Danger of salt for babies/young children
Jul 29th, 2005 by Lilian
Everyone knows too much salt is bad. So it is even worse for a small baby or young children.
Our older generations like to pour soya sauce which is laden with salt on porridges just so that the little baby will wallop the whole bowl of porridge. Well, now that we know salt is bad, probably, we should see how to tackle this?
In MyMomsBest, we often hear of daughters-in-law in a sticky situation with the mothers-in-law because the mother-in-law has a different way of feeding the baby who is under her care. We have extensive discussions about this issue.
I had also given some tips on preparation of baby foods by the working mother so that she will not have any conflicts with the mother-in-law/mother.
Remember that goats’ milk is NOT suitable for young babies because of its high sodium content. Maybe, I will also like to mention the case in the USA where the grandmother in a moment of anger with her daughter-in-law, added salt to her granddaughter’s formula milk. The baby died. So, remember the danger of salt.
Here is an excerpt from BBC News on feeding baby and also the danger of too much salt:
What problems do too much salt cause to babies?Salt is far more toxic to young babies, particularly those under the age of four months, because their kidneys are immature and cannot excrete enough salt into the urine.
Too much salt in the diet causes the baby to become dehydrated, which can lead to organ damage in extreme cases.
A baby does need a certain amount of salt in its diet, but this will be amply provided by breast and formula milk, and, after four months, from unprocessed foods such as rice, fruit and vegetables. Source
Homemade baby food is the best for baby of 6 months and above. It is not difficult to prepare if you know how. Join MyMomsBest forum and the members will share valuable and time saving tips with you.
Wow! So scary! How can the woman kill her own granddaughter like that? Do you have the original link? I want to forward lah!
I’ve been there. I never let anyone but myself prepare my son’s food. He’s mostly on organic grains like millet, buckwheat and quinoa. These are very suffient in providing my son with all the essential nutrients. I hardly give him meat as it’s only protein and fat plus lots of antibiotics and growth promotants too. I supplement with spirulina in place of meat. I prefer my son to grow up on the natural flavors of food, not soy sauce, sugar and god knows what else. And he loves his veges very much.