The importance of calcium
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Instead of adding water to solids, you can sometimes add expressed breast milk or infant formula to ensure adequate milk intake. As your child gets older watch that she doesn’t eat too much dairy food, otherwise she may put on weight. You can switch to semi skimmed milk, low fat cheeses and yoghurts.
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Calcium is important for the health and formation of bones and teeth and to begin with, breast or formula milk contains all the calcium that your baby needs. Bringing up a baby on a vegetarian diet with a good volume of either breast milk or infant formula can provide all the nutrients they need. Although breast or formula milk should still remain your baby’s main drink until one year, you can use cow’s milk in cooking for example when preparing cauliflower cheese from the age of 4 months. Dairy products like yoghurt, fromage frais or cheese provide a rich source of calcium. Babies under 2 should only be given whole milk and whole milk dairy products because reduced fat milks such as skimmed milk lack the fat soluble vitamins A and D and are low in energy due to the lack of fat. Other good vegetarian sources of calcium are:
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