Giving Honey to Toddlers

[herbhome]

I wonder if pasteurization will kill off any spores?

[bwallace23350]

I am not a doctor, nor do I play one on TV, but I did play a Cavalry officer in a Jr. High play...
If you want latest medical advice, ask the pediatrician.  Their recommendations change all the time. 
As far as dealing with the ex, better safe than sorry.  But I'm not a lawyer, either.

I hope the kid gets to have some honey before he develops a bunch of allergies....  just sayin'...

He eats most all other food and we have had no allergies yet.

[Acebird]

I will never marry again.

I have heard people say that.

[iddee]

He eats most all other food and we have had no allergies yet.
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Are any of them raw, such as banana or grapes, apples or carrots? If so, go ahead and feed him honey. Same gamble.

[Dallasbeek]

I wonder if pasteurization will kill off any spores?

Wouldn't that kill off the good stuff as well?

[BeeMaster2]

I wonder if pasteurization will kill off any spores?

Wouldn't that kill off the good stuff as well?

Yes

[bwallace23350]

He eats most all other food and we have had no allergies yet.

Are any of them raw, such as banana or grapes, apples or carrots? If so, go ahead and feed him honey. Same gamble.
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Never fed him raw carrots and I have never fed him grapes at all but he has eaten a lot of different raw foods post one year of age. He loves a banana better than anything but second to that are strawberries. Well I just might next time he is here feed him honey. I take him to his mother today after work.

[GSF]

I use Ivermectin to worm my goats. There is a warning on the label not to consume any milk or meat for a set period of time(couple of weeks?). In a lot of third world countries they give Ivermectin directly to the patients who have parasites. go figure.

[BeeMaster2]

GSF,
That is some dangerous stuff. I use it on my cattle. A friend of mine got it on her hands while using it and waited a couple of minutes before washing it off. She was sick in bed for 3 days from an overdose.
Bee careful.
Jim

[Jeff L.]

Are any of them raw, such as banana or grapes, apples or carrots? If so, go ahead and feed him honey. Same gamble.

Those fruits are not the same as raw honey, the honey has the spores mixed in. Those fruits are solid assuming not pests have eaten a hole in them. All the fruits need are a good washing, something you can not do with honey.

[bwallace23350]

GSF,
That is some dangerous stuff. I use it on my cattle. A friend of mine got it on her hands while using it and waited a couple of minutes before washing it off. She was sick in bed for 3 days from an overdose.
Bee careful.
Jim

That is some serious stuff then. Hope she is doing better.

[iddee]

I am not educated enough to comment on that, Jeff, but, if you open a jar of home canned green beans and it shows signs of botulism, are you going to wash them well and eat them? I'm not.

Also, if you go to a "pick-your-own" strawberry farm, how well are they washed before the kids eat them? Unless they are prepared for freezing, or to put in a recipe, I doubt they ever get washed.