Today I want to share with you how to get your baby to drink bone broth.
Everyone always says to me, “I can’t believe you get your baby to drink bone broth straight from the bottle. How?”
Bone Broth has become all the rage. In fact, chances are you’ve seen this article, “Why New Yorkers will be sipping bone broth (in coffee cups) this winter” recently.
Bone Broth is important (5 Reasons Bone Broth is a Superfood). It’s really important, and it has been a critical addition to my diet since 2009. <<– yes, you read that correctly. I have been a Bone Broth advocate for almost 7 years.
Things I’ve Written About Bone Broth (2009-2014)
- Monday, August 3, 2009 was the first day I mentioned Bone Broth. (This was so long ago, that clicking on the link will take you back to my first-ever blog.)
- Broth is so important to me that the slow cooker acts as one of my 3 Essential Kitchen Items.
- $15.57 and 11+ Meals/Snacks Out of a Whole Chicken
- Gut Healing is Not a Diet
- 7 Pounds (De) Bloat
- 3 Ways to Never Get Sick Series {Part III: Keep Your Gut Thriving}
- Gelatin for Gut Healing and a Pomegranate Homemade JELL-O Jiggler Recipe
- My First and Last-Ever WIAW: Because Really, Who Cares?
- 14 Things I Learned During My 101 Days of {Intense} Gut Healing
- What We Currently Feed Samarah
- Antibiotics
- 6 Ways I De-Bloated Even More Since My 101 Days of Intense Gut Healing
- Homemade Chicken Broth (from September, 2011)
- Full GAPS Diet
- GAPS Day 2, It Ain’t Easy
- GAPS Diet Day 1
- 3 Ways to Never Get Sick Series {Part I: Bone Broth the Beautiful}
It’s true. I am serious about my bone broth. I can make it (and eat it) in my sleep. Both take talent. I’ve acquired quite the talent.
Naturally, then, I made bone broth a staple for Samarah early on. She has reflux and other tummy issues, but even if she didn’t, I would still have chosen this for her.
People always ask,
How do you get your baby to drink bone broth?
I want to give it to you straight, step-by-step, how it works.
How to Get Your Baby to Drink Bone Broth
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Step 1:
Make bone broth. (Yes, click that link and you can get my e-book for free!)
Step 2:
Place bone broth in baby’s bottle (or in a bowl).
Step 3:
Give to baby to drink (or spoon feed).
I wish this process were a lot more complicated.
But it’s not.
Give it a try.
Baby even travels to airports with broth in hand 🙂
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Updated in 2018 to add: In case you didn’t know, we now have three children. They are 2, 3, and 5. All of them had bone broth as babies, and all of them loved it. Today, they still love it. The only difference is that they no longer drink it out of a bottle. They will drink it from their sippy cups sometimes, but usually they love it when I turn it into a soup. One of our favorite meals is broth, riced cauliflower (or rice), and a meat of sorts.
If you liked this post, you might also enjoy, “How to Get Your Child to Eat Well.”
Xox,
SKH
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This is so awesome. Bone Broth was a complete lifesaver for me last year when my stomach was going crazy! I really need to make another batch soon!
howold was your baby when starting bone broth?is it ok for 6 month old baby>?
Hi, Rebeca! I think she was about 6 months old, but they can start as early as 3-4 months old. We just got our new baby and he’s 10 months, so we started right away!
how much to start giving to my 10 month old baby?He has acid reflux.Thank you
Just start with a little and go from there. I don’t think there is any set amount. Just do a few teaspoons. Then increase, little by little. That’s how I started with both my babies, and then within a matter of days they were drinking it out of bottles on their own time:)
What age did u start baby on broth Sarah?
Hi, Kaylee!
I don’t remember the exact month, but I’d imagine it was a little here or there around month 6-7.
When you started you babies in broth were they also eating solids? I haven’t started my daughter on foods yet and I wanted to use broth as a first food for her.
Hi! I can’t fully remember for all of them, but for the most part, no. The broth was likely their first “food.” And they loved it. To this day they drink it. Tonight my 2 and 4-year-old drank it out of their sippy cups! Good luck:)
what kind of sippy cups do you use to serve the warm broth to kids?
Great question! For me, I just make sure they are BPA-free.
Did u notice a difference on the reflux for your baby drinking this ?:)
Hi Liz! Yes, I absolutely did. However, I will not be the person to tell you that the Bone Broth, as a siloh, “cured” her. It doesn’t. But I know it was part of what helped.