Therefore, it is wise to limit bread, breadsticks and crackers to once or twice a week. Pasta, rice, potatoes, couscous, quinoa and other grains are very low in salt and these make excellent alternative starchy carbohydrate options for home made baby meals.
Cheese is very highly salted and it's often loved by little ones as it is so flavoursome. It is one food, I recommend you still allow your baby to have, routinely, but try to rotate with other protein foods such as chicken, fish, lean meat, beans and other pulses so that your baby doesn't have cheese every day. Fruits and vegetables - fresh, frozen or tinned are fine but avoid those canned in syrup or brine. When looking at the nutritional information labels on foods check the amount of salt per g.
A low salt food contains less than 0. Salt is sometimes also expressed as sodium. To find out the amount of salt in a food you need to multiply the sodium value by 2. However as their kidneys are immature they are not able to deal with large amounts of salt in one go. In addition, we know that a high salt intake can cause high blood pressure which puts your little one at greater risk of heart disease and stroke as they get older.
A high salt diet in childhood has also been linked to osteoporosis as it interferes with calcium absorption. The best way to avoid developing a preference for salty foods is to not give it routinely in the first place. Weaning, however, is a time when your baby should experience a wide variety of tastes and textures.
Happy Healthy Eaters Club. Babies under 1 should not consume more than 1g of salt or 0. And this amount makes almost half of the daily allowance for babies! The next thing to remember is that some foods are very high in sodium even if they do not taste very salty.
Because of that, it is pretty easy to overdo salt if you are not making a conscious effort to limit it. For example, if you serve some shredded cheese at breakfast, a ham sandwich at lunch, and just one! Below is a list of some foods that may be high in sodium.
Remember, babies can have no more than 0. It is possible to share bonding and fun family meals with your baby and avoid cooking separate meals if you follow a few simple rules to keep the sodium levels in check:.
What other foods should you be avoiding when feeding the baby? Older kids can tolerate more sodium but it is still wise to keep it under the recommended amount :. Tell me, how do you keep salt in check for your baby? We use your health information to make our site even more helpful.
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