When is it OKAY to feed your toddler eggs with the egg whites?

Question

I know you should aviod the egg whites, becaus ethey can cause allergies, but when (what age) can you saftley inroduce the whole egg?

Answer 1

I gave my son eggs around 9 months my pediatrician said it was just fine to start him on eggs 2 years dosen't seem correct but always ask the pediatrician I always gave him scrambled easy to pick up and soft to chew goodluck.

Answer 2

My kids were both about 1 when I started feeding them things such as eggs and such. I fed them the whole egg and there wasn't any problems.

Doctor's will say at least with honey and things like that, to wait until they are 1 year old to feed it to them just in case they do have food allergies.

My son is almost 3 now and hasn't had any problems with food allergies except for whole milk when he turned one. The best way to find out is to try it on them. A lot of times kids won't like the texture or taste of foods such as eggs at the young age of 1 anyway. So, I wouldn't worry to much about it. At least this is what I have found out with my 2 kids anyway.

Answer 3

My 3 yr old son has been eating egg whites since he was about a year old. He loves boiled eggs, but not the yolks, just the whites. The whites are better than the yolks for cholesterol reasons.

Many places say not to give a child under 1 year of age egg whites. I know our nutritionist says to give my almost 2 year old eggs for protein so they can't be that bad for him lol.

Answer 4

My 2 year old has been eating whole eggs since age 1 with no
problems. My doctor says the no egg thing is just an old wive's tale.

Answer 5

My daughter who is almost a year old and she has been eating eggs(the whole thing including the whites) sence she was about 8-9 months old.And she has never had any problems and she loves eggs.

Answer 6

My daughter (now 2 1/2) has been eating them since she was about 9 or 10 months old. She had 2 older siblings who had them at that age as well. There was no high risk of allergies. I'd suggest talking to her pediatrician about it.

Answer 7

My daughter has her 1 year checkup in Jan. My Dr. told me to introduce egg whites 2 weeks prior to this appt and to see how it goes. His decision to introduce earlier than some may be the fact that my daughter has had no reactions to anything so far?
Talk with your Dr. and see how they approach the issue.

Answer 8

We gave our girls eggs after they turned 1 (with our doctors recomendation) they didn't really like them and we introduced them again when they were 2 and they are a big hit.

Answer 9

Its okay around 2 years. They say by then most high allergie risks are gone.

Answer 10

I GAVE MY SON AN EGG WHEN HE WAS TWO YEARS OLD HE'S FINE....HE LOVES EGGS !!!