When can you give your child tuna?

[becky]

Is there a certain age you need to wait before giving your child Tuna?

[Stacey]

I hadn't even thought about it.... I gave Jackson a Tuna Melt yesterday.

[Lorah]

Here is some info I found in consumer reports:

"Based on the FDA data and the mercury- exposure levels that the Environmental Protection Agency deems acceptable, here's what our experts recommend:

Pregnant women. Given the uncertainties about the safety of even chunk-light tuna, we think it's prudent for pregnant women to avoid canned tuna entirely.

Young children (up to about 45 pounds). They can safely eat about one-half to one 6-ounce can (roughly 4.5 ounces drained) of chunk-light tuna per week, or up to one-third of a can of solid-light or white, depending on their weight. The advice about solid-light is based on limited FDA data suggesting that it may contain considerably more mercury, on average, than chunk-light does, though less than albacore.

Women of childbearing age who aren't pregnant. Mercury can linger in the body after you stop eating fish. So we advise these women to eat no more than about three chunk-light cans per week, or one can of solid-light or white-tuna."

[Colleen&Kail]

you mean like tuna froma can? i think it would be okay as long as its cookes...did she liek it? kail wont even touch the stuff.LOL

[Lorah]

Here is the link to that site... it is from July '06, so I'm sure there are more pieces of information out there...this is just what I found really quickly.

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/babies-kids/child-safety/food/mercury-in-tuna/tuna-safety/overview/0607_tuna_ov.htm

[khanson]

I started giving Taylor tuna at a year. She loves it. I don't buy Albacore because it's higher in Mercury. The chunk light is what I buy. We usually have it a few times a month.

[MS Photo]

We're staying away because of the mercury and have switched to canned salmon (from Costco and way better...same price too). Of course, soon we'll find out that salmon's poisining us too...

[jellybeanmichelle]

V hasn't had tuna yet. I think I'm more scared if she's allergic to it.
That's why I'm not ready to give it to her.

[Shanta]

I have been avoiding it. Both for Logan and me. If you want the same idea you can aways cook cod and then make it into a tuna type sandwich and the Salmon idea was a great one. Honestly you need to avoid any Large fish IMO