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? about cows milk and solids

CandTCandT
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I apologize in advance for this dumb question, but if LO isn't suppose to drink cows milk until 12 months why can they eat yogurt and cheese now?
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  • smileesmilee member
    So glad you asked, I was wondering the same thing!
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  • krissyh21krissyh21 member

    Lactose is already broken down with the culturing of the yogurt or cheese
    and milk proteins are either removed or limited thus it is typically easier
    to digest.

    Also, the main reason for holding off milk until 1 year is because of the nutrients in formula and breast milk, not really because of milk being bad.

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  • muppet.fanmuppet.fan member

    The way my pedi explained it, it's not so much that they *can't* have whole cow milk (aside from the lactose issue pp mentioned), it's that you want them to get the benefits of BM/formula until they're a year old. But giving yogurt/cheese is just like offering any other solid food -- solids are great, but you still want the majority of nutrients coming from BM/formula.

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  • ladychicagoladychicago member
    imagemuppet.fan:

    The way my pedi explained it, it's not so much that they *can't* have whole cow milk (aside from the lactose issue pp mentioned), it's that you want them to get the benefits of BM/formula until they're a year old. But giving yogurt/cheese is just like offering any other solid food -- solids are great, but you still want the majority of nutrients coming from BM/formula.

    Yep...this is what I have read/been told, too.
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  • GuitaristsGirlGuitaristsGirl
    krissy and mupet.fan said it, from what I've been told - the culturing of other dairy products, plus the benefits of breastmilk/ formula. 
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