A friend came over with high-end expensive honey from a fine food store as a gift. The honey is from some fancy manufacturer with high standards of quality assurance. My husband put a drop of the honey on my one month old son’s pacifiers when I wasn’t there. He didn’t know about infant botulism from honey
I am devastated!
I called the doctor, she said that infant botulism from honey is rare, and there is nothing I could do except watch for symptoms.
How long do symptoms take to appear? I am so worried 
Symptoms appear VERY quickly, generally they are apparent within an hour of consuming the honey.
I’m going to assume the doctor told you what to watch for so I won’t go into it but if your son isn’t showing symptoms already then you are pretty safe from it.
Botulinum toxin is really only present in homey produced from Argentinian honey bees or bees that have been cross bred with them. They put a blanket warning on it because European honey bees can mate with the Argentinian ones and produce viable offspring.
Most of the honey in the world comes from bees descended from the European bees so they put the warning out just to cover their backsides!
June 8th, 2010 at 2:22 am
Stop worrying I’m sure he’s fine. If the honey is manufactured and not homemade you don’t need to worry about botulism .
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June 8th, 2010 at 2:30 am
if he is ok after a few hours, the honey is out of his system and he is fine. why would your hubby give him anything other than milk
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June 8th, 2010 at 2:49 am
Symptoms appear VERY quickly, generally they are apparent within an hour of consuming the honey.
I’m going to assume the doctor told you what to watch for so I won’t go into it but if your son isn’t showing symptoms already then you are pretty safe from it.
Botulinum toxin is really only present in homey produced from Argentinian honey bees or bees that have been cross bred with them. They put a blanket warning on it because European honey bees can mate with the Argentinian ones and produce viable offspring.
Most of the honey in the world comes from bees descended from the European bees so they put the warning out just to cover their backsides!
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June 8th, 2010 at 3:39 am
"Symptoms of botulism appear between 3 to 30 days after an infant consumes the spores. Constipation is often the first sign of botulism that parents notice (although many other illnesses also can cause constipation). Call your doctor if your baby hasn’t had a bowel movement in 3 days.Other symptoms can include:
* flat facial expression
* poor feeding (weak sucking)
* weak cry
* decreased movement
* trouble swallowing with excessive drooling
* muscle weakness
* breathing problems"
http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/botulism.html#
Infant Botulism is very rare. It’s unlikely that your little one will contract it from dipping a pacifier in honey.
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