Can children eat crabs?

Now is the perfect time to eat crabs. The crabs at this time are not only plump and tender, but the female crabs also contain crab roe. There are a lot of people who like to eat crabs in life, even some elderly people like to eat them very much. However, they must be accompanied by their family members during the eating process. Otherwise, the elderly may easily get stuck by the crab shell when eating crabs, which may lead to breathing difficulties and even life-threatening situations. So, can children eat crabs?

[Children under one year old are not allowed to eat crabs]

Children under 1 year old are not allowed to eat crabs, because babies under 1 year old mainly feed on milk. Babies under 6 months old are best fed with exclusive breast milk. After adding complementary foods at 6 months old, they should also follow the principle of from less to more, from fine to coarse, and from thin to thick, and gradually adapt. Crab meat has a high protein content, which puts a certain burden on the digestive system of babies under one year old and can easily cause indigestion.

[Children over one year old should eat crabs in small amounts]

If children over one year old want to eat crab meat, they must eat it in moderation, starting from small amounts. At the beginning, it is best to mash the crab meat into a paste and put it into porridge or soft noodles, and the amount must be small. If you eat crab meat directly, you should consume seasoning containing ginger juice while eating crab, which can help keep out the cold and warm your stomach. You can also eat some crab roe in moderation. Crab roe is the least cold part of the crab, and it is also the most nutritious part of the crab. So if you want to let your baby taste the flavor of crab, eating crab roe is better than eating crab meat.

[Children should pay special attention to allergic symptoms when eating crabs]

After children eat crabs, parents should pay attention to whether they develop allergic symptoms such as urticaria and fever. Because allergic reactions may occur immediately or after a day or two, do not feed crab meat to your baby too frequently. Make sure your baby has no adverse reactions to crab meat before adding appropriate amounts.

Symptoms of crab allergy in children: In general, the allergic symptoms caused by eating crabs are mainly acute urticaria, with clinical manifestations including itchy skin, red or pale wheals that come and go, often accompanied by abdominal pain, diarrhea or fever, and can also lead to obvious edema of the facial skin such as obvious swelling of the eyes. In severe cases, there may even be laryngeal edema and the possibility of suffocation.