Shellfish: How to Introduce Your Baby to this Potentially Allergenic Food

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">#41: Shellfish is one of the Big 8 allergenic foods (...the 8 foods that account for about 90% of food allergy) and even though it is one of the more common pediatric food allergies, it’s the one that I find parents are the most hesitant about introducing to their babies. That may be because we are less inclined to be making shrimp and crab and scallops at home than some of the allergenic foods, but it’s still a category of food we should introduce to baby early and often to help prevent shellfish allergy down the road.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode we’re looking at a few easy ways to introduce babies to shellfish. You can do pieces of shrimp or some of the more rubbery mollusks, but I prefer to wait until baby has at least 1 tooth and has tried some trickier textured foods out before diving right into the rubbery pieces of shellfish. Making shrimp into shrimp cakes or patties is a really easy way to offer shellfish in a baby-led weaning form that is easy and safe for babies to self-feed.</span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you’re ready to raise an independent eater and prevent picky eating then let’s get started learning about baby-led weaning together! Subscribe, rate and review the podcast</span> <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/baby-led-weaning-made-easy/id1509703697"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">here</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">FREE BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS ONLINE WORKSHOP:</span> <a href= "https://babyledweaning.co/workshop"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://babyledweaning.co/workshop</span></a></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">FREE BABY-LED WEANING RECIPE IDEAS FACEBOOK GROUP:</span> <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/groups/babyledweaningrecipes/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> https://www.facebook.com/groups/babyledweaningrecipes/</span></a></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weigh