Honey/botulism

You should not give sauces until 1 if you worried go Hospital

The risk is minimal, try not to worry.

My little girl had all sorts of things that contained honey before she was one, because I just didn't realise. Some seeded breads, who knew?!?

Just keep an eye on her and if any symptoms, get her seen ASAP. Chances are she will be absolutely fine.

@Maria why should sauces not be given until 1??

Infant botulism is actually very rare. You can look for symptoms in bub and if worried, take her to urgent care.

It's super rare so you'll almost certainly be fine but keep an eye.

I was not aware you aren’t supposed to give sauces

thank you

Kids can not process to much sodium which sauces have like ketchup mayo and all other it damaged their kidneys same as salt if you can delay it as long as possible is better but should not be allowed until 1 they said sauces should be delay until 2 year old ever as it has really bad effect on kidneys

I think that depends on the kind of sauces you're buying. Not everything is loaded with salt and sugar etc. I also think the term sauce is very broad so saying that babies under 1 shouldn't have any sounds frightening to any first time mum.

I'm sure your baby only had a small bit of mustard so the actual honey content would have been minimal, and especially only after one time exposure, the risk would be minimal.

Just to clear up any confusion in the thread It’s honey in particular thats the issue because honey can contain bacteria that babies under 1 can’t yet fight. I don’t think one instance should be worried about but the advice seems to be to let your health visitor or dr know and they can give you reassurance and get baba checked if they think necessary - botulism happens very fast within hours or few days so maybe just check the symptoms here and keep an eye out and go straight to A&E if you’re even a little bit worried

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/botulism/

Sauces in general have to be careful with the salt/sodium and sugar content especially in younger babies. I still remember (showing my age) years ago a baby dying from sodium poisoning because the parents didn’t realise that adult porridge had so much salt content. Everyone complains about the price of baby specific foods but they tend not to have the adult levels of salt. Daily salt max should be 1g for under 1, 2g for 1-2 yrs

It’s more to avoid straight honey or unpasteurised stuff that “may” carry botulinum. It’s very rare and most things with it cooked in destroy the bacteria. Just avoid the straight stuff x

Update on this she’s completely fine and I lost a nights sleep will definitely not be making that mistake again

I'd like to also add raw unpasteurized honey is by far more likely even though still minimal to give botulism then the average stuff they use in sauces or the stuff you buy at the store