5 Reasons to Give Your Baby Goat Milk!

Goat milk is a nutritious alternative to cow’s milk that may have some unique benefits for babies. Here are 5 reasons to give your baby goat milk. Get expert advice on how to safely introduce goat milk to your baby’s diet and how to choose the best products.

This article will shed light on the questions in your mind and enlighten you even more! We emphasize at every opportunity that breast milk is the most ideal food for your baby and that you should only feed your baby breast milk for the first 6 months.

No food can replace breast milk, which is a complex biological fluid that provides energy, protein, carbohydrates, and other essential nutrients, as well as growth and development in the newborn!

 Breast milk is a miracle 

World Health Organization; It is recommended that infants be fed only with breast milk for the first 6 months, no additional food including water should be given, and that after the sixth month, appropriate complementary foods should be started and breastfeeding  should be continued until the age of 2 years. The mother states that she can breastfeed her baby after the age of 2.

Apart from breast milk, milk is one of the main foods that provides most of the vitamins and minerals that your baby needs. So what is the right time for milk? and which milk is healthier for your baby?

Cow’s Milk / Goat’s Milk Comparison

Component (100g)	Goat milk	Cow milk
Protein (g)	3.60	3.30
Fat (g)	4.20	3.30
Carbs (g)	4.50	4.70
Phosphorus (mg)	111.00	93.00
Calcium (mg)	134.00	119,00
Magnesium (mg)	14.00	13.00
Iron (mg)	0.04	0.05
Zinc (mg)	0.30	0.38
Sodium (mg)	50.00	49.00
Potassium (mg)	204.00	152.00

• Goat’s milk contains more calcium than cow’s milk.
• Goat’s milk contains more phosphorus than cow’s milk.
• Goat’s milk contains more magnesium than cow’s milk.
• Goat’s milk contains more potassium than cow’s milk.
• Goat’s milk contains more vitamin B6 than cow’s milk.
• Goat’s milk contains more vitamin A than cow’s milk.
• Goat’s milk contains more selenium than cow’s milk.
• Goat’s milk contains  3 times more niacin  than cow’s milk.
• Goat milk is much easier to digest than cow milk.
• Goat’s milk is less allergenic than cow’s milk.

5 Reasons to Give Your Baby Goat Milk!

1. Easier to digest: Goat milk is easier to digest than cow’s milk, which may make it a good option for babies with sensitive stomachs.
2. Nutrient-rich: Goat milk is a good source of important nutrients such as calcium, protein, and vitamins.
3. Hypoallergenic: Some babies may be allergic to proteins found in cow’s milk, but this is less common with goat milk.
4. Versatile: Goat milk can be used in place of cow’s milk in a variety of recipes, including formula, porridge, and purees.
5. Sustainable: Goat milk production is often more sustainable and environmentally friendly than cow’s milk production.

Goat milk is high in calcium, protein and potassium contains high levels of vitamins A, D and B. In this way, it supports your baby’s bone development.

Goat’s milk has a lower lactose content than cow’s milk. For this reason , it is much easier to digest  than cow’s milk.

Goat’s milk is much less allergenic than cow’s! Skin diseases, digestive problems, allergies, varicose veins, baby eczema, and inflammations are all helped by goat milk. You may be interested in reading our “All Details About Food Allergy in Babies” article.

Goat milk plays an effective role and protects your baby!  

Goat milk has a beneficial effect on heart health due to its mono and polyunsaturated fatty acids and supports your baby’s heart health! 

Goat milk compared to cow milk; It contains vitamin A, potassium, selenium and niacin.Therefore, it supports your baby’s immune system. 

When Should Goat Milk Be Given To Babies?

We talked about the various benefits of goat milk for your baby. However, the point you need to pay attention to is when to give your baby goat’s milk.

You can give your baby goat’s milk from 12 months

We mentioned that goat’s milk has less allergenic effects than cow’s milk, but before the 12th month, the digestive system of babies does not develop enough to digest goat’s milk.For this reason, we do not want your baby to be given goat’s milk or cow’s milk before 12 months!

We talked about when goat milk should be used and its benefits, now how about taking a look at the beautiful goat milk recipes for your baby?

Goat Milk Recipes

Chickpea Yeast Bread

Ingreditents:

For Chickpea Yeast;

• ½ cup of organic chickpeas
• Half a cup of organic whole wheat flour
• 1 glass of warm drinking water

For bread;

• 1 cup of Nidola goat’s milk
• 3 cups organic whole wheat flour
• 1 tablespoon of olive oil

Preparation:

1. Pound the organic chickpeas in a mortar. Put crushed chickpeas, organic whole wheat flour and hot drinking water in a clean jar and mix with a wooden spoon.
2. Close the jar without tightening the lid. Cover and leave to ferment for at least 12 hours in a warm place. Fermentation time can take up to 20-24 hours. Chickpea yeast is ready when the yeast foams and swells and its smell changes.
3. Strain the chickpea yeast into a bowl. Add room temperature Nidola goat’s milk on it. Add olive oil and organic whole wheat flour and mix with a wooden spoon.
4. Cover the bowl with cling film. Cover and leave to ferment in a warm place. Gently degas the rising dough with your hand and mold it. Cover it with cling film and leave for the second fermentation.
5. Bake the bread in the oven set at 180 degrees for 30-40 minutes.
6. Slice and serve the completely cooled bread. Note: You can cut the bread into slices and put it in a freezer bag and store it in the freezer. When necessary, you can take it out of the freezer for your baby and warm it up and feed it to your baby.

Information: Chickpea yeast is a traditional and ancient type of yeast. Also known as sweet yeast. Unlike sourdough, the preparation time is short. Bread made with this yeast is easy to digest. Unlike instant yeast, the fermentation time is long. While normal powder yeasts rise the dough in half an hour, the dough prepared with chickpea yeast can take 3-4 hours to rise.

Pumpkin Pudding

Ingreditents:

• 500 ml Nidola Goat Milk
• 2.5 Tablespoons Whole Wheat Flour
• 1 Tablespoon of Rice Flour
• 250 Gram Pumpkin
• 3 Tablespoons of Honey
• 1 Glass of Water

Preparation:

1. Take the chopped pumpkins into the pot and add water to it.
2. Pass the cooked pumpkins through a hand blender until soft.
3. Add whole wheat flour and rice flour to the pumpkin puree. Cook, stirring constantly.
4. Add honey to the first hot pudding you take from the stove and mix it.
5. Divide the pudding into bowls and leave to cool.