10-03-2004, 01:36 PM
Quote:Originally posted by eteechah
EEK!
Salt can kill babies! don't give your baby salted biltong. In SA one can get unsalted biltong, that is good to use for teething.
(because a baby doesn't drink much water (if any) and their kidneys can't filter out salt very quickly, it can build up in the tissues, and can be fatal. That is why one should never use salt in a babies food, until they are at least 1 year old, and even then, only very sparingly.)
Sorry Eteechah, my girls are 15 and 12yrs old now and they were both brought up with biltong to chew on, and I know many other SA children that were also given biltong - no problems with any of them. Both my children also drank water as babies!