Please folks, don’t feed honey to babies. Just like spinach and sandbox bugs, honey may (rarely) contain botulism spores.
Today I heard about a huge celebrity bash in Washington, D.C., for a one-year-old’s birthday. It bugged me that the birthday treats included a frozen cake made of all-natural fruit juice (which is probably OK) and honey smeared on posts where party-goers could lick it. You can read the details here.
Just because the National Zoo serves honey to little Bei-Bei on his first birthday, that doesn’t mean you can give honey to little Jacob-Jacob on his. In fairness to the zookeepers, pandas probably have different tummies than people. And the panda’s mom ate most of the honey.
Honey stuck in the teeth?
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In the UK medical advice is that you can give babies honey once they turn one. Is the guidance different in Canada?
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One year is also the age-guideline here in Canada. I failed to mention that the panda’s first birthday is tomorrow, August 22, so he is definitely underage. But, I think this was a humour piece, not intended as medical information. For medical advice, there is this awful full-page ad placed by the government in a bunch of glossy magazines here a few years ago. The anti-honey honey bear irritated bee groups which asked the government to come up with something less provocative!
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I like the honey smeared on posts idea. It sounds like quite a wild party. Happy birthday Bei-Bei.
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