Carrot intolerrance

[BeccaB.]

Does anyone else's dc do badly with carrots? We gave them to DS about 3 weeks ago. He spit them up - vomitted I guess. Then I found undigested baby food lumps of carrots in his diaper. Did this happen to anyone else's DC? I thought carrots were suppose to be easy on them.

[amandabea]

Not that this helps, but I have a carrot allergy -- I get an itchy throat and have difficulty breathing. DD has no problems however.

[stillplayswithbarbies]

due to nitrates, homemade carrots are supposed to be given later. I think commercially prepared carrots have the nitrates removed but homemade carrots do not.

http://www.wholesomebabyfood.com/carrotsbabyfoodrecipes.html

[o_mom]

The vomiting would worry me, but on the other end of things... you will probably find many, many undigested carrots and other veges for a long, long time. Carrots, peas, corn, etc, all tend to come through whole.

[cestkaren]

I think it is recommended to give carrots at 8+ months. The baby food manufacturers check for nitrates levels, but I don't believe they 'remove' the nitrates. Nitrates are naturally occuring in carrots and can use up oxygen, I by 8 months, this is no longer much of a concern. OP, did you try carrots again? Maybe wait a few weeks and try again or talk to your doctor before trying again. I always feed the new food in the mornings, in case of any problems.

[BeccaB.]

I never heard that about nitrate in home made carrots. The ones I feed him were jarred. I did make him so home made ones. But I guess I won't feed him those. Thanks for the info. I'll do some research on it.

[alirebco]

The vomiting would worry me, but on the other end of things... you will probably find many, many undigested carrots and other veges for a long, long time. Carrots, peas, corn, etc, all tend to come through whole.

I find all sorts of undigested food in DS's diaper and we do cloth so I see it up close! I wouldn't be too concerned about it coming up in the poop but I would call the pedi about the vomiting.