Ok to Eat Honey-Roasted Peanuts While Nursing?

You only have to worry about raw honey, and only if giving it to the child directly. Babies cannot have raw honey.... but something like honey graham crackers or honey nut cheerio's are ok for kids who can eat solids of that type. Its just raw honey to worry about.

I am a nursing mom and I had no idea I couldn't eat honey!! Thanks for posting that! But I'm sure honey-roasted peanuts have such a minimal amount of honey that it really wouldn't get into your baby's system. I wouldn't worry about it. And thanks again!

You can eat honey. Your digestive tract will take care of the bacteria in the honey so it won't harm your child.

Honey is fine. I don't know if honey roasted peanuts even have real honey. But it doesn't matter, the honey is fine for you to eat, like everyone else said. Even peanuts should be fine unless you suspect that your baby has a peanut allergy. Then some people would worry that the peanut traces on your hand could cause a problem, but several of my friends never suspected their child had peanut allergies and they (the mothers) ate peanuts all the time when their baby was young, even when nursing. Their baby never had problems, it was only when the child was 1 or so and eat peanuts for the first time, then they had a problem. You can't constantly live in fear of your child having a peanut allergy. Its fairly rare, so pretty much I would say you can eat just about anything you want while breastfeeding and not have a problem. I avoided really spicy foods in the beginning but I don't even know if that matters.

I think the peanuts are actually more of an issue than the honey roasted part. Unless the recommendation has changed the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends not giving peanut products to children until age 3, especially in families that have a history of allergies. I believe that includes nursing mothers consuming peanut products too. That is probably a little extreme, but if you have any allergies in your family, especially a peanut or tree nut allergy it might be something to consider. Congratulations on the new baby.

Everyone has pretty much answered your question, but I wanted to add that the only foods that pass through your breastmilk to your baby are dairy products and alcohol. The idea that gassy foods (onion, cabbage, broccoli, etc) give your baby gas is a myth. Likewise, honey will not pass through your milk.

You are allowed to eat honey, just not your baby until 1 year of age. The reason you can eat it is because it passes through your digestive system just fine - whereas your child cannot eat honey because it may soak in and not fully digest if there is a spore in it that may cause botulism.
So, you are allowed to eat honey because you are capable of digesting it properly. I wouldn't worry about it - but if you still aren't sure, ask your doctor.

J.

A little info on honey and infants... you are not supposed to give infants honey DIRECTLY... botulism cannot be passed through breast milk. You can eat all the honey you want, your infant can't eat it herself. So no worries, enjoy those nuts!

You can eat honey. You can eat anything while breastfeeding. You just need to watch how your baby reacts to the food you are eating. Honey should not be a problem. Don't feed it to your baby until after a year old.

You can eat honey all you want, just don't feed it to your baby. I ate honey the entire time I was pregnant and I still eat it almost every day. My son is now 7 mos. old and he's fine. In fact, you probably should eat more honey. It's nature's perfect food. It has extremely high amounts of energy, plus tons of minerals, etc. We have a book about secrets of the longest living people on the planet and eating honey daily is one of the things that they do. It's been said that beekeepers live long lives because of their daily intake of honey. Want to know what's really good? Since you like peanuts, try spreading natural (the oil separates) peanut butter on whole wheat toast and then putting a gob of raw honey on, spread it around, and then sprinkle lots of cinnamon on. You can spread the cinnamon in there so it turns the spread a dark color. Mmmm! It's so good! That's part of my breakfast. If I start craving not-so-good for you sweets, I'll have this instead.

Er... You can eat all the honey you want! Infant botulism can only occur if your INFANT eats honey. They warn against that because mom's used to put honey on their babies pacifiers.
~Britt
Aspiring midwife

You can eat honey, you just can't give it directly to your baby.

You can eat honey, the baby can't eat honey.

S.,
Hi, I am a mother of five going on six. I also work with a surgeon. In todays society we worry so much about what food we eat and go a bit over board. First of all honey, like any egg product, mayo, egg salad, etc.. if you know where it comes from and trust it, it is not likely to be a problem plus honey has MANY MANY health benefits including using it as a wound dressing. We do this quite often in my dr.s office. Aside from that, after just a little bit of checking, apparently most honey roasted peanuts (store bought ones that is) are actually made with corn syrup instead of honey so if it still makes you nervous, check the ingrediants on the package. Enjoy your snack!!
K.