Re: Traditional First Food fed to new born Babies!
Think about it. The word is similar to ghuR, which is something sweet. My saying makes sense to me:snooty:
Yes, I will call you sardar- Pagaloan ke sardar:hehe:
SOrry- for derailing the thread:smack:
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Oye haan 
dont spoil the thread 
“Ghuttee”
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Yes please share your stories
In the Gaonh (villages) of Pakistan it is traditional to let a close relative who so ever is present to feed a drop of honey to the new born child............
after that the child is always reminded who it was that gave them the first feeding............and the term used is .................Ghuttee!
anyone keep track of who feed them first and what it was they gave them?
also this person's characteristics are supposed to be influencing the child as it grows up.................Right?
Yeah my mom said that too.
My mom told me one of her door paray kay relative gave me ghutti and she use to say you are some habbits like him.
Ewww I ate someone chabaya huwa khajoor.
I'm like I don't like to use anyone's jhoota or some gunday ppl touching food. lol
Right the important thing is to build immunity!
**Seems there are also studies by the medical profession…where they found that children raised in totally sanitary environment have higher instances of Asthma…and auto immune deficiency!..
**“They have identified a group of genes that evolved to protect children against intestinal parasites but which, in a more sanitary, modern environment, cause a misguided attack on the respiratory airways. The researchers have isolated a region of DNA near the genes that appears to control their activity but which does not itself act as a gene - or “coding” region.”
"Many children in developing countries become infected with intestinal parasites, such as hookworms, which bore into the body through the soles of bare feet, from where they make their way to the gut. Such infections cause the cytokine genes to go into overdrive, producing proteins that stimulate the immune system and cause mucus production and muscle constrictions to expel the parasites from the intestine.
Unfortunately, the response becomes misdirected in developed countries with the result that the respiratory systems of healthy children come under attack, Professor Locksley said, adding: “The marked increase in asthma in developed countries may represent the price we pay for shoes and concrete, which have eliminated the usual pathogen [disease] target and the timing during which this type of immune response would normally become directed to the gut.”
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**Moral of the story…kids going barefoot does have a positive IMPRINT:) on their immune system…
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DDR - I am going to second you here - it's ghurtee. Gutte sounds like it's missing something. Hahahaha.
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oh my god even THIS topic has arguments/fighting?
DDR - I am going to second you here - it's ghurtee. Gutte sounds like it's missing something. Hahahaha.
Thank you. I find it hard to say gutte but these people are believe it is so. They can though. It is all good.
Sara we are not arguing. It's all healthy debate:D
We are a pretty creative bunch ! 
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… we can create an argument out of nothing …for entertainment purposes .. 
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that's so funny, the American Pediatric Association highly prohibits feeding babies less than a year old any honey.
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Obama, yes building up the immune system is a necessary part of early childhood. As you cited, docs are in agreement. Docs are also in agreement regarding honey - do not give to an infant under age 1! There is a very good reason that honey jars have this warning on the label. Knowingly exposing an infant with an immature immune system to botulism? Not a good idea!
Sara, this has been a heated topic here in the past also but one that I think is important to let people know about yeah?
I thought honey was dangerous for babies!! The honey bottle always says do not feed to children under 1 years old!
I never heard of this ghuttee practice.....but something similar is rubbing some date in their mouth, its called tahneek and is from the sunnah
yes when my 1st babay was born we found out all the things you should do according to the sunnath and one of them was tahneek rubbing a bit of date juce in the baby mouth from a good/pios person
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CB,DDR, anJaanwr
FYI,ghuttee is the Urdu word, and Ghurthee is its Punjabi equivalent. So both are correct usages,depending on which language you are using.
Yes, medically speaking, its not a good idea to give honey to infants under age 1 year. Substitute something else, as long as its sweet that should be fine. Chocolate or sugar water perhaps.
Honey contains trace amounts of botulism spores. Not numerous enough to cause illness in healthy and developed immune systems but can be fatal to an infant. The risk is pretty small but since its such a serious illness. why take the chance. Use something other than honey.
your exactly right!! we JUST learned this...and I was going to say the same thing...
i don't think anybody gave me ghuttee...and i never heard of this desi tradition before...but i promise you, i'm desi!!
It may be true that developed countries have high rates of asthma and autoimmune diseases— BUT there is a VERY HIGH rate of childhood mortality in developing countries- there’s a REASON why developed countries have HIGHER LIFE SPAN then nondeveloped countries…thus the reasons why such precautions are taken…infant botulism can leave a baby dead, and it’s very dangerous…
Obama, yes building up the immune system is a necessary part of early childhood. As you cited, docs are in agreement. Docs are also in agreement regarding honey - do not give to an infant under age 1! There is a very good reason that honey jars have this warning on the label. Knowingly exposing an infant with an immature immune system to botulism? Not a good idea!
Sara, this has been a heated topic here in the past also but one that I think is important to let people know about yeah?
Agreed..........am simply pointing out past practices......good or bad..people can decide on their own!
It may be true that developed countries have high rates of asthma and autoimmune diseases--- BUT there is a VERY HIGH rate of childhood mortality in developing countries- there's a REASON why developed countries have HIGHER LIFE SPAN then nondeveloped countries....thus the reasons why such precautions are taken....infant botulism can leave a baby dead, and it's very dangerous....
Right again...............