what to do if you want to eat something and it is restricted to the baby?
By aweins
@aweins (4199)
India
July 28, 2011 9:19am CST
because of coughing i cannot serve ice cream to our baby , she like to eat vanilla but now i cannot. sometimes i use to make ice creams for her at home. but now i have stopped all that. and that is because she catches cold and that go to cough also and all that is a big problem. she is allergic to dust and pollution so she suffers to it . now my hubby also if wants to eat , goes out and eat. what to do? if a thing cannot be served to the baby then what to do? when a guest comes to our house then a major problem comes. all food , sweet dish, desserts and all other things, nothing given to the baby but had to be served to the guest? how do you deal that situation?
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10 responses
@7thspring (233)
• Philippines
28 Jul 11
you know what if the baby's physician says that the baby cant have certain types of food then dont. ice cream doesnt actually trigger the cold but it makes the nasal secretions harder to move out. i suggest a warm chicken soup can chase away the cold. and never expose the baby to allergens.
@whitewingspeak (888)
• Philippines
28 Jul 11
Hi aweins!
I think there is some like an inconsistency in your lines. I am kinda confused here, but whatever you wanna mean by that. Here is my opinion.
You can not risk the health of your baby. I think there are a lot of foods as alternative for an ice cream that can not affect your child's cough. But the cough is because of the allergy of the dust and pollutio? not because of ice cream? I guess that is what you wanna tell us. So, why deprive your child to eat ice cream???
@kyrararen (601)
• Indonesia
2 Nov 11
good day whitewingspeak, hi Aweins! sorry hopping to your comment ^_^
I have some confusion as whitewings's said. I dont really get what you were trying to solve here.
so I will respond from what I got. hm, I think you should obey your doctor, I mean your baby doctor;s advise. if you are worried for making ice cream you and your hubby want to eat, just go out in you two date, and have ice cream. and well until your baby;s health back and stronger you can try to hold the urge to have that ice cream, cant you? ^_^
be creative. if you cant make something that your baby cant eat, try to experiment.
make cookies, or other dishes, dessert, that you can make from other things your baby can have. you dont have to be worried once you;re successful in making it, and who knows it will be your family new favorites. also, those you can serve when your guests coming. ^+^
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
29 Jul 11
It's hard situation really. If you child have cough and should not eat those sweets and then you have a party and you should prepare all those sorts of sweet things or you have to eat out and then you tempted to eat sweets. Well as for me, whenever certain foods are not to be served to my child for one reason or another I make myself as a good example, I don't also eat them. I discipline myself not to eat them also and my husband does the same too. Now if it happens that a party has to be held in my house, I totally avoid any food that my child could not or not allowed to eat. Anyway there are many other alternative foods which can also fill and satisfy my guests.
@TheCatLady (4691)
• Israel
29 Jul 11
It's quite simple. Feed her before the guests arrive. She won't be hungry and won't really want to eat. Have treats she can eat around the house. Kids love apple sauce, bananas, fruit etc. If the dairy is a problem, buy soy ice cream and soy puddings. If sugar is the problem buy sugar free products for her.
@ebuscat (5935)
• Philippines
29 Jul 11
For me just gave a delicious food but not to the point that they are not good to them so that they don't ask your food to serve in your visitor.
@pepperpopper (376)
• Philippines
29 Jul 11
I don't have a baby yet but I feel that I have something to share. If I were in that situation, I'll sacrifice than let my baby get sick and then cause problem to every family members. It would create a lot of headache. But it looks like your baby has low resistance. Please see a doctor so she/he can prescribe the best vitamins for your baby.
@carolscash (9492)
• United States
28 Jul 11
I don't understand why the child can't have ice cream due to a cough. Ice cream does not cause colds and I am sure that she could have some kind of dessert even if she is allergic to ice cream. Your husband going out to eat doesn't have anything to do with what she is eating.
As far as guests are concerned, you serve them items that she can eat and if they want anything else, they can have it when they leave your home.
@strawberrychocodahi (4818)
• Philippines
28 Jul 11
You should have not spoiled your kid to eat ice cream and now you don't know how to stop her in wanting to eat ice cream. Cold desserts such as these is never good in our spleen even as an adult so better know how to tolerate and eat ice cream.
Explain to your baby that the doctor told you so and it is not good to have since she is having colds. Her lungs will get affected if that cough resides for too long. Which is better, to see your kid crying because you refuse to give her ice cream, or to see her sick because you didn't listen to the doctor and instead granted the whims of your young one just to have ice cream.
Discipline the kid as early as possible, you are the parent, you are the one to be obeyed and you are responsible for her health.
@Professor2010 (20162)
• India
28 Jul 11
Hello
If your doctor has advised not to give icecream to baby, you have to obey, her health is the primary concern..
Well you give her what she likes only.
Treat your guests well always..
I and my wife have diebetes, we don't eat sweets normally, but our freeze has icecream and sweets for guests, friends and other family members..
Thanks for sharing
Best of luck to you
Professor ‘Dr.B.Saraf. PhD.’
Professor ‘Dr.B.Saraf. PhD.’
@Shankerj (241)
• India
28 Jul 11
If you baby is small, you and you hubby can have the ice cream at home, when your baby is not around or sleeping.
I wish the problem is temporary and Over the period once the baby grows, the problem (of cathing cold by eating ice cream) may not be there by then,
