Infants are not supposed to eat watermelon, because it might harm them, why?
2006-06-23 09:14:08 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
Sounds like an old wives tale to me. I'd never heard such a thing until this post and I fed my children watermelon (when they were old enough to have solid food, anyway).
Edited to add: I see some people are saying that it's because they could choke on the seeds. No offense intended to anyone, but it's sort of a "no duh!" situation - if someone's handing their *infant* watermelon without having taken the seeds out then, well, someone needs parenting lessons!
2006-06-23 09:18:09 · answer #1 · answered by tagi_65 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son is five months old and loves to suck on watermelon. There are large chunks of watermelon with no seeds in them in a seedless watermelon.
2006-06-27 18:15:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son eats watermelon and has been since he was like 4 months old. just pick the seeds out
2006-06-23 09:18:24 · answer #3 · answered by missthang21 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even seedless watermelons have seeds that an infant can not digest very easily.
2006-06-23 09:30:27 · answer #4 · answered by Spencer B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-13 18:24:35 · answer #5 · answered by rivalee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they can choke on the watermelon seeds.
2006-06-23 09:17:52 · answer #6 · answered by farside76 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The big black seeds are easier for an infant to choke on...
or maybe just harder to get through their digestive system
2006-06-23 09:18:22 · answer #7 · answered by Steven B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Watermelon Infants
2017-02-24 11:55:54 · answer #8 · answered by stanly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because there are so many damn watermellon seeds. Unless you are sure that you get every single seed out, they could choke on them.
2006-06-23 09:23:05 · answer #9 · answered by Green Tea Happy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋