would you feed a 14 mos. baby kefir/raw milk??

[Guest guest]

Hi,

We have been following a NT way of eating. I nurse my baby but

am wondering when or if I should introduce raw milk and or raw milk

kefir in addition to his diet (I will still nurse). From cow or from

goat?

What about raw milk cheese?

I appreciate your input!

[Guest guest]

> We have been following a NT way of eating. I nurse my baby but

> am wondering when or if I should introduce raw milk and or raw milk

> kefir in addition to his diet (I will still nurse). From cow or

from

> goat?

> What about raw milk cheese?

>

> I appreciate your input!

>

>

From what I understand it's fine to give a baby cow's milk at 12 mos

so I'd say you can try. You may want to mix the milk gradually into

some expressed breastmilk to ease the transition.

I've been giving my 7 mos old baby raw kefir cheese which he loves.

Let me know if you have other questions. I love to learn from other

NT moms out there...

Magda

[Guest guest]

I've given my now 2 year old kefir/raw milk products since she was 13 months

old, and she's had no problems with it. I'm still nursing her, although we're

going through the weaning phase now. But, I wanted her to have something

healthy to drink, in addition to water. She doesn't like fruit juice, which is

good, since we don't promote those. But, she will occasionally drink kefir.

And she loves raw milk cheeses.

Rebekah

[Guest guest]

hello,

i'm a bit surprised by everyone's replies to this.

perhaps because i'm now confused...

i thought that the prevailing theory is that we SHOULD NOT give our

children younger than 2 years old, raw, unpasteurized anything. i

know for sure they specify honey. and i was certain kefir was also

banned (until i read everyone's replies here, now i'm wavering...)

and the same for any foods that involve molds, either purposely or

potentially - such as peanuts...

anyone have any more specific insights on this?

angel

>

> > We have been following a NT way of eating. I nurse my baby but

> > am wondering when or if I should introduce raw milk and or raw

milk

> > kefir in addition to his diet (I will still nurse). From cow or

> from

> > goat?

> > What about raw milk cheese?

> >

> > I appreciate your input!

> >

> >

>

> From what I understand it's fine to give a baby cow's milk at 12

mos

> so I'd say you can try. You may want to mix the milk gradually

into

> some expressed breastmilk to ease the transition.

> I've been giving my 7 mos old baby raw kefir cheese which he loves.

> Let me know if you have other questions. I love to learn from

other

> NT moms out there...

> Magda

[Guest guest]

> -----Original Message-----

> From: angelznest [mailto:angelznest@...]

>

> i thought that the prevailing theory is that we SHOULD NOT

> give our children younger than 2 years old, raw,

> unpasteurized anything. i know for sure they specify honey.

> and i was certain kefir was also banned (until i read

> everyone's replies here, now i'm wavering...)

Wouldn't pasteurizing the milk prior to breast-feeding be rather painful?

Anyway, honey is a concern because of botulism, and the standard advice is

not to give any honey, pasteurized or not, to children under the age of one

year.