Do you let your kid eat sushi?
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Anonymous
Same here |
Anonymous
| My 2.5 year old started eating sushi 2 months ago. She has probably had a salmon avocado roll 3x. She only eats 3 pieces tops |
Anonymous
| We started letting our kid have it at 3.5 years old have it and haven't had any issues so far. |
Anonymous
To clarify, I'm talking about raw. Our kids eat cooked sushi rolls as babies. |
Anonymous
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Maybe the pediatrician is concerned about parasites:
https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=300267&org=NSF&from=news |
Anonymous
American food handling law requires fish to be deep frozen before it's made into sushi. That kills the parasite. |
Anonymous
| We started at 3 years old, and it's been fine. He's now almost 7. We also eat at higher end sushi restaurants and are less concerned about thee quality that you may get a grocery store. |
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This is why I don’t necessarily trust any old doctor to advise me about risk. They are often extremely risk averse.
I would feed my kid the sushi and find a new pediatrician whose risk assessment is more in line with mine. I prefer a doctor who tells you what the risks are, puts them in perspective, and lets you decide. And FWIW, I did everything by the book my first pregnancy and my baby died from a random genetic defect. I adopted a much more “c’est la vie” approach after and have the most wonderful kids in the world. I ate the sushi and feed my kids raw fish, oysters, salad, deli meat, etc. they are fine. |
Anonymous
| Never?! That’s crazy talk. Do you think pediatricians in Japan or even in Hawaii are telling their patients the same thing? Um, no. Although I do feel the poster who said their kids would eat $40 worth of sushi because my kids would do the same. I let my kid eat raw for the first time at 3, but only a few pieces at a place we really trust. He’s 6 now, and we still stick with cooked or veggie only at the grocery store but will do raw sushi at better sushi places. |
Anonymous
| Chinese American and we’ve given our kid sushi since about 1.5 years. Mostly salmon, California rolls, avocado rolls, some tuna. Basically offer whatever we are having. Also other non fish Japanese dishes. Maybe 1-3 times a month. |
Anonymous
| Can’t remember what age they started but my kids love California roll, cucumber roll and ikura (salmon roe). Fish eggs are great for brain health- highest level of omega 3 out of any other good. |
Anonymous
| Since always. |
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OP.
Pediatrician is nice older white woman. She’s fine. We haven’t had any issues. It’s easy to get an appointment and very little wait. She definitely has some reactionary old school opinions so we take what she says with a grain of salt. But of course it makes sense that in countries where sushi and raw fish is a common dish, that young children would eat it often. I guess my question is when is it safe? We don’t introduce honey till the age of 2 right? There’s a risk of food borne illnesses with undercooked foods but if properly prepared it’s minimal. I know younger children are at an increased risk complications from e. Coli, salmonella etc. So is best to wait till 2? 3? 5? 10? My gut says 3-5 and just be aware of risk and quality. |
Anonymous
What? No honey until age 2? That is beyond conservative and is indicative of the pediatrician’s approach to sushi. Generally it’s recommend to wait until the baby is 12 months to introduce honey. |
Anonymous
White American is all you need. What do you think Japanese or any other Asian child eats? Sushi is constructed of fish with rice. Would you have your “white” child eat uncooked or cooked fish with rice? This is board line ignorance or radically charged. |