hi gauri,

i read your comment in one of the thread that there is no need of sugar and salt in babies diet till 1 year. can you tell me why? i read this at many place and i have not given it to my baby yet. but i am getting pressure from other family members as they believe there is no harm in lil bit of salt and that way only you can make your baby habituate to normal food which we eat. would really appreciate your answer and if you can suggest me some reading on this. gauri replied. there is no harm in trying you can always give and let me tell you onething all ..every1 in this world is possisive about the lil one in the family my mil feels my daughter is her sons precious gift to her she wants me to do whtever she says then your mother will feel your baby is her daughters gift to her she will want you do everything what she says . it happens consider urself lucky that so many people loves your baby
and there is no harm in trying jaggery be it your mother or mil say yes for everything do what you feel like
and incase they are forcing you so much thaen you can always gv your abbay a lil quantuty of jaggery in her kanji see the how she reacts , if your baby is not able to digest then tell them this is a prob thats y i stopped ..first of all see whetther your baby likes the taste if jaggery or not ? and if you dont want to gv dont gv mother knows the best gauri replied. whatever i know is learnt from elders in fmaily, and dont know the exact sicentific reason behind this but i know one thing that sugar is def harmful for babies and till 1 year salt and sugar in fruits and veg is enough for babies, people do give jageery in place of sugar but my mil is against this too bcoz its heaty and cllimate in mumbai is horrible infact she never let me give non veg till my daughter compelted 1 year and from my mothers side we have given non veg from 6 motnhs can you believe it ?
plus i dont have a record of the message but similar question was once asked to hetal by one female very beautifuuly she had givne expalnation but i am sorry i dont have

one thing i am sure that you must never give sugar and salt to baby till 1 year it is harmful
natural salt and sugar in fruits veg is more thatn enoughif you give my daughter milk wiht sugar she will throw
as suggested by hetal to clear your doubt you can do google search on this topic