Safe age for sashimi/sushi?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sushi from a good restaurant is probably safer than chicken.

I ate ceviche and sushi while I was pregnant (skipped tuna and similar because of metal concerns). I just was careful about where I got it from.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are we worried about here, parasites? I think all our salmon is frozen anyway, no?

In the US, anything sold as sushi needs to be frozen before it's served. That takes care of the parasites, but bacteria continues to be a risk.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm Japanese. In Japan, most families give raw fish sushi to their kids starting at around age 3. If you go to a reputable sushi restaurant I would trust the fish prep there. I agree with PP that you should all avoid eating too many portions of bigger fish that tend to accumulate heavy metals.

The fact that the people who know the most about sushi and about the precautions to take etc . . . wait until 3, is a reason for me to wait even longer. I'm going to stick with 5.

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So you're going to tack on 2 more years to the recommended age to face forward in a car seat? Tack on 2 more years to the legal age to learn to drive, and the age to drink alcohol?

You're not being very rational.

NP. There are no age recommendations that I’ve seen. It’s height and weight based and often determined by the limitations of the seat.

[Anonymous]

Japanese here. Would literally have never occurred to me look at FDA or other sources for age recommendations on when to eat sushi. We've offered plenty to our 3.5 year old. DC isn't interested in anything other than shrimp tempura and California rolls, but we're not going to stop offering and wait until 5.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Japanese here. Would literally have never occurred to me look at FDA or other sources for age recommendations on when to eat sushi. We've offered plenty to our 3.5 year old. DC isn't interested in anything other than shrimp tempura and California rolls, but we're not going to stop offering and wait until 5.

Yeah my kid started eating sushi around 3.5. Would never have occurred to me to need to check with the FDA guidelines or something.

[Anonymous]

My kids have been eating sushi since they were 3/4.

They love sushi -- great for us b/c we love it other than the fact that it is $$$

[Anonymous]

Maybe I'm a bad mom here, but our kids started eating sushi at around age 1. Japanese American.

[Anonymous]

My kid grabbed his first roll off our plate around 2. I guess I didn't know there were recommendations, but he's been a sushi freak ever since. 🤷‍♂️

[Anonymous]

Our kids but started getting pieces of salmon sashimi when they were 2 or 3. But that was 15 years ago, I don't remember a recommendation to wait until age 5 so maybe that's new since I had toddlers? Anyway, they both loved it and are still big fans of all kinds of raw fish.

[Anonymous]

My kids tried salmon sashimi for the first time around 12 months old. They started eating sushi at 9 months old.

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Yeah I’m not Japanese just a white person that loves sushi and it never occurred to me to be worried, my son has been eating California rolls since early (obviously those are not raw) and tried raw rolls at least at 3. Loves it at 6. Lots of fun. Since all of our fish is frozen before serving here I really don’t see a lot of concern

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Japanese here. Would literally have never occurred to me look at FDA or other sources for age recommendations on when to eat sushi. We've offered plenty to our 3.5 year old. DC isn't interested in anything other than shrimp tempura and California rolls, but we're not going to stop offering and wait until 5.

This...why not go with shrimp tempura and California rolls? These are still among my top picks as an adult. Also you can get your kid used to eating sheets of seaweed as a snack. It's fun! Any Target or big grocery store should have that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe I'm a bad mom here, but our kids started eating sushi at around age 1. Japanese American.

White, but same. It's really unclear to me what the concern is here? Are people also holding out on coldcuts til 5? No bagged salad or melons? I get not giving gas station sashimi, but a) I wouldn't eat that anyway and b) this seems like another instance of American overeach with the food stuff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe I'm a bad mom here, but our kids started eating sushi at around age 1. Japanese American.

+1. I wasn’t aware there was a rule. Our youngest is about to turn 4 so I guess it’s too late now

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids have been eating sushi since they were 3/4.

They love sushi -- great for us b/c we love it other than the fact that it is $$$

My kids also started eating sushi around 3 or 4 years old - they're now 5 and 7. We usually get 4 rolls (tuna and salmon) for the two of them to share and they devour them. We don't get it that often though, because it's expensive. Usually once every 2-3 months we'll spring for it as a special treat. They also love seaweed salad.