Hello oh wise ones, DS is 8mo, bf and happily eating all sorts of real people food now too. I've been doing a mix of blw and purées and he's open to trying anything. We've been keen not to give him too much dairy, sugar or wheat and have slowly introduced known allergens which has all been fine. We've been giving him a bit more dairy recently, mostly cooking things in a bit of butter but he's never had any milk other than my own I.e no cows milk.
I've heard lots of good things about kefir but I don't know whether it's a bit too early to give him a little bit? I've heard that too much dairy before they're 1 can make baby likely to have eczema.. is this just bollocks?
I was thinking of making a smoothie with a bit of kefir, some water and berries/mango but would love to get some opinion from those in the know about this stuff.
I reckon the avoid milk before one stuff is bollocks just encouraged so people don't go trying to replace formula or breast milk with regular cows milk. My 8 month old some regularly eats cheese and has porridge and cereal made with normal cows milk ( he still eats more than the recommended formula per day) and has yoghurt mostly which I've made myself. So go ahead and give him some it might give him a funny poo at first but that's normal with new food.
I think your bf will have many more tailor-made good bacteria than kefir, so I wouldn’t worry about trying to make sure he has some. But now is probably fine.
Thanks everyone! We gave him some this morning in a smoothie with some oats and fruit. My god it was messy. We had to put him straight in the bath. On the plus side he seemed to really like it!
Will keep my eyes peeled for weird poos and any other potential side effects.
Thanks for the goats milk kefir tip @littlerocketman, I'll have a look out for it.
Sorry @WutheringFrights I tell a lie the bottle was still in the fridge. It actually is just called 'kefir' so I'm guessing that's the brand. As I say they only stocked that one in my local Sainsbury's so there could be a better one out there. A PO mentioned goats milk kefir which sounds good too.
