Guest guest Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 how old does a baby need to be before starting on kefir? my 6 month old granddaughter is on amoxicillin for an ear infection. she started this on tuesday. by thursday afternoon her poor bottom was so inflamed and she had bad diarrhea. she's breastfed and just recently started on sw. potatoe, squash and apples. is she too young to mix a bit of kefir into the food to try to restore some good bacteria in her gut? thanks much, ~~cindy~~ rudolph, wi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 I sure wouldn't be afraid to mix a VERY small amount into her food. I would also do the research ear infections and antibiotics for ear infections. Too often the ear will heal on its own and there is no need for the baby to suffer through this. There are healthy alternatives that have great success rates. Roy TX Chapter Chair National Coalition for Public School Options www.publicschooloptions.org/texas On Mar 4, 2011, at 1:21 PM, rjeandcse wrote: > how old does a baby need to be before starting on kefir? my 6 month old granddaughter is on amoxicillin for an ear infection. she started this on tuesday. by thursday afternoon her poor bottom was so inflamed and she had bad diarrhea. she's breastfed and just recently started on sw. potatoe, squash and apples. is she too young to mix a bit of kefir into the food to try to restore some good bacteria in her gut? thanks much, > ~~cindy~~ > rudolph, wi. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 Babies should be at least three days old before introducing kefir. At six months she can drink kefir made of either raw cows milk or raw goats milk. Under two months I'd say it would be best if the kefir was made from raw goats milk or mothers milk. I am being rather arbitrary about the ages. In any case, pay attention to how she reacts and adjust the amounts. Thanks, Marilyn On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 2:21 PM, rjeandcse <rjeandcse@...> wrote: > how old does a baby need to be before starting on kefir? my 6 month old > granddaughter is on amoxicillin for an ear infection. she started this on > tuesday. by thursday afternoon her poor bottom was so inflamed and she had > bad diarrhea. she's breastfed and just recently started on sw. potatoe, > squash and apples. is she too young to mix a bit of kefir into the food to > try to restore some good bacteria in her gut? thanks much, > ~~cindy~~ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 The statements below are total misinformation. Properly cared for raw milk is the only safe milk to drink. Pasteurization of milk is an excuse for filthy diaries. Marilyn One should never feed a baby or child any raw milk; there is a reason why pasteurisation is mandatory. Do you really want to expose a baby to any of the microorganisms floating around in raw milk? Johanna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 THANKS for clarifying that, Marilyn. It is so sad that too many people believe this because they've been trained to believe it. Raw milk is the ONLY healthy milk for any human being to ever consume, IMO. Roy TX Chapter Chair National Coalition for Public School Options www.publicschooloptions.org/texas On Mar 7, 2011, at 11:12 AM, Johanna Brown wrote: > The statements below are total misinformation. Properly cared for raw milk is the only safe milk to drink. > > Pasteurization of milk is an excuse for filthy diaries. > > Marilyn > > One should never feed a baby or child any raw milk; there is a reason why > pasteurisation is mandatory. > > Do you really want to expose a baby to any of the microorganisms floating > around in raw milk? > > Johanna > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 In Wisconsin, it is very hard to get raw milk. That is the reason I make yogurt and kefir. I want to put enzymes and bacteria back into my milk. I long for the day we can all obtain raw milk from clean, healthy farms. Schmidt On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Roy <curlyw2kids@...> wrote: > THANKS for clarifying that, Marilyn. . Raw milk is the ONLY healthy milk > for any human being to ever consume, IMO. > > > Roy > > > > > > > > > Pasteurization of milk is an excuse for filthy diaries. > > > > Marilyn > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 Sometimes I wonder if statements like that come from government agents who have joined my group. I mean it is becoming common knowledge that it is unhealthy to drink pasteurized milk. Marilyn On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Roy <curlyw2kids@...> wrote: > THANKS for clarifying that, Marilyn. It is so sad that too many people > believe this because they've been trained to believe it. Raw milk is the > ONLY healthy milk for any human being to ever consume, IMO. > > > Roy > TX Chapter Chair > National Coalition for Public School Options > www.publicschooloptions.org/texas > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 Marilyn, I do not doubt that it was the feds. If they have the gall to waste our tax dollars harassing small local dairy farmers then they would definitely stoop that low. I have a cow share and meet my farmer in a parking lot at a local church. She delivers to several cities within our state one day a week. It is crazy that we have to get our raw milk from the farmer under a veil of secrecy because the Michigan Milk Producers organization own the local politicians. You would think we are plotting to overthrow the government. LOL! My farmer used to supply milk to the Organic Pastures brand of organic milk but they threaten them that if they continued to sell raw milk as well their contract would not be renewed. The farmer told them that their belief in raw milk was stronger than their need for Organic Valley's contract and told them to bug off. They picked up a contract with Horizon brand milk. Whew! The milk producer organizations are becoming like the automotive teamsters in trying to bully the farmers into stopping their cow shares. Yay for my farmer for standing up to them. I love my farmer! I have recruited several of the docs and many of my others I know into becoming customers of my farmer and they will be recipients of some of my kefir grains as well. I am near Ann Arbor, MI and we can have cow shares to get our milk, but the local milk producers would love to shut that down. Have you seen the latest anti-raw milk campaign propaganda by the FDA at their website? " Just ask . . . . " It is designed to scare those considering raw milk away from it. I do think that any half-way intelligent person will research and make the right decisions in spite of government propaganda. I can just see it now, " REAL Americans drink PASTEURIZED milk " LOL! Carol Onefreespirit > > > THANKS for clarifying that, Marilyn. It is so sad that too many people > > believe this because they've been trained to believe it. Raw milk is the > > ONLY healthy milk for any human being to ever consume, IMO. > > > > > > Roy > > TX Chapter Chair > > National Coalition for Public School Options > > www.publicschooloptions.org/texas > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 I used garlic ear oil on our baby after he had reacquiring ear infections from an allergy to dairy protein and soy. We got it at our local health food store. It has things to elevate pain and the garlic helps to kill infection. I swear by it. No ear infections in 10 month know. He had 8 in the first 9 months of his life it was terrible. The ear oil saved us from having to have him on constant meds. Anita Palmer > how old does a baby need to be before starting on kefir? my 6 month old granddaughter is on amoxicillin for an ear infection. she started this on tuesday. by thursday afternoon her poor bottom was so inflamed and she had bad diarrhea. she's breastfed and just recently started on sw. potatoe, squash and apples. is she too young to mix a bit of kefir into the food to try to restore some good bacteria in her gut? thanks much, > ~~cindy~~ > rudolph, wi. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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