How old does your baby have to be to start eating "yo baby" yogurt, or cottage cheese as protein sources?

Answer 1

I have this book that they gave me at the pediatrician's office ("Your Baby's First Year"), and it says you can introduce a baby to yogurt and cottage cheese around the age of 8 months. The yogurt and cheese, although made with milk, are OK to feed before 12 months of age (unlike milk, which is not easily digested before that age and therefore not recommended) This is because these products are processed in a way that breaks down the protein. (almost like it's semi-digested)

Answer 2

Most people would disagree with me. My daughter is 9 months and she has been eating yogurt, cottage cheese and other foods made with milk since she starting eating at 4 months

Answer 3

8 months


As long as your baby hasn't been diagnosed with a milk allergy or milk intolerance, you can offer him yogurt as young as 8 months. If your family has a history of allergies -- hay fever, asthma, or food allergies, for example -- the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology recommends holding off on introducing dairy products until 12 months. Signs of a food allergy include swelling of the tongue, lips, and face; a skin rash; wheezing; abdominal cramping; vomiting; or diarrhea. If your baby develops any of these symptoms after eating cheese or any other food, call his doctor as soon as possible.
Choose whole-milk products (not reduced-fat or fat-free) that are either plain or naturally sweetened so your baby gets enough calories. "Avoid low-fat products and ones that are artificially sweetened," says Marilyn Tanner, a registered dietitian at St. Louis Children's Hospital in Missouri and a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association. (Artificially sweetened foods are fine for children with type 1 diabetes.) For proper development, your baby needs the fat calories provided by full-fat dairy products until age 2.

If you opt for fruit-flavored yogurts, choose a fruit that your baby has already tasted and tolerated. And if you notice that after eating yogurt your child develops a rash around his mouth, seems unusually fussy, or has diarrhea, check with his doctor. These are all signs of milk intolerance.

If you're wondering why yogurt gets the okay ahead of milk -- which you should hold off on introducing until your child's 1 year old -- it's because the active bacterial cultures found in yogurt (such as thermophilus and bulgaricus) make yogurt easier to digest than cow's milk.

Tip: If your baby balks at the bitterness of plain yogurt, mix in his favorite pureed fruit (either jarred or hand-mashed). It will add flavor and a touch of sweetness

Answer 4

I started feeding my daughter the Yobaby brand yogurt at about 5 months but I only gave it to her because she had gotten a yeast infection in the form of a diaper rash. Once it cleared up I quit giving it to her but for the short time that she did eat it she had no problems what so ever.

Answer 5

My son started eating those between 9 and 10 months.

Answer 6

I would not introduce dairy before a year. You can buy probiotics (what is in yogurt...good bacteria/flora) and put it in some applesauce. But I would not start on dairy.

Answer 7

My foster son was 6 months old and he had colic, really bad colic. So the ER doctor said to feed him yogurt. And it helped. He said it has bacteria in it that helps with the digestive tract health.

Answer 8

8-9 months.

Answer 9

Nursing babies, on mother's milk are fine to start solids at about 6mo.

Answer 10

im going to say around 10 mths. hope i helped