Lemons....

brandiriley

So the other day we went out to a family dinner and we gave my lo a lemon slice to suck on, she didn't eat it! and the faces she made were cute. My husband took a video and posted it to facebook. The next day his dad calls and says she shouldn't have had the lemon, and that we are being irresponsible, and are nothing like my husbands cousin, who is very over cautious with what they eat, but they have a lot of food allergies on their dads side. My husbands food allergies only consist of shrimp, which we figured out I can't eat them and bf her, she gets a rash.  Am I wrong to let her suck on lemons and oranges. I looked it up before i gave them to her, and it said if it was to early, she would get a rash around her mouth, which she doesn't have, and I haven't given her actual chunks of oranges yet, but her favorite baby food is the orange and banana medley!  I don't know, I guess it made me question what I do with her and am i doing a lot of it right! I try to figure out what she can have before I give it to her.

wedsept

Our pedi told us no citrus yet at his 8 month appt.

LoriLee14

same, i have been told no citrus till 1 year. that being said, have let little man lick on a lemon to get the faces. neither me nor my husand are allergic to anything

mben1119

Citrus can cause diaper rash, because of the acid, but if Lo is happy and healthy you're fine. Our pedi cleared Ds for citrus at 9 months.

Manateearmz

mabenner1:

Citrus can cause diaper rash, because of the acid, but if Lo is happy and healthy you're fine. Our pedi cleared Ds for citrus at 9 months.

That's what I remember 

Manateearmz

mabenner1:

Citrus can cause diaper rash, because of the acid, but if Lo is happy and healthy you're fine. Our pedi cleared Ds for citrus at 9 months.

That's what I remember 

brandiriley

we're not letting her eat them, just lick them! and she seems to like the flavor of them, but still makes faces! she's only 7.5 months but they don't seem to bother her!

giraffe54

Everyone has an opinion. A little taste of citrus won't damage your kid. If you weren't force feeding it to your baby, then presumably your baby has the option of discarding it if she didn't like it. 

This is exactly why we do BLW. I prefer the idea of trusting my babies cues as to whether she likes something or not (within reason, of course), and not relying on arbitrary assessments of when babies are ready. It's funny that even for babies who are deemed healthy and have no allergies the family, different pediatricians will offer vastly different opinions on when they can have certain foods.

If you love your baby and doing your best to make good choices for her, then everyone else's opinion (pediatrician aside), is irrelevant.  

jasrun80

My son just gave my daughter an ice cream drumstick. He gave her a candy came at Christmas and even tried to put a tomatoe in her mouth!!!! I keep a close eye... But,

If the baby is ok, I'm sure your lo will be just fine. People get crazy. Just say "oh thanks! I never thought of that!" And press on:

FemShep

Our doc said no citrus until 12 months.  The issue is the acid-it can irritate their digestive systems, which are still quite immature. Given that, I wouldn't give her any at all, but that's just me. (I'd hate to cause her pain because she makes a cute face.)

brandiriley

She didn't have any issues that night or the next 2 days after. No runny diapers, no upset belly, nothing! We did just figure out that she was refusing baby food after about 3-4 bites because she wanted to feed herself, so we give her a spoon to hold, and now that is back to normal, but that was our only issue in the following days of the lemons! And I think my aunt did it that night by letting her play with one of the spoons while we ate.

meglette417

We let DS suck a lemon at 4 months, I did when I was little and love lemons.  I am sure LO is fine, I think everyone goes crazy about things and go figure now more people are allergic to things and have eating issues.  Obviously no peanut butter, fish, or honey but I think giving a lemon is better than the processed stuff I hear people give children.