Undoubtedly, breast milk is the best food for a newborn baby, it perfectly combines all the necessary ingredients: proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins and trace elements. Unfortunately, more and more young mothers have hypogalactia. Then the question arises: "How can breast milk be replaced in order to ensure, if possible, the supply of substances necessary for its growth and development into the body of the child?"
Goat's milk for children
Feeding an infant with goat's milk is a good alternative to breastfeeding. Though goat's milk is rich in protein casein, like cow's, but there are certain differences in their composition. So, in goat milk there is practically no alpha-casein, which is rich in cow's milk, so the feeding of an infant with goat's milk does not cause allergies. It is this protein that can cause an allergic reaction in infants. The content of ß-casein in goat milk is the same as in breast milk. Since goat's milk proteins contain a lot of albumin, they can easily be broken down, digested and absorbed in the baby's body. Therefore, if you give goat milk to children under one year, then they do not have symptoms of dyspepsia (nausea, vomiting, upset of the stool). However, in the absence of mother's breast milk, it is desirable to combine goat's milk with milk mixtures (the amount of milk formula is not less than 70% of the total diet), since in goat milk there are some vitamins and microelements necessary for growth and development such as folic acid and iron .
Goat's milk when breastfeeding
Goat's milk during breastfeeding can be given as a substitute for breast milk, along with breast milk (as a supplement) and as complementary foods (after 4 months for children on artificial feeding and 6 months for natural feeding). Before feeding the baby with goat's milk, it must be diluted to see how the child will carry it. So, how to make milk for a goat child? First, you need to dilute 1: 3 (2 parts of water and 1 part of milk), if the child has tolerated this mixture well, then in 2 weeks you can dilute it with water 1: 1, and from six months you can already give whole goat milk.
If you decide to supplement or feed your baby with goat's milk, then you need to take it from a friend of the goat or a person with good recommendations. Before giving the baby such milk, it should be boiled.