Is whole milk as nutritious as formula?

whole milkMany parents consider whole milk to be incredibly nutritious for newborns. It contains both calcium and bacteria useful for digestion. That is the main reason why parents feed their kids with whole milk from an early age. The question is, do kids need to have whole milk as the source of the main nutrients from birth?

Feeding with whole milk

Unprocessed cow or goat milk for newborns is not just harmful, but even dangerous. So in case of lack of breast milk, it is best to choose an adapted formula e.g. HiPP formula stage 1 which is suitable from birth and also contains lactic bacteria that is extracted from breast milk. The formula contains vitamin D, which prevents the development of rickets. If you give a child whole milk and vitamin D separately, rickets develops very often. Continue reading