Yogurt types for baby

[Anonymous]

I didn't end up asking the pediatrician at our earlier check up about yogurt, and I'm trying to read up on options. Is it just unsweetened, plain yogurt that should be given (baby over 7 months old)? I know I'd not buy anything with fruit or mixed types. Also, have others on here tried cottage cheese for their baby? I think I would like to start with yogurt ...

[Anonymous]

We did plain at that age. I've heard 8-10 months for cheese. While it has enzymes that help digestion, I don't think it's as easy on the tummy as yogurt with live cultures.

[Anonymous]

Make sure it's whole milk (not 2% or 0%) yogurt. We'd get the large containers of Stonyfield (red package) and mix it with some fruit puree for flavor.

[Anonymous]

We used the Stoneyfield farm ones. One baby liked them and we continued to offer. The other baby did not like them, so we didn't bother.

[Anonymous]

This is great, thanks PPs. Any other brands/input is welcome, too. - OP

[Anonymous]

We fed ours plain whole-milk yogurt. You can also mix a little applesauce or pureed baby food into it. Whole-milk yogurt can sometimes be hard to find. Stonyfield is one commonly available brand. We used the plain yogurt from Seven Stars Farm (available at our local organic market), because I already liked their maple and lemon yogurts.

My kid loved cottage cheese at that age (and still does).

[Anonymous]

Plain whole milk Greek yogurt. The added protein in Greek yogurt is a bonus. Our pedi said cheese and yogurt and cottage cheese are all fine by 7 months.

[Anonymous]

I made my baby's yogurt at home. The baby is now three and I still make it at home. This way I know exactly what's in it and can control the ingredients and be sure it's organic without hormones.

[Anonymous]

We do brown cow plain cream top. Baby loves it as is, nothing mixed in.

[Anonymous]

My babies love plain, whole milk yogurt and have been eating it since 7 or so months. I buy no salt-added cottage cheese, which tastes gross to me, but they like it.

I sometimes mix fruit in with both the yogurt and cottage cheese.

[Anonymous]

We do the whole fat, plain Greek yogurt. Can be hard to find but WF is pretty reliable.

[Anonymous]

Whole fat, plain yogurt. You can blend it up with some fresh berries for flavor, but no need for sugar or other sweeteners. Watch out for those packaged yogurt/smoothies in the dairy isle at the grocery store - they look just like baby food pouches but are made with low fat yogurt and have added sugar & salt. Those are meant for older kids.

[Anonymous]

YoBaby (I think by Stonyfield) is good. The "baby food" stage went really fast for us - it was not long until DS was eating Greek yogurt, and generally anything else that we were eating, but the YoBaby was a hit for quite a while.

[Anonymous]

Trader joe's has a great organic whole milk yogurt. We all eat it.

[Anonymous]

The whole milk yogurt is so less tart than the skim stuff so my kids have no trouble eating it w/o added stuff. We buy *gasp* non-organic Dannon plain yogurt in the big tub. It's not labeled as whole milk yogurt, but the reduced fat ones are labeled as such. Both Giant and Safeway typically have it by me. It's also really easy to make your own yogurt - I did when I had trouble finding whole milk yogurt.