Honey is a sugar, so avoiding it will also help protect your baby's teeth.

As babies wean off milk onto purées and finger foods, it might be tempting to sneak some honey into their pancakes or homemade oat bars to help make them a bit more appealing.

But experts warn that giving babies under one honey is an absolute no-go.

This is because honey can occasionally contain a type of bacteria which can produce nasty toxins in a baby’s intestines.

This can then lead to something called infant botulism, which is a very serious illness.

What is botulism?

Botulism is a rare condition caused by toxins produced by a certain type of bacteria called Clostridium botulinum that can be found in honey.

Babies under three months old are most at risk of it, as their gut microbiome is still developing.

Symptoms can come on in as little as a few hours to several days after exposure – and initially include sickness, stomach cramps, diarrhoea or constipation, according to the NHS.

Without treatment, botulism causes paralysis that spreads down the body from the head to the legs.

Other symptoms include:

• drooping eyelids
• blurred or double vision
• facial muscle........
  

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