Which yogurts to give baby's?

[iiTTCii]

I'm preparing for weaning next month and I'm just wondering which yogurts you can give baby's? Could I just give her natural yogurt?

 

[Pearls18]

I used to give ds1 onken natural yoghurt, it was the only one I could find that was full fat and had no flavourings, sugar etc. it was in a big pot so would last a few days.

 

[MrsButterfly]

Yes. We started with just plain full fat natural yogurt which he really loved. Be wary of some of the yogurts and fromage frais targeted at children as lots of them are full of sugar.

 

[My_First]

Agreed watch for non natural sugar content and artificial colours, flavours and sweetners. Those with natural sugars that I found were Plum, Little Yeo and Ella's kitchen.

 

[iiTTCii]

For BLW.. What do you do? Do you just have to spoon feed them?

 

[Snow Owl]

We actually give the mini pots of value range yoghurt. When we looked it was much lower in sugar than the ones aimed at babies and it's a fraction of the cost!

 

[HKateH]

I BLW and I do spoon feed yoghurt. I don't see the point of letting them feed themselves that this early on. It has NEVER affected his self feeding and he actually likes to help by holding the spoon too. I use full fat Greek yoghurt mixed with organic fruit purée (I use Ella's pouches as they are 100% fruit). I just vary his desserts so he isn't spoon fed every day. Sometimes he'll have fruit, some times he'll have oatmeal mixed with fruit purée which he feeds himself or I make into pancake fingers.

 

[Noodlebear]

For BLW.. What do you do? Do you just have to spoon feed them?

Even at 17 months if Lucas has a yogurt I often still feed him with a spoon and let him hold one to play with/dunk in there himself if he wants to.

 

[HKateH]

For BLW.. What do you do? Do you just have to spoon feed them?

Even at 17 months if Lucas has a yogurt I often still feed him with a spoon and let him hold one to play with/dunk in there himself if he wants to.

This is the best way I find, or else they basically waste the lot as yoghurt is too runny. Sometimes I let LO hold a separate spoon whilst I feed him. I do let him feed himself thick oatmeal with a spoon (pre loaded) as it doesn't fall off.

 

[MindUtopia]

We do just full fat natural yogurt (usually Yeo Valley or Onken) and I add a tiny bit of fruit puree. We do BLW but I find that the fruit puree pouches (I usually buy Ella's Kitchen) are great as a natural sweetener if you have a baby who doesn't love just plain yogurt. I also add them to porridge and to cereal (shredded wheat) to sweeten them as well.

And yes, I just spoonfeed her. She wasn't ever spoonfed in the early months and she wouldn't even take anything spoonfed until about 8-9 months. But then she realised she liked yogurt thanks to nursery and so is happy to take it from a spoon. She doesn't really get the idea of spoonloading yet. Just turns the spoon around and chews on the handle! But I give her yogurt or fromage frais as a 'pudding' so she has all her finger food first and then we do yogurt.

 

[Blah11]

I give my kids the value range fromage frais too.
For my son I gave him pot and y spoon and he got on with it and made a grand mess lol

 

[CaptainMummy]

I used to put a little yoghurt on the spoon and let dd1 hold it and i would sort of help her in the right direction with it. I also found of I held the pot still, she was pretty good at dipping and licking (not really scooping as such.) She was feeding herself with a spoon with minimal mess at 13mths I think.

 

[Rachel_C]

We get the Tesco Greek style full fat yoghurt. It's quite thick and I've never spoon fed it (did BLW). We just gave LO a couple of tablespoons of it in a bowl and let her go! Sometimes she'd put her hand in and lick it off her fingers (you'd be surprised how well that works!) but we always gave her a spoon too (a couple actually, either one for each hand or one for her to use while I pick up the other one!). By 8 months, if I showed her how to put the spoon in the bowl and stir it round while saying "Dip dip" then gave her the spoon and said "Dip dip" again, she would copy and then eat whatever she got on the spoon. Both kids did that.

I wouldn't spoon feed a child (I just don't see the point when they can feed themselves) - if LO was getting frustrated with it, I would consider thickening the yoghurt, maybe with a bit of porridge or something - or pre-load the spoon but putting a spoon in a baby's mouth is out for me.