How to choose yoghurt for your baby

After 6 months, as soon as baby starts to diversify his diet, yogurt can be offered to him. Yes, but which ones?

While yogurt is an excellent source of calcium and proteins, you must make sure that the ones you give your baby are suitable for him. Of course, they are all made from milk (mostly cow's milk), but not all of them are recommended for a toddler's diet.

Let's see which dairy products are recommended for your little one. You'll see that not all dairy is created equal.

What type of yogurt is recommended for baby?

Passed the cap of 6 months or so, babies can begin to drink milk 2ème, but also à découvrir l’alimentation solide.

Attention, when we say solid, we are talking primarily about puree and mixtures that allow children to découvrir the flavors of food, as well as to familiarize themselves with their future diet. Even if milk represents the essential part of their diet, we can start offering other forms of dairy products with other tastes.

Yoghurt and cheese are therefore the foods of choice to start diversifying their diet in addition to infant milk.

Yoghurt is often what children start with. Easy to swallow and digest, it represents a bridge between the bottle of milk and the spoon. But not all yoghurts are suitable. It is necessary to privilege some:

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  • Natural brewed yogurt.
  • Petit Suisse.

On the other hand, others are really à proscribe before the age of 3 years:

  • Sweetened yogurt;
  • Fruit flavored and sweetened yogurt.
  • Chocolate flavored yogurt and dessert cream.
  • Brewed yogurt; with fruit coulis.

Clearly, anything that is not “plain“ is really not recommendedé for young children. There is also a perverse effect of introducing these products too early: children love sugar and offering them something else can become complicated. It is therefore necessary to wait for your little one's growth before offering him this type of desserts.

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Beware of lactose allergies

It is not uncommon for children to be allergic to the cow's milk protein, lactose.

In this case, it is not recommended that they be given yogurt if they are allergic. Even yogurts made from sheep's or goat's milk contain lactose. Even if the protein is less present, it can represent a risk for the little ones.

Think about the alternative yoghurt made from full fat milk is not necessarily recommended. Soy or almond milk based yogurts are considered to be suitable for adults. Moreover, these products are often sweetened, another reason to avoid giving them to your toddler. Before the age of 3, it is therefore not recommended to give them to your child.

If in doubt, ask your doctor or physician for advice. But in this situation, cheeses and yoghurts are not recommended, and the same goes for small Swiss cheeses or cottage cheese.

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Which yogurt should I start with to make the transition to infant milk?

On the other hand, it is ready to offer classic plain yogurts. A few spoonfuls will help people learn a different taste from infant milk.

The first step is to make sure that the yogurt is not too hard to digest.

  • 1 125-gram plain yogurt is the equivalent of a 125-ml bottle of milk.

Once he has tasted plain yogurt, very quickly he can also test the small Swiss. They are a little more acidic than yogurt, but the texture of the Swiss rolls is different. Moreover, it is not obligatory to serve them as a dessert. There are a lot of recipes to make your dishes more pleasant. Mixed with vegetables, served with a salad, the small Swiss are all terrain.

  • 2 plain petits suisses are the equivalent of 125 ml of cow's milk.

Is a 0% yogurt suitable for b&e; b&e; b&e;

For the growth of your child, the fat contained in dairy products is essential. It is therefore important not to deprive him of it.

Beyond the proteins and calcium contained in milk, fat plays a very important role. Without a sufficient intake, the growth of the child can suffer.

Therefore, it is necessary to take classic plain yogurt à any 0% yogurt.

What about organic yogurt?

Again, if it is a yogurt with no added sugar, but made from organic milk, you can actually give it to your child.

Bio is only an appellation given to the product according to the nature of the ingredients that compose it.

Be creative to vary the pleasures

The last tip we can give you is to be inventive in the kitchen.

You will find that your child is ready to go all out. Just try it and see if he likes it or not. Yoghurts and cottage cheeses can easily be tasty or unpalatable in certain recipes. Don't deprive yourself of them!

Dairy products normally contain essential nutrients for your child's growth. So they are always welcome on your little one's plate.

All that's left is for us to wish your little angel a good appetite by saying "A spoonful for mom, a spoonful..."