According to statistics, only every third child is breast-fed now. And in the past nobody heard about such product, as a sour-milk mixture for newborns. Only in 1867 in Switzerland there was a first sample of a fast-dissolving form of baby food. It contained sugar, wheat flour and cow's milk in dry form. Modern mixtures in powders for children from birth with sour milk additives are an excellent prevention of constipation and intestinal diseases. If you want to know more about sour-milk mixtures, we recommend you read the article to the end.
Sour milk mixture for newborns in pediatrician's recommendations
The peculiarity of the adapted mixtures of this type is the presence of a complex of fermented bacteria in their composition. They help break down the milk enzyme lactose in the process of digestion of the baby. As a rule, the sour-milk mixture for newborns contains less of this enzyme than traditional, so it is recommended for feeding children with lactose intolerance. It is also able to normalize the intestinal microflora due to the content of fermentation products. Thanks to this, useful bacteria get the conditions for growth, and the baby has symptoms of dysbacteriosis, the tendency to diarrhea and plentiful regurgitation disappears. Pediatricians often recommend a line of sour-milk children's mixtures as an aid in fighting allergies, intestinal infections at a very early age. Often, these diseases are violations of the digestive tract of the baby. The composition of the mixtures helps to improve the health of the child, even if it is still small for consuming kefirs, yoghurts and other products with a fermented milk component. The reduced content of lactose in it helps to minimize the possibility of colic and abdominal pain in the child. Is such a feature of the composition and prevention of allergic reactions. The dairy mixture is prescribed to the crumbs, which are completely on artificial feeding, to children with anemia, since the iron contained in it is absorbed faster and easier than from conventional mixtures.
How to give a sour milk mixture?
A similar baby food product can be present in the children's diet as an addition (for example, you give the baby a mixture with fermented bacteria only when he has constipation) or be the main one. The dairy-fat mixture for newborns, as a rule, has a thick consistency (ready-made), which allows the child to fully eat a smaller quantity of the product. Unfortunately, for today such medical lines of baby food are produced only by four manufacturers in Russia. These are Agusha, Nutrilak, NAN and Nutrilon. An acid-milk mixture of these brands is quality products. It is adapted for children from the first month of life. If your child's doctor mentioned that the best option for your situation is a sour-milk formula for newborns, then he should also help choose a brand and talk about the scheme for switching to a new product. And, as a rule, within a week children without problems already pass to this type of food.