Yogurt: How to Choose the Right Yogurt for Baby-Led Weaning

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Episode Description

Can babies eat yogurt? And why is yogurt ok if babies should not have fluid cow’s milk until they turn 1? In this episode we’re exploring the yogurt aisle, with tips on what to look for - and what to leave out - when you’re looking for a yogurt to offer your baby for baby-led weaning.

SUMMARY OF EPISODE

In this episode we’re talking about yogurt and:

• WHAT type of yogurt babies can eat...and spoiler alert: you don’t have to be buying baby yogurt. Babies can eat regular yogurt, but there are a few tips in this episode for what to look for when you’re shopping.

• HOW to offer yogurt to your baby while still honoring the self-feeding principles of baby-led weaning. Quick tip: it involves a pre-loaded baby-led weaning spoon.

• WHICH TYPE of yogurt babies can eat, why we want to offer cow’s milk protein foods early and often and why yogurt is a better bet than cheese and fluid cow’s milk for babies.

LINKS from episode

• Other BABY-LED WEANING MADE EASY podcast episodes mentioned in this episode:

  • Episode 13: Milk Protein: How to Introduce Your Baby to this Potentially Allergenic Food

  • BONUS: Purees + BLW with SLP Feeding Expert Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP

  • Episode 108: Probiotics: Should Your Baby Be Taking Probiotics? with James Marin, RD, EN and Dahlia Marin, RDN, LD

  • Episode 113: Episode 113: Transitioning to Cow's Milk: How Do I Do This?

  • Episode 79: How to Pick a Milk When Your Baby Turns 1

• REGISTER for my free online workshop BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS: How to get your baby to try 100 foods before turning 1 without you having to spoon-feed purees or buy pouches. Everyone on the workshop gets a copy of my 100 FIRST FOODS list so you’ll know exactly what foods babies CAN eat when they’re ready for BLW (including yogurt)! Register for this week’s workshop times here.

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• REGISTER for my free online workshop BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS: How to get your baby to try 100 foods before turning 1 without you having to spoon-feed purees or buy pouches. Everyone on the workshop gets a copy of my 100 FIRST FOODS list so you’ll know exactly what foods babies CAN eat when they’re ready for BLW! Register for this week’s workshop times here.