Is It Safe To Introduce Peanuts For Toddlers And Infants?

There’s a right time to introduce peanuts for toddlers or otherwise, it can result in slight allergic reactions in kids and children. Be it in the form of a healthy evening snack, or raw peanuts, or processed peanut butter, kids tend to love it in every form. 

What quantity and how often should peanuts be fed to an infant?

 There are many different ways to introduce peanuts for toddlers. You can introduce peanuts for children in the form of peanut powder so that you can sprinkle them over your baby’s food. Nowadays peanut butter is one of the most common foods among children. Peanut butter is a healthy way to introduce peanuts to your toddler, that too if it’s organic peanut butter, then the benefits are double. Though peanut butter is healthy and tastes good, you should introduce them safely as peanut butter is very thick and sticky so it can cause choking hazards for children.

You can use this peanut butter in many different ways such that you can try it by spreading it on a strip of banana or soft cracker, you can use them in your baby’s oatmeal, and even you can add it to your baby’s yoghurt. Start introducing the peanut products with a small amount using a spoon. Give them roughly ¼ tsp. or less until you understand that your baby doesn’t have any kind of food allergies.

While choosing the right peanuts for a toddler, try to find smooth nut butter without any chunks. And look for the butter which is made with as few ingredients as possible. Organic peanut butter would be the best option as it would contain fewer ingredients and there would be lower sodium content as well. Infants shouldn’t be getting sodium more than 0.4 grams daily.

It is not considered safe to introduce whole peanuts for children under 4 years because this can cause choking hazards in children. Because children under this age group will not chew properly thereby causing blockage of their air passage.

Final word:

Nuts contain Protein, Good Fats and Micronutrients like Iron, Zinc, Copper, Vitamin E, and Vitamin B that help in promoting the child’s heart health, give support to their metabolism, and also help immensely in brain development. Though these nutrients are good for health, check for baby’s reactions in the first few hours, after introducing peanuts.

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