when is sushi ok?

[amlikam]

We are going out for dinner tonight and I wonder if DD can try some sushi. We are a Traditional Foods household for the most part. She has had rare beef (not raw) but never raw fish.

Is 18 months ok.....

any help? tyia

[painefaria]

DS had Sushi on his first birthday. Now it was vegetable sushi. I think that if it from a reputable place (obviously it is otherwise You wouldn't be eating there) there shouldn't be a problem.

[lizabird]

I think my ds ate raw fish sushi for the first time when he was 4 yrs old. My younger ds had some for the first time at about 2.5 yrs old. You can go out for sushi and not get raw fish (think CA rolls, veggi rolls, etc) but also be careful about it just being really big mouthfulls for a very young child (at least the way my kids eat!), they couldn't really take little bites, though my now 6 yr old generally dissects his sushi completely before eating it in little
bits. You could also do that for your child, just break down the rolls into pieces, a little bite of avocado, a little bite of rice, etc. Enjoy!

[amlikam]

thanks- yeah we've done the cooked type before- she loves it!

thank you- heading out soon for my dinner actually!!!

[rvamommy]

My DD loves sushi but we skip the raw fish. She has avocado rolls instead. Or sometimes they make her egg. You can also ask if they have Inari - pockets of tofu stuffed with sweet rice. From what I understand it should be no shellfish or raw fish until 2 years. I also asked a korean friend of mine about this & she said the same thing.

I always ask for it as soon as we are seated so DD doesn't have to wait as long as the rest of us. I have always found that if you tell them it is for your child, they are mroe than happy to send out a single roll of something before everyone else's food.

Oh, DD also loves the tofu & seaweed in miso soup.

Have fun!

[JudiAU]

Depends on if you mean raw first or other "sushi." Other things I think are fine. I'll probably wait until four for raw first and later 6? 8? for raw shellfish. The big issues with raw fish are usually worms and environmental contaminents. Raw shellfish can cause very serious GI distress from red tides etc.

[2xshy]

i have been giving my DD (20mos) sushi that has raw fish in it since we was about a year old. she has some raw salmon and usually give her some other cooked or veggie options when we do get sushi. I think a little bit of it is fine. the first time i gave her any raw fish i gave her just tiny bit and the next time a bit more.
an alternative to raw sushi could be some rolls with smoked salmon. my DD LOVES smoked salmon way more than completely raw fish.

[paxye]

My two youngest had sushi as their first meals at about 10-11 months... both started with Avodaco rolls that I made and within a few weeks were eating the raw fish ones with no problem...

I make my Sushi at home and use frozen fish (which most Sushi places use also) Deep Freezing is as efficient as cooking to get rid of the "dangers"...

[FoxintheSnow]

According to the chef at my local sushi restaurant he recommends waiting till they can chew. He said something about chewing breaking down certain parasites. Don't know how much validity there is there though.

[mamadelbosque]

IDK how old DS was when he had sushi the first time... but probably around there. I know he's had it before he was 2 though!!

[Artichokie]

my dd has never had sushi, but this thread is making me want to introduce her to it!

[Materfamilias]

DD has been eating the rolls, sans raw fish, for several months now (she's 17 mo). She LOVES it. The sticky rice is a scream.

[amlikam]

DD has has "cooked" sushi- I guess I meant with the raw fish--- but maybe I would consider using the smoked fish for our next round... I am planning a sushi night out next wednesday- a local restuarant does a 1/2 price sushi menu on Wednesday....

[RunningMomTegan]

I'm getting sushi for dinner tonight... mmmm....

[Pippi L.]

We have a picture of my daughter from before she was 18 months with a giant piece of salmon sashimi hanging out of her mouth as she gobbled it down. We live in Vancouver, though, where my entire grade 4 class claimed their favorite food was sushi and apparently trying to take out sushi during a hockey game is a pain because it's everyone's favorite hockey party food. I think sushi is the perfect kid food

[JessJoy]

My sister had a 6 inch worm crawl out of her butt at night from Sushi. She was traumatized!!! She went on a big parasite cleanse in total fear!

My friend was a sushi chef for over 5 years in a very good and reputable restaurant. He told me that EVERY piece of fish NO MATTER HOW EXPENSIVE has worms in it. In fact, it is largely the job of a sushi chef to pick out the thin silk like strands (which are worms) from the raw fish during preparation.

I no longer eat sushi, but stick to maki.

[neko]

make sure you order some edamame while you're there. My toddler doesn't care for sushi, but she loves snacking on the soybeans.

[ErinYay]

Originally Posted by JessJoy

My sister had a 6 inch worm crawl out of her butt at night from Sushi. She was traumatized!!! She went on a big parasite cleanse in total fear!

My friend was a sushi chef for over 5 years in a very good and reputable restaurant. He told me that EVERY piece of fish NO MATTER HOW EXPENSIVE has worms in it. In fact, it is largely the job of a sushi chef to pick out the thin silk like strands (which are worms) from the raw fish during preparation.

I no longer eat sushi, but stick to maki.

The most common worms (Anisakis worms) found in saltwater fish rarely exceed 1" in length, and are usually closer to 2 cm. While all fish *can* have them- they're carried in the GI tract, you really don't need to worry about them, as the vast majority of sushi-grade fish has been flash frozen, which kills them. You're much, much more likely to end up with e. coli'd beef or salmonella'd chicken- there are around 10 cases of sushi-wormitis annually reported in the whole US, compared to 150ish of e. coli in the State of Ohio each year alone.

Pretty hilarious Straight Dope article regarding raw fish worms.

[PPK]

I'd guess it was between 14-18 months, and he's loved it since then. He prefers the raw fish sushi but I usually stick to the lower mercury fish ie, no tuna; I have no basis for this, I guess its a habit from being pregnant! But yep, since then he's loved it!

[Theoretica]

Well we're a multicultural family and my kids are half Korean and half whateverIam-White

Sushi (Kim-Bap in Korean) is a pretty regular occurrence here. My kids start eating it whenever they start eating everything else I have an adorable pic of my current youngest during last year's Korean New Year noshing on a Kimbap roll at about 10-11 months.