Is Coconut Milk Safe for Baby?
First, coconut milk can never be a substitute for mother’s milk, let alone cow’s milk that can result in severe dehydration and iron deficiencies in babies. As a matter of fact, mother’s milk is the purest food substance. Sometimes, even milk substitutes including milk powder may lead to skin rashes, vomiting, diarrhoea, stomach cramps, blood in stool and breathing trouble. If your baby is allergic to diary-based products, you may go for a soy-based formula based on your doctor’s recommendations. If your baby is prone to allergy due to soy too, you can try out hypoallergenic elemental formulae. No doctor would recommend coconut milk in any case. Is it Recommended for Toddlers? Yes, to the extent that they don’t cross the recommended intake of 30 to 35% of calories of…