Introducing dairy to BF babies

**Disclaimer** I'm in no way anti-formula and don't want to offend anyone or start a debate.

When did you introduce dairy to your babies diet? Did anyone delay it? Corban is 7mths now but I am reluctant to give him dairy products and still use EBM in his cooking instead of cows milk. Is it really necessary for him to have dairy at this age? He is still having 5 BF's a day. It's drummed into us that "breast is best", so how are dairy products any different to formula on a young babies gut?

Edited by Mrs_B

I use the fortified rice milk if I want to vary it from the water.

The only reason I'm not introducing dairy products is that he reacted to dairy in my diet through BM at an early age. Still does if I've been naughty. If I could give him dairy products it would be so much easier as it's in lots of bought baby foods.

Unless you make all of your baby food you might find you've already exposed Corban to dairy products.

BM also from around 6 months loses some of it's nutrition which is why solids are introduced. I think he will still be getting all the calcium through his BF's but if he was dropping to 3 then I'd look at putting calcium in in another form.

Aliasmum wrote: Unless you make all of your baby food you might find you've already exposed Corban to dairy products.

I do make all of his food and if I do give him jar food I always check the ingredients to make sure it doesn't contain dairy.