Canned Tuna for Baby

esutton76 · October 2009

Has anyone fed canned tuna to their LO? My DS will be 9 months next week and the wholesome baby food site said some fish is OK at 9 months, but I couldn't find anything about canned tuna in water. I could have over looked it, but thought I would ask you all.

Thanks!

Oh, what about mushrooms? Are they ok?

angelynn8411 · October 2009

i've never been a rule follower very much when it comes to solids, but we have fed DD tuna in the form of tuna noodle casserole, as well as mushrooms in different dishes. she eats what we eat so she's had just about everything.

adamwife · October 2009

I wouldn't just because tuna is high in mercury. A little won't hurt, but I wouldn't give a lot or very often.

I would try some tilapia or halibut - something like that. Oh and try to get wild fish. Farmed fish is high in toxins.

I've always heard you should hold off on mushrooms until one year.

srz2wed · October 2009

i have fed DS some, not straight from the can, but mixed in with some pasta. He seemed to be fine with it.

esutton76 · October 2009

Thanks everyone! I might add very little in to a casserole or something. :-)

esutton76 · October 2009

My dad actually raises tilapia, so should I stay away from his?

adamwife · October 2009

esutton76:
My dad actually raises tilapia, so should I stay away from his?

I didn't mean to offend you. If you trust your dad's water source, I would think his fish is fine.

If the fish is raised in contaminated water, however, you shouldn't eat the fish.

Wild-caught fish tends to have lower toxin levels.

Once again, no offense to your dad. There are many fish-farmers that produce excellent products. You just can't know for sure how the fish you buy in the supermarket was farmed.

esutton76 · October 2009

adamwife:
esutton76:
My dad actually raises tilapia, so should I stay away from his?

I didn't mean to offend you. If you trust your dad's water source, I would think his fish is fine.

If the fish is raised in contaminated water, however, you shouldn't eat the fish.

Wild-caught fish tends to have lower toxin levels.

Once again, no offense to your dad. There are many fish-farmers that produce excellent products. You just can't know for sure how the fish you buy in the supermarket was farmed.

Oh, you didn't offend me at all. l love getting all the information I can, before feeding DS something new. :-) My parents have a huge garden, goats, tilapia, chicken & eggs and when we go home my dad stocks us up on fresh and organic veggies. I just wanted to make sure if his tilapia is ok.

adamwife · October 2009

esutton76:
adamwife:

esutton76:
My dad actually raises tilapia, so should I stay away from his?

I didn't mean to offend you. If you trust your dad's water source, I would think his fish is fine.

If the fish is raised in contaminated water, however, you shouldn't eat the fish.

Wild-caught fish tends to have lower toxin levels.

Once again, no offense to your dad. There are many fish-farmers that produce excellent products. You just can't know for sure how the fish you buy in the supermarket was farmed.

Oh, you didn't offend me at all. l love getting all the information I can, before feeding DS something new. :-) My parents have a huge garden, goats, tilapia, chicken & eggs and when we go home my dad stocks us up on fresh and organic veggies. I just wanted to make sure if his tilapia is ok.

Heck yes. Send me some

pivey · October 2009

adamwife:
esutton76:
adamwife:

esutton76:
My dad actually raises tilapia, so should I stay away from his?

I didn't mean to offend you. If you trust your dad's water source, I would think his fish is fine.

If the fish is raised in contaminated water, however, you shouldn't eat the fish.

Wild-caught fish tends to have lower toxin levels.

Once again, no offense to your dad. There are many fish-farmers that produce excellent products. You just can't know for sure how the fish you buy in the supermarket was farmed.

Oh, you didn't offend me at all. l love getting all the information I can, before feeding DS something new. :-) My parents have a huge garden, goats, tilapia, chicken & eggs and when we go home my dad stocks us up on fresh and organic veggies. I just wanted to make sure if his tilapia is ok.

Heck yes. Send me some

Heckyes, that's a whole different situation. And send me some too!

esutton76 · October 2009

adamwife:
esutton76:
adamwife:

esutton76:
My dad actually raises tilapia, so should I stay away from his?

I didn't mean to offend you. If you trust your dad's water source, I would think his fish is fine.

If the fish is raised in contaminated water, however, you shouldn't eat the fish.

Wild-caught fish tends to have lower toxin levels.

Once again, no offense to your dad. There are many fish-farmers that produce excellent products. You just can't know for sure how the fish you buy in the supermarket was farmed.

Oh, you didn't offend me at all. l love getting all the information I can, before feeding DS something new. :-) My parents have a huge garden, goats, tilapia, chicken & eggs and when we go home my dad stocks us up on fresh and organic veggies. I just wanted to make sure if his tilapia is ok.

Heck yes. Send me some

It is so fun going home, because he is always trying something. He built a HUGE greenhouse and that is where he keeps his tilapia. He also grows a wide variety of herbs, garlic, flowers. He also tried growing some fruit trees, but that didn't work, but he keeps playing around with different seeds and such. He sells a lot of the food at their small farmer's market in their town.

My parents are trying to get away from buying from their local grocery store (Walmart) and live off their land.

Sorry for the book. lol ;-)

adamwife · October 2009

esutton76:
adamwife:
esutton76:
adamwife:

esutton76:
My dad actually raises tilapia, so should I stay away from his?

I didn't mean to offend you. If you trust your dad's water source, I would think his fish is fine.

If the fish is raised in contaminated water, however, you shouldn't eat the fish.

Wild-caught fish tends to have lower toxin levels.

Once again, no offense to your dad. There are many fish-farmers that produce excellent products. You just can't know for sure how the fish you buy in the supermarket was farmed.

Oh, you didn't offend me at all. l love getting all the information I can, before feeding DS something new. :-) My parents have a huge garden, goats, tilapia, chicken & eggs and when we go home my dad stocks us up on fresh and organic veggies. I just wanted to make sure if his tilapia is ok.

Heck yes. Send me some

It is so fun going home, because he is always trying something. He built a HUGE greenhouse and that is where he keeps his tilapia. He also grows a wide variety of herbs, garlic, flowers. He also tried growing some fruit trees, but that didn't work, but he keeps playing around with different seeds and such. He sells a lot of the food at their small farmer's market in their town.

My parents are trying to get away from buying from their local grocery store (Walmart) and live off their land.

Sorry for the book. lol ;-)

DH and I are planning to do this. We are trying to build a "homestead" where we can basically live off of our land. You know, I never thought about farming my own fish, but I'm going to look into that!

How much ;and does your dad have? Do you mind me asking, how well does he do at the Farmer's Market?

When I stop working we plan to supplement our income with Farmer's Market sales and I have no clue how much we could make.

esutton76 · October 2009

adamwife:
esutton76:
adamwife:
esutton76:
adamwife:

esutton76:
My dad actually raises tilapia, so should I stay away from his?

I didn't mean to offend you. If you trust your dad's water source, I would think his fish is fine.

If the fish is raised in contaminated water, however, you shouldn't eat the fish.

Wild-caught fish tends to have lower toxin levels.

Once again, no offense to your dad. There are many fish-farmers that produce excellent products. You just can't know for sure how the fish you buy in the supermarket was farmed.

Oh, you didn't offend me at all. l love getting all the information I can, before feeding DS something new. :-) My parents have a huge garden, goats, tilapia, chicken & eggs and when we go home my dad stocks us up on fresh and organic veggies. I just wanted to make sure if his tilapia is ok.

Heck yes. Send me some

It is so fun going home, because he is always trying something. He built a HUGE greenhouse and that is where he keeps his tilapia. He also grows a wide variety of herbs, garlic, flowers. He also tried growing some fruit trees, but that didn't work, but he keeps playing around with different seeds and such. He sells a lot of the food at their small farmer's market in their town.

My parents are trying to get away from buying from their local grocery store (Walmart) and live off their land.

Sorry for the book. lol ;-)

DH and I are planning to do this. We are trying to build a "homestead" where we can basically live off of our land. You know, I never thought about farming my own fish, but I'm going to look into that!

How much ;and does your dad have? Do you mind me asking, how well does he do at the Farmer's Market?

When I stop working we plan to supplement our income with Farmer's Market sales and I have no clue how much we could make.

Right now, he doesn't make much, if any from his tilapia, because he keeps killing them by mistake. lol Either the pump to the tanks would fail, or in the winter months he couldn't get the water temperature right (until he gets this all worked out, I won't be feeding my son the fish ;-) lol) Anyway, he is still trying work out the bugs with the tilapia.

My dad owns his own painting/janitorial company and with times being hard for everyone, he is loosing business, so he is so thankful that his hobby is helping a little. He usually makes enough money selling at the farmer's markets to cover all his expenses for his greenhouse and to pay a few utility bills for their home. During the winter they don't make much, but in the summer they do pretty well.

adamwife · October 2009

thanks for the info

esutton76 · October 2009

adamwife:
thanks for the info

No problem!

buckeyethor · October 2009

buttin in ~ i do have to say it felt so good to make dinners from my own little apartment herb garden last summer and i cannot wait to have a bigger garden next summer now that we are going to be in our own home. i love the idea of growing my own produce and feeding my family. you girls are awesome.

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