Gave my baby Greek style yoghurt instead of Greek yoghurt, what’s the difference?!

[Yupbabs]

I’m panicking now because all I can find in shops is “Greek style yoghurt”. I can’t find anything with just “Greek yoghurt” on it.

shes 8 months old.
I assumed it was the same thing. She hasn’t had yoghurt before (or any dairy for that matter apart from her cow and gate formula, if that counts) so I wanted to try her on some. I gave her a baby spoon full of it and she seemed to like it. But I’ve been looking it up and apparently Greek style and Greek yoghurt isn’t the same thing?!

im panicking now. Where can I find full fat Greek yogurt then? I looked in sainsburys and Tesco and can’t find it.

Aldi do a Greek yoghurt but it’s still made with cows milk, though lower in sugar than the Greek style. If your DC is on cows milk formula I really don’t think you need to be concerned what animal the yoghurt has come from. But I do understand the concern about the massive amounts of sugar in EVERYTHING that is never more obvious than when weaning a baby. It’s possibly easier to do an online shop or a click and collect so that you have time to check all the ingredients. Also who knew how much bloody salt there is in everything until someone tells you that babies shouldn’t have more than 1g of it in a day. Weaning is overwhelming, you’ll learn to prioritise what really matters as time goes on

What is the problem with cows' milk? The baby is having formula made with cows' milk? What is the issue? I want to understand but I don't.

OP, do you have food anxiety (or general anxiety) yourself?

Children need... Food. Really, don't overthink it. Maybe buy a book on weaning and first recipes (just one book! ) and follow. Hopefully the anxiety will have settled by the time your little one is chomping on everything in sight!

OP Google is your enemy most of the time. Plain or Greek style yoghurt is probably healthier.

Try and stay away from the yogurts that are flavoured as they are full of added sugar.

No wonder so many new mums end up with anxiety,all the conflicting information on bloody Google.

Is this your first baby op? It's totally understandable that your worried about little things like this as a first time parent.

The majority commenting on this post would have been similar to you first time round. Not everyone, but a lot.

If its any comfort to you I have 2 dc now and I walked in on my 3 year old feeding my 8 month old some of her peppa pig fromage frais a few days ago, she's tried giving him chocolate pudding at one point too, he's perfectly ok.

The yogurt won't hurt your baby and there's nothing wrong with double checking to put your mind at rest.

OP, gently, if she's had cow's milk formula and been fine then you really don't need to worry about cow's yoghurt not being gentle. She's fine with cow's milk, it's not going to cause her any problems at all.

Can I ask, where are you getting your information? As this is something I've never heard of and DD is only 6. There's an awful lot of 'lentil weaving' type baby information out there - some is completely over the top. It's easy to end up down a bit of an internet rabbit hole and of course you want to do everything perfectly, but for every 5 people telling you cow's milk is a no, there's another 5 telling you goat milk is the devil. So long as you're not giving her a can of coke and a snickers for lunch you're doing ok, honest.

I gave DD petit filous when I was weaning, honestly, greek style yoghurt is fine. Please don't beat yourself up over it.

Look up the list of ingredients and compare with the Greek yog?

It will be no different. They likely call it 'greek-style' as opposed to 'greek' for legal reasons. The same as feta cheese often being called 'greek-style cheese'.

I actually thought formula made form cow's milk was treated to make it suitable/more gentle on baby's tummies.

I was told not to give them much cow's milk (a small amount on cereal is fine etc) before they're one.

I think that's why OP was concerned.

I don't think there's any problem with the Greek style yoghurt, I'm just explaining why OP was worried about the cow's milk side of it.

I could laugh at this thread (and tbf OP in the future you probably will!) but at the same time I could totally see myself writing the exact same thing this time last year!

Weaning is stressful and there is so much written about it that genuinely makes you feel your child is going to be an obese sugar addict if you don't do it right

It sounds like you're doing a great job at introducing her to new foods which she's enjoying. Unless you plan for her to be vegan it's actually better for her to consume cows milk during weaning so she is less likely to develop an allergy or intolerance to it. Also the guidelines around sugar is to avoid 'added' sugars so natural milk sugars in Greek style yogurt are just fine (as long as there is no additional sugar listed as flavouring or ingredients)

Cow's milk isn't supposed to become a 'main drink' before 1 as they need the added vitamins etc in formula. Cow's milk has higher sodium levels than formula as well so it isn't suitable for very small babies.

They can have small amounts of cows milk and cows milk products from 6 months as long as the main milk source is breastmilk or formula

Have you tried goat's milk yoghurt?
Sainsburys sell that (or at least my local one does :))
www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/make-a-smoothie/st-helens-farm-natural-goats-milk-yogurt-450g

Don't worry OP.

There is a lot of information online and a lot of it is conflicting.

In terms of weaning guidance I would go by the NHS advice on what foods to give and what to avoid. You will see that reassuringly the list of what to avoid is very short.

Information from other sources is often exaggerated for either the clickbait effect (they want you to read/share their artucle so it gets lots of views as that gets them advertising income) or for a sales effect - for instance someone claiming all these bad things about cow's milk to get you to buy a goat milk or dairy-free product instead.

In terms of formula I would go by the advice on First Steps Nutrition Trust. Here you can see that they say the goat/cow milk thing is a bit of a myth and neither is more of a problem on the tummy, in fact babies deal with the two proteins quite similarly, so a baby with cow milk allergy will often react to goat milk the same. Again, the claims that goat's milk is "gentler" are marketing.

www.firststepsnutrition.org/protein-content-of-infant-milks

It can be a difficult decision to move to formula if you've really really wanted to breastfeed. Sometimes this manifests in obsessive feelings/worries about one aspect of the formula. I got very obsessive over the hygiene and making up guidelines and shouted at DH because he did things like touching his jeans while making up the bottle. The baby was fine and did not get ill. Yours will be fine too. Just be kind to yourself and do talk to somebody if you find your worries are getting out of hand.

I agree with Bertie. Look at the NHS advice and don't overthink things. Unless you have reason to suspect allergies, your baby will probably be fine with most things. Most children manage cows milk fine.

As an aside, I understand your frustration on yoghurt labelling! We buy a natural yoghurt for a meal we make and so many are 0% fat. It's difficult to find a full fat option!

Another troll lol

I don’t have anybody in my life who has any experience with children so my concern isn’t excessive at all actually. Especially when I have to rely on google since I’m a first time mom and everything I read contradicts each other 🙄

What yoy panicking for just five baby a yogurt lol I've got grown kids and 3 babies now all love and yogurts given to them

@Yupbabs

With respect, you are panicking over giving your baby Greek style yoghurt rather than Greek yoghurt. You've found yourself down a weaning rabbit hole and lost perspective.

Any weaning expert would say that by 8 months, your baby should be offered three meals a day which contain all of the main food groups, including dairy. Offer milk (with cereals etc), cheese, yoghurt. It's all fine. Your baby will be fine. My son is almost 7 months. He has Greek style or natural yoghurt with a variety of fruit purées mixed in most days. He's thriving.