For the complementary feeding of infants who are young, kefir is necessary in the diet. After all, this product helps normalize the intestinal microflora, increase immunity, prevent the development of intestinal infection. And this product is rich in calcium, vitamins and minerals.
Kefir for babies - a very special product: for a small child will not be suitable drink, which adults use. For complementary foods, you need to purchase a special baby kefir. But the best solution is to prepare for the baby kefir at home .
How to prepare homemade kefir for babies?
Preparation of homemade kefir for babies will not be difficult and does not take much time. To do this you will need:
- a pot for boiling milk;
- a glass for making a portion of kefir;
- milk;
- leaven.
As a dish for boiling milk, you need to use a saucepan in which the milk will not burn, which means that it is better not to use enameled utensils for cooking kefir for the baby at home.
Milk can be selected from a domestic cow or ordinary pasteurized, only in no case should the fat content of the product exceed 3.2%.
As a starter, you can use shop kefir. But if you are wondering how to make a baby a useful kefir, then to choose a sour-milk product you need to consider the following parameters:
- kefir, used for leaven, should have a shelf life of no more than 10 days;
- in the product there should be no foreign additives in the form of preservatives, dyes, flavoring fillers;
- for the starter you can use not sour cream, but sour cream;
- To improve the quality of the initial product, bifidobacteria can be added.
Further everything is simple:
- Milk boil and allow to boil for 1-2 minutes, then leave to cool, and it is desirable not to rearrange the dishes in a cool place - the taste of the original product will be better.
- After cooling the milk just below the temperature of the human body, pour the milk over sterile glasses, add spoonful of kefir or sour cream, mix and leave on the kitchen table.
- If you want to use additionally bifidumbacterin, then it is added simultaneously with the ferment.
- Approximately 6-8 hours in a glass will appear a clot of the acid type, after which you can move the dishes with kefir in a cool place.
- In a day after cooking you will be ready one-day kefir.
It must be remembered that the dishes that you use to prepare kefir for babies should be sterile.
When can I start giving kefir to a baby?
Usually the age when it is possible to give kefir for a baby, pediatricians determine at 6-7 months if the child is on artificial feeding, and at 8 months if the baby is breastfed. However, enter sour-milk products with caution, starting with one spoonful a day and bringing a portion of yogurt to a year to 100 ml.