Why Should I Wait Until After 12 Months to Introduce Milk as a Drink? General guidelines for feeding a 1-year-old. Lindsay Not only is cheese a good source of calcium, it also provides protein and a number of essential vitamins and minerals. Apple and Grape Cars Cut apples into The String Cheese Incident (SCI) is a US jam band formed in Crested Butte, Colorado in 1993. Babies and toddlers are very good at listening to their hunger cues, so leave it up to them to decide how much to eat. 1 stick of part-skim string cheese – 7 g How much protein do I need? The band's music has elements of bluegrass as well as rock, electronica, calypso, country, funk, jazz, Latin, progressive rock, reggae, and occasional psychedelia. The only really (potentially) scary thing about cheese strings is their salt content; some sources reckon that children aged 4-6 years shouldn't have more than 3 g of salt per day; obviously, one cheese string coming in at 0.75 g of salt is a lot of salt for the small amount of calories it gives." The String Cheese Incident's Concert History. I was going to cut up pieces of string cheese for my son (almost 1 year), and he grabbed the whole thing from my hand and would not part with it. Learn more about Feeding Cheese to Baby. Of course, he bit off a piece that was too big and had a hard time with it, but he insisted on doing it himself. The DRI (dietary reference intake) is 0.8 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight, or 0.36 grams per pound. One of the main reasons you should wait until after baby is 1 year old to introduce milk as a formula/breast milk replacement is that milk/dairy hinders the absorption of iron in the body. These healthy snacks are arranged in a fun and creative ways so even the pickiest eater will enjoy snack time. Some other ideas for healthy finger foods include cheerios, low-fat string cheese, shredded oats, 1/2 of a hard-boiled egg, etc. Among children between 6 and 11 years old, 44 percent of boys and 58 percent of girls do not consume enough calcium, according to the Office of Dietary Supplements.