Anyone Substitute Goat's Milk Yogurt for Babies First Yogurt?

Yes, my two year old started goat's milk yogurt around 11-12 months, after fruits and veggies had been introduced and breastmilk wasn't enough. He did GREAT with it! He is a healthy little guy with no allergies to speak of. He still loves vanilla goat yogurt and has it almost every day, and knows the difference when I give him cow's milk yogurt (he doesn't like it as much!). Now that he is almost three he also enjoys organic, raw, full fat cow's milk and tells me when I pour him a glass "Milk is so delicious!" But I notice if he drinks more than one glass of cow's milk per day, he begins to get more mucous (clear runny nose).

Not only are the proteins in goat's milk easier to digest than cow's, but goat milk is alkalizing whereas cow's milk is acidifying to the body. Furthermore, goat's milk does NOT need to be homogenized (homogenization has some very negative side effects for vein/artery health), whereas lots of commercial cow's milk is.

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Hi S.. My first was very sensitive to cow's milk...even if I ate it while I was breastfeeding. He was on goat's milk during weaning time adn a little after. we never had a problem with it...except that I thought it smelled weird. ha. But he was fine and when he got older he eventually started having cow's milk and regular yogurt and was fine. The goat's milk is proven to be easier on their digestive system, so it can't hurt.

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I haven't tried goat's milk, but I do know a source for organic grass fed raw cow's milk yogurt. If you're interested, send me a message, and I'll tell you my source (PA near NJ).

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Go for it! Since it's not a dairy product it doesn't have any of the negative side effects that can be associated with cow's products. My daughter (18 mos) ate (and loved) goat's milk yogurt, water buffalo yogurt and her new favorite is the greek yogurt (which is made from cow's milk). Just don't go with fruit flavors - keep it plain and see what she thinks of it.

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When my daughter was 6 months old, we moved to Cyprus (near Greece). Everyone there feeds their babies yogurt, which is made exclusively from goats milk, so I did the same. She loved it and never experienced any digestive problems. Plain goat's milk yogurt with a little mashed banana mixed in was her favorite.

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I am not at that stage yet, but I think it is a wonderful idea. Cow's have a enzyme that is diffuclt for us to digest. We digest the Goat's enzyme a lot easier. Good Luck

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considering that goats milk is one of the closest milks to human milk, its not a bad idea, especially if you don't want to do cows milk. No harm will be done by trying it, and he's not gonna say eww mom thats weird (yet) or ever if you introduce it early. If you are still breastfeeding, and worried about taste try eating it yourself every day for awhile, the flavor will go into your breast milk and familiarize your daughter with the flavor, increasing the likely hood of her enjoying the yogurt.

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