Did anyone feed their LO yogurt around this age? If so, which brand did you use? Did you buy a flavored kind?
I was reading about it yesterday and the site I found said to feed full fat, unsweetened, no flavor added yogurt. Greek was fine too. However, when I went to the grocery I found that apparently people only like fat-free, sweetened, flavored yogurt.
Is this a be-breezier-than-the-books type of situation? Or is there actually full fat, unsweetened, no flavor added yogurt out there that I haven't found?
It's v. hard but not impossible to find what I personally call "normal" yogurt (full fat unsweetened); trader joe's has some. I would not feed an infant a low fat or sweetened kind, but that's just me.
I posted recently about finding some fattier plain yogurt at ALDI in their Simply Nature brand. It's hard to find Greek yogurt with fat and without a ton of sugar!
I posted recently about finding some fattier plain yogurt at ALDI in their Simply Nature brand. It's hard to find Greek yogurt with fat and without a ton of sugar!
Oh thanks! We unfortunately don't have a Whole Foods, Trader Joes, or any type of place that might carry specialty items. I did just remember we do have a Fresh Market though so I might try there. And we have an ALDI!
Stonyfield. Organic full fat plain yogurt. They sell it in the big tubs. I never give him flavored yogurt. If he is going to get that much sugar, it's going to be a cookie or dessert lol.
We used Stonyfield baby/toddler yogurt. DD didn't/doesn't get much in the way of sweets, so I wasn't too concerned about the added flavoring and sugar. But I also feed her goldfish now that she's older, too
We did (and still do, for that matter) full-fat plain yogurt. I am personally not a fan of flavored yogurts, for the most part--I have a sweet tooth, but would rather use my "sugar credits" on chocolate. Plus, plain full-fat doubles as sour cream, and I can make it at home really easily. (The times I've bought it, I've found it at Trader Joe's.)
That said, if you can't find that, look for Stonyfield Farms' YoBaby or similar. They tend to have lower sugar than regular yogurts. And watch out for artificial sweeteners--a LOT of the big brands use aspartame.
Post by AlpineSlide on Oct 30, 2014 11:34:02 GMT -5
hmmm, I guess I fail. I've been giving him the flavored stuff like I eat. I think it is 4% fat and I give him the peach, strawberry, blueberry, etc. flavors. I give him Greek too.
Post by simpsongal on Oct 30, 2014 11:55:37 GMT -5
J eats a yogurt for lunch everyday - it's so easy for daycare. I buy the 6 packs of Yo Baby (it's organic full fat). Sometimes I rotate in full fat cottage cheese.
Post by thebreakfastclub on Oct 30, 2014 11:56:48 GMT -5
I started yogurt at 6 months.
I buy either Stonyfield or Oikos greek full-fat, plain, in the large tub. I have to get it at the regular grocery store (Target, Walmart do not carry).
I posted recently about finding some fattier plain yogurt at ALDI in their Simply Nature brand. It's hard to find Greek yogurt with fat and without a ton of sugar!
Oh thanks! We unfortunately don't have a Whole Foods, Trader Joes, or any type of place that might carry specialty items. I did just remember we do have a Fresh Market though so I might try there. And we have an ALDI!
That was my problem, too. We did just get a WF, but it's completely on the other side of town, so not convenient for yogurt. Hope you find some!
Yes, we eat plain full fat yogurt so I just gave him that. We eat Mountain High brand, I get it at our regular grocery store. I have also bought stony field full fat yogurt before too.
The only yogurt I could get DS to eat was flavored yogurt. To find full fat I gave either the gerber shelf stable yogurt, and then my grocery store started carrying Stonyfield Yobaby/YoToddler cups. In order to get him to eat calories, the sugar is a tradeoff I'm willing to make right now.
Yeah, we're lazy and just give YoBaby, which is sweetened and flavored. She loves it, and it comes in small containers that I send to daycare. I agree that it is extremely hard to find full fat plain yogurt or greek yogurt.