Is it ok to give my 7month old yogurt?

Question

He's already had **** milk, cereal, veggies, fruit and just started meat and pasta

Answer 1

YES! Yogurt is fine!!!!! In fact, my store sells whole milk yogurt especially marketed for babies. My baby is 8 months old and it's his favorite food.

NO TO HONEY!!!!!!!

Infants younger than 12 months are at risk of infant botulism from eating honey. Infant botulism is a rare but serious form of food poisoning.

Honey is a known source of bacterial spores that produce Clostridium botulinum bacteria. These bacteria are typically harmless to older children and adults. But when ingested by an infant, these bacteria make a toxin that can cause infant botulism. It's unclear why this occurs in infants and not in older children or adults.

Answer 2

Don't know for sure. I read on Dr. Sears' website about it and they said this..."In yogurt or infant formulas, the milk proteins are “de-natured” by heat in such a way that this allergic reaction does not happen." This was a question regarding give a 9mth old yogurt. I would ask your doctor or call your advice nurse just to be sure.

p.s. you should know that the article also says that giving infants under a year old whole milk causes micrscopithe. "The infant can develop microscopic gastrointestinal bleeding (you don’t see it in the diaper), and this can lead to anemia and other problems."

Answer 3

I started giving my eight month old yogurt two weeks ago. I was a bit nervous at first but she's responded very well to it. Just like anything else, I would try it slowly - a little bit at first and then more each day and then see if she's responding well to it. There's a really good yogurt for babies called Danino by Danon. My daughter loves it.

Answer 4

Yes, yogurt is fine to give a baby starting at about 7-9 months, but is should be made from whole milk. A lot of time it will say 4% on the container.

Answer 5

Well, my pediatrician told me to give my 9 month old yogurt 3 months ago. He loves it, and once he sees the container he's all smiles. Has been eating it for 3 months now without a problem, but she insisted on not giving him honey till after his first birthday.

Answer 6

In response to Kate - yogurt an honey are not even remotely the same. Honey is a risk because it can carry botulism, which has nothing to do with pro-biotics. Acidophilous is not harmful to babies, I don't know where you got that information from.

Answer 7

you should ask their DR. to be sure..i have two daughthers and i was told not to give them milk products until they were 12 months...now even if you decide to regular yogurt is not a good idea..there is baby yogurt which is sold right by the other yogurts...my youngest daughter loved it!good luck!!

Answer 8

Oh, GOD, NO!!

No, no, no.

It's not about the milk. Yogurt contains "active cultures" called acidophalus. That's LIVE creatures, in case you didn't know.

While they live normally in the adult GI tract, and reintroducing them after a stomach flu can save an adult lots of discomfort, you should never, EVER feed them to a baby under the age of one.

You will make him VERY sick.

For a similar reason, no honey either.

Answer 9

According to Dr Sears, he says you should wait until 9 months for yogurt.

http://www.askdrsears.com/html/3/T030500.asp

Answer 10

Sure! He'll love it! I just wouldn't give it to him a whole lot until his little tummy is a little more "grown up". With all the different flavours he'll eat it right up. The little chunks are ok too to help him learn how to chew.