Can a 9 month old drink/eat products with fish oil in them? or do they classify that as eating seafood?

i dont want her to get an allergy to seafood so we are not feeding her fish for about two years, but is fish ';oil'; ok you think?Can a 9 month old drink/eat products with fish oil in them? or do they classify that as eating seafood?
Actually, fish is good to introduce between 8-12 months. Just avoid those that are high in mercury (tile fish, mackerel, sword fish, shark and tuna). Fish is a good source of protein and omega-3 fatty acids.Can a 9 month old drink/eat products with fish oil in them? or do they classify that as eating seafood?
Well me and my husband would actually give our son fish oil on purpose. It is supposed to help brain development. The doctor thought this was a great idea and our son is most certainly not allergic to seafood. I have never heard of not feeding a child seafood for 2 years to prevent an allergy. It seems to me that it could have the reverse effect, like why we have so many kids with allergies today because there body is not being exposed to as much dirt as they used to and our staying indoors playing video games instead of outside in the pollen getting their bodies the natural immunity. I am not a doctor but I do not see any reason for you to not give your child and seafood for 2 years and I def. don't see how fish oil could do anything ut help. There are so many studies on how good it is for the developing brain!
1) The common allergen is shellfish -not real fish


2) Withholding allergenic foods past 6 months has never been proven to protect against allergies, current evidence suggests it may actually make allergies more likely


3) If you are concerned flax seed oil is a good source but its more expensive and there is some evidence the body just doesn't use it as well as fish.





http://www.askdrsears.com/html/4/T040900…


he body needs two kinds of fat to manufacture healthy brain cells (the message senders) and prostaglandins (the messengers). These are omega 6 fatty acids (found in many oils, such as safflower, sunflower, corn, and sesame oils) and omega 3 fatty acids (found in flax, pumpkin seeds and walnuts, and coldwater fish, such as salmon and tuna). The foods from which oil can be extracted are generally the foods highest in essential fatty acids.





Most important to brain function are the two essential fatty acids, linoleic (or omega 6) and alpha linolenic (or omega 3). These are the prime structural components of brain cell membranes and are also an important part of the enzymes within cell membranes that allow the membranes to transport valuable nutrients in and out of the cells.





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Western diets contain too much of the omega 6 fatty acids and too little of the omega 3's. Omega 3 fatty acids are found in ground flax seeds and flaxseed oil, coldwater fish (primarily salmon and tuna), canola oil, soybeans, walnuts, wheatgerm, pumpkin seeds, and eggs.





http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/…


Consuming peanuts in infancy appears to lessen, not increase, a child’s risk of developing a peanut allergy later, British researchers report in the November Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.





The findings clash with some pediatric practices of the past decade, in which parents have been told to avoid feeding peanut products to their infants. In contrast, the new study suggests that early exposure by eating peanuts — in the form of peanut butter — might induce tolerance and head off the aberrant immune response that underlies an allergic reaction.





“This work is extremely thought-provoking and raises the possibility that an approach of trying to avoid peanuts may be the wrong thing to do,” says Robert Wood, an immunologist and pediatric allergist at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.





http://www.mdconsult.com/das/news/body/1…


Study: Low prevalence of peanut allergy is associated with early introduction in infancy





November 5, 2008





By Jonathan Gardner





Jewish children in London are significantly more likely than those in Israel to develop a peanut allergy, even though they are introduced to peanut products at a later age, which suggests that current prevention guidelines may need to be revised, according to a study published Oct. 30.





The questionnaire-based study of 8,600 schoolchildren found that children in the United Kingdom were nearly six times as likely as children of similar genetic background in Israel to develop a …
FIsh oil is one of the best things a growing human can have. I don't understand why you are waiting to introduce fish to your child either...
not too sure about ';fish oil';. Our son is 9 1/2 months old. He's had a few tastes of catfish (pond raised) and LOVES IT!