I went to my 9 month olds check up yesterday. They said we could start reintroducing dairy into her diet since we found out she had a cow’s milk protein allergy when she was a few weeks old.
When I asked how to reintroduce dairy they said give her a couple bites of yogurt wait a few days and if there is no reactions try more.
While I’m very excited to try to get dairy back into her diet (mine too because I breastfeed haha) I feel like yogurt is too extreme to start...or am I just over thinking?
I have researched the milk ladder a lot and yogurt was at the top as one of the last things to try??
Any advice would be great! Thank you!
Re: Reintroducing Dairy
I must first introduce milk in a backed good (home backed cake or muffin). I give my daughter the size of a pea each day, at the same time for seven days. If everything goes right, I give her the size of two peas of muffin for another week. So on and so forth until my daughter can eat a quarter of muffin/cake.
If everything goes well, I will then upgrade to pancakes using the same process.
Step 3 is cooked milk or melted cheese.
The final step is yogourt.
Is your child followed by an allergist? Might be a good thing to do consult one and obtain the proper guidance.
Hope this helps and good luck!
If you can't talk to an allergist, a nutritionist might help. My daughter is followed by both a nutritionist and allergist and I find they work well together.