Surely many parents can't wait to feed their baby with healthy and tasty foods. However, you should not rush into this. Experts recommend starting feeding an infant with kefir only at 8 months. The fact is that, in addition to nutrients, fermented milk products contain a lot of mineral salts, which can exert a great load on the kidneys of the baby.
Instructions
Step 1
As soon as you understand that your child is ready to take kefir, start introducing it into your baby's diet. Special products for babies can now be found. However, it will be better if you make kefir at home. To do this, you just have to find kefir fungi.
Step 2
Homemade kefir recipe First you need to make a sourdough. To this end, they take kefir fungi and add warm boiled water to them. The approximate proportion is 1: 5. This mixture must be left for two days, changing the water regularly (3 times a day). During this time, the fungi will grow, there will be more of them five times.
Step 3
Now you need to drain the water and pour warm boiled milk (about 23 degrees). This time the proportion reaches 1:10. Change milk daily by shaking the dishes with kefir.
Step 4
As soon as the milk begins to foam and the fungi float to the surface, the sourdough is ready. Strain the liquid through a sieve and set aside the remaining fungi until next time.
Step 5
On the basis of the resulting sourdough, you can make a delicious and healthy homemade kefir that will suit your crumb's taste. To do this, add 180 ml of warm boiled milk and 2 teaspoons of sugar to 10 ml of starter culture. All this must be thoroughly mixed and allowed to brew for 10-12 hours (at room temperature). After that, the resulting kefir must be drunk within 2 days.
Step 6
In order for the child's body to accept a new dish, it is necessary to gradually introduce kefir into the child's diet. To do this, give your baby 30 ml of kefir a day to drink.
Step 7
By gradually increasing the rate, you will achieve a volume of 200 ml in 3-5 days.
Step 8
If your child refuses to drink a tasteless drink, you can add a decoction of your child's favorite cereal and sugar syrup to it. Thus, kefir will turn into a sweet porridge that children enjoy eating.
