagon 30 years ago).

 

[JulesMaximus]

Nah, research is showing it has to do much more with lack of early exposure to a wide variety of pathogens. We have a learning immune system. If its not exposed to things it just starts making stuff up as it goes.

Let your kids roll around in the dirt. Throw out your antibacterial soaps. And make sure they have plenty of access to other kids (aka germ factories).

Agreed. We had a cat and a dog when our son was born. We brought him home and immediately introduced him to the animals...he's been around them his whole life now and never had any kind of allergic reaction to either of them.

He was in daycare as an infant and he was sick all the time the first couple years of his life but now he never gets sick.

 

[SunSamurai]

I played with lots of nuts when I was younger than that...

They had names and came in all sorts of sizes from 2mm through 50mm.

Tell us more :sneaky:

Also, damnit, Im going to have to add this to my sig.