Can you feed babies (7 months old) foods with milk in them?

Question

Like the baby puddings, etc. that have milk in them, before they are a year old and switch to milk.

Answer 1

Parents are told to avoid milk during the first year as a main drink because of the risk of milk protein allergy, but also because it is too low in iron for a baby's needs. Cooking with milk is OK, though, after 6 months (as long as there is no family history of dairy allergy) and you can also introduce dairy foods like yogurt and cheese. Visit http://www.homemade-baby-food-recipes.com/introduce-dairy-foods-to-baby.html , which gives more information about giving your baby cow's milk and dairy products.

Answer 2

I can only speak from my point of view, I'm not a doctor and there are millions of contradictory views from health professionals, so this is strictly from my experience. At 7 months, a baby should be eating 3 solid meals a day, the quantity is not overly important, but the frequency should be at least 3 meals. This is because the iron stores of his body that he has had since birth have depleted, and constantly need to be replenished, milk alone does not have enough iron. Also, another purpose of so much solids is to encourage baby to chew, which in turn will promote speech.

Answer 3

No allergies or lactose intolerance in the immediate family?

I breast fed to 4 months exclusively, then supplemented breast milk with formula to around 6 months... then formula to 8 months, then mixed milk & formula for a week before going to straight milk. In hind sight I likely would have switched her a month or two sooner...

Just don't give your child anything that needs to be chewed until they have teeth (mine was 13 mths before cutting first one, made life fun!)

Another point of view, a generation ago, it was very commonplace to give VERY young infants cow's milk.

Every first time Mom prefers to err on the side a caution a bit more often than she might otherwise. What ever you're comfortable with I'm sure will best for both of you...
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Answer 4

i started all my children on milk products at 6 months unless theres a milk allergy i dont see why not , at 9 months my pediatrician suggested cutting the formula by 1/3 with whole milk 1 to get the body more used to the milk and
2 to stretch the formula more

Answer 5

Provided your child isn't allergic to milk, then yes. Just be sure to check for signs of a food allergy when introducing any new food to your baby.

I gave my 7 month old pudding, yogurt, small bits of cheese, etc. with no problems

Answer 6

After six months of age your baby can have foods with milk cooked in them like mashed potatoes and soups. I wouldn't give them anything with milk that hasn't been cooked thourouly. It's not so much allergies I would worry about as an infection. Milk can cause a harmful bacterial infection in their intestines.

Answer 7

Of coarse you can. In fact you can do it before that. Start at three months. but with very little cereal to start in a bottle of warm milk. the nipple must have the holes slightly larger. As the baby takes this without any problem increase the amound of cereal slowly. Then when to thick add a little more milk and spoon feed. About four months.
Start this first at bed time, do not let this bottle in the crib. you feed the baby. Then add the morning time to the feeding also. By Five month start adding fruits then the dinners.
Becareful on the eggs as they may have an allergy. If you do your baby my also. Another added hint is to add cereal to fruit and spoon feed.

Answer 8

Baby foods at level 1

Answer 9

I fed my son milk around the same age.. he had a big appetite. If your child already shows a sign of a big appetite, then fix a little bit of milk only. Then slowly add more as he gets older. You don't want to fill up his bottle with fresh milk right away.

Answer 10

Yes, you can feed them food with milk in it as soon as they begin to eat baby food.