"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> On Sat 12 Jul 2008 06:23:37p, Woolstitcher told us...
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>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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>>> On Sat 12 Jul 2008 05:43:56p, Billy told us...
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>>>> On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:29:56 -0400, "Woolstitcher"
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>ohhhh baby mine. )
>>>>
>>>> Don't give it to your baby. You didn't know that?
>>>
>>> Why? Will the bees come and carry it off? Sort of like the flying
>>> monkeys and Toto?
>>>
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>> Well, first there is no good reason to give sweets to babies. Honey,
>> sugar, etc. My kids were not given any sweets or sweet foods when
>> young, their baby food was home made veggies and they are the most
>> wonderful advntuous eaters. I'm sure that is why.
>> However w/ babies and honey (raw or not) it's dangerous. Especially raw
>> honey. Raw honey has bacteria (botulism) that a baby can't deal with.
>> An adult has no problem but it can kill a baby. Also, if the baby has
>> an unknown bee allergy the reaction can be so bad that the baby may die.
>> There is lots of information about babies and honey on the net, this is
>> just a little info I found:
>>
>> o Infant botulism is a form of paralysis that results from the blockage
>> of nerve impulse transmission by the toxin of a microorganism named
>> Clostridium botulinum.
>>
>> o Infant botulism is a serious disease that may strike some infants
>> under one year of age. After ingestion, C. botulinum spores can
>> germinate and grow in the lower bowel of some very young infants.
>>
>> o Newborn babies have no intestinal microflora and thus apparently are
>> susceptible to C. botulinum infection until their intestinal microflora
>> develop (during the first few months after birth).
>>
>> o Healthy children and adults with normal intestinal microflora are
>> resistant to intestinal botulism and are able to ingest botulinum spores
>> without harm.
>>
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>
> Thanks, I didn't know that. I've never had children.
>

n/p.
We can't know everything, even if we want to
But, I'm working on it