Something to think about, my clinic nurse tells everyone! Yes yogurt is good for you and everything BUT remember that eating is about learning! What does a baby learn from eating yogurt? nothing it is smooth just like milk that they have been having for 6 months already. What is in yogurt? A lot of the same as in milk which they are already having so it is not really much help early on. It is also something that they will more then likely like anyway so start on the "yucky" vegies first before starting on the yummy stuff so they like the vegies and you wont have a fussy bub later on !!!!! :)

I've always given yoghurt between 6 and 8mths. It definately is a tasty snack!

Raven

I started Michael on baby yogurt at 6 months, which is when they can start baby yogurt. He loves it!! He has a tub a day in between breakfast & lunch. If I forget, then by lunchtime Michael is refusing to eat his lunch. As I cook all his meals, I find yogurt great as its one thing that I can just grab from the fridge & its healthy. We add lots of fruit to Michaels, I find it a great way to get him to eat fruits he doesnt like, like avocado. I started with the yogurt thats made like breast milk, then I moved onto baby yoplait as it comes in a 6 pack, the first one only comes in 4 packs. I will probally start him on normal yogurt after he is drinking cows milk. (Around 1yo) I can add anything to yogurt & Michael will eat as much of it as possible. Thank God for yogurt!!

My one year old boy enjoys his yoghurt so much that he screams and complains when he's finished eating. He is currently on children's yoghurt but its sometimes so hard to find in stores. I would like to start him on normal adult yoghurt (plain flavour at first) but I'm not sure when...is now too soon?  

My girl loves the drinkable yogurt, with strawberries, apples, peaches, grapes, or pears mixed into regular yogurt is a great snack!  very nice.

I started my youngest at 9 months on the Yo Baby yogurt. He loves it and I can feel good about giving it to him. I like that they also have the yogurt with fruit and cereal. It makes for a nutrious breakfast or anytime meal. I think it is great! :)

Kuri~

I gave my boys yogurt early @ 7 months. I always gave my boys  a taste of what I was eating so  it was just a somethingt different for them.  My youngest loved mushed fruits in his.  I gave him mashed bannana's, blue berries, strawberries, anything  that he liked of the baby food fruits i gave him. Of course the yogurt was plain. Than I slowly moved on to the yogurt that had fruit in it already.  

Till this day they both love yogurt! and the fruit!

Excellent advice!! I think that's when I started yogurt with my daughter. I have found that with the whole milk it makes my daughter constipated, so I keep with the normal yogurt.
I don't think I have mixed yogurt with anything else to make it more enjoyable for her. I will have to think of something, thanks for that though!!

Again, thanks for writing this up, as it will help parents out there who are wondering when they should give yogurt to their babies/kids!!