Drinking cold milk causes sore throat and stomachache in children?
Cold or hot milk has no connection with health problems such as sore throat or colic in children.
Sore throat is usually caused by viruses or bacteria. Stomach ache after drinking milk is related to quality such as spoilage, poor storage conditions, and bacterial invasion. Therefore, drinking hot or cold milk cannot cause illness for the following reasons:
- The temperature of the milk will change to body temperature as soon as it enters the body.
- Drinking cold milk does not cause swelling and sore throat, because the speed of transmission through the esophagus is so fast that it does not have time to affect the contact surface to cause heat damage.
Why don't babies like to drink cold milk?
Babies over 1 year old can recognize changes in milk temperature. At this time, the baby is used to warmed breast milk or formula, and will feel unfamiliar when switching to cold milk. This can still happen to babies who like cold foods, even though they still eat ice cubes and ice cream.
The development of the perception of hot and cold is controlled by the brain. With milk, babies have formed the concept that "milk must be warm" so they do not accept cold milk. In the first 12 months of life, mothers also breastfeed with warm milk, skin-to-skin, and warm the milk every time they prepare formula, making the baby feel familiar.
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In fact, warm or cold milk does not make any difference. If your baby drinks cold milk, it will be easier for you to take care of him. Moreover, British nutritionists advise parents to gradually lower the temperature so that the baby's brain can get used to the new concept.
Parents should gradually switch from formula to pasteurized fresh milk. In 5 weeks, mothers can completely switch to pasteurized whole milk.
If baby only drinks warm milk, how to train baby to drink cold milk?
Parents should pay attention to the time of day when introducing cold milk to their children. Children will have difficulty accepting cold milk when they are about to go to bed. Therefore, parents can introduce cold milk while their children are playing or after bathing.
Practice giving your baby cold milk:
- From 10 months old, you should practice letting your baby drink water from a cup and straw to get used to using this item.
- Introduce milk at the appropriate times mentioned above, little by little and day by day.
- Babies like to watch someone drink and imitate, mom can hold the milk carton and suck on the straw for baby to see
- The milk temperature should not be too cold at first, from warm then gradually change to cold.