Yoghurts - I know Petit Filous are bad bad bad, but...

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Do I need to be careful about other types of childrens' yoghurt? Currently 9mo DD has 2 per day, one at breakfast and one with tea. She either has the plum organic ones or Muller little stars, both of which have 'all natural ingredients' and neither has sugar on the ingredients list.

Is this ok, or am I over yoghurting? I'm keen to give get lots of dairy into her as she often doesn't drink the recommended 500mls of formula and she won't consider cereal or porridge (or anything on a spoon but yoghurt).

The rest of her diet is well-balanced, home-made, no salt etc etc.

I don't worry too much over yogurts, yes they can be high in sugar but they are also full of calcium, fat and vitamins that children need, most of the yogs for little ones are mostly fruit sugar anyway which is metabolised better than any added cane sugar. As her diet is well balanced the yogurts are fine, everything in moderation is good, I don't believe in bad foods, just bad diets.

Wouldn't worry too much about it from a health point of view. I limit mine to 2 a day more because of the expense!

Yes the expense is a factor as well! Thanks both, that's put my mind at rest.

My DD is also 9m old and the only thing she will eat from a spoon is yoghurt too. I have found that if I mix a couple of heaped spoons of greek youghurt, a handful of blueberries and half a banana then it tatses very similar to the shop brought yoghurts.

Can I ask what else your DD eats cos we are doing BLW and other than youghurt, small bits of bread and cheese nothings much gets eaten. Thanks.

Hi Abe99 - she eats most things now. Pasta, beef casserole, chicken curry, meatballs are a favourite. However, this is a new thing in the last 3 weeks or so (she's actually nearly 10mo) - before that toast was pretty much it! It's coincided with her becoming a lot more mobile and starting nursery so I would imagine that will have had an effect. She still has off days but she actually chews and swallows now, rather than sort of moving stuff round her mouth then spitting it out.

It's so frustrating isn't it, at times I've wanted to give it all up and just stick with milk!

My ds is 9 mths and was eating some savoury foods like sweet potato,butternut squash,fruity chicken. Then stopped. Now only takes a spoonful and refuses any more. Eats ready brek at breakfast time and homemade fruit combos with natural yoghurt or petit fiolous. Eats toast and cheese bananas as finger foods. I'm still breast feeding but feel I'm doing something wrong! Don't want to force him or make a big issue out of it all or that will put him off but a mum does like their wee ones to eat well. Any advice :)

I buy big pots of Greek-style yoghurt and mix it with fruit purée, I find that it's cheaper than the little pots.

sainsburys own brand fromage frais for kids is good - cheap and no added sugar, just fromage frais and fruit puree.

i thought muller little stars did have sugar in them?

Ha! My LO took ages to really 'get' food and tbh at 9 month I would have given him a kebab if I thought he would eat it! I was so desperate for him to start eating food and not drinking (my) milk. WouldnT take a spoon and wouldn't blw.

I used to squirt Frubes direct into his mouth! He loved them and then slowly started to eat other stuff in more conventional ways.........Not that I'd recommend this as a way forward of course. Just my way of saying that I wouldn't sweat it over a couple of yoghurts tbh.

Second Sainsbury's fromage frais. ONly a pound for 6!