Growth milk and cow's milk: what are the differences?
Even though around the age of 10/12 months the diet of baby is already very varied, the milk is an essential complement to its balanced diet. Your child will need it until these 3 years. But if baby begins to eat like a big, can he drink the same milk that the whole family?
Milk of growth VS cow's milk
The milk growth and milk cow do not exactly have the same composition. As the name suggests, the milk growth is specifically designed for the growth of baby and his interest is indisputable. Enriched with vitamins (A, D, E and vitamins of group B), it also contains more minerals (especially iron and zinc), essential for the production of red blood cells, and thus promoting the development of the immune system. The milk of cow is richer in protein than the milk growth. Even if the difference remains less (3.2 grams for milk traditional and 2 grams for the milk infantile), as much to bring to the body of baby the right amount, without excess. In the long term, it is important to know that the protein intake is too high in baby increase the risk of obesity and overweightchild. Another negative point of the milk cow: saturated fats. The milk growth has been designed to provide more unsaturated fats, ie essential fatty acids (omega 3) essential to the proper functioning of the nervous system of the body. baby.
The right balance
The first months of the dietary diversification of your baby, the milk growth and milk nursery can meet its nutritional needs to a fair extent. Step by step child will incorporate in its diet more and more food bringing its batch of minerals and vitamins, until all the food groups are introduced on its plate!
However, do not panic if on a Sunday or a holiday you find yourself out of milk growth. Know that for a few days, the milk cow is quite suitable.
The price
Many moms are turning to the milk traditional for economic reasons. Indeed, the milk of cow remains unquestionably cheaper than the milk growth.
