cows milk intolerance- ideas for babies diet??

tankgirl1

Hi all

my son has been to see the paediatrician today, and he may have an intolerance to cows milk- we have to do a 2week trial to rule it out/diagnose it.

so, i have my soya baby formula on order at the chemist, and have been to morrisons this afternoon. they didnt have a great range of soya products, but i managed to get: milk, margerine, one variety of yoghurt, and some dairy free ginger biscuits.. (DS LOVES ginger biscuits )

however, he eats a lot of cheesy/dairy type food, and now i'm a bit stumped as to what to feed him......

any help would be appriciated.

many thanks

TG x

moggins

My DS was diagnosed with this when he was a toddler, we moved to goats milk instead, you can get a good range of goats milk cheeses and maybe make your own yoghurt for him.

I bought carob bars from Holland & Barrett instead of chocolate and even used them for making easter eggs.

tankgirl1

thanks moggins- i never thought of using goats cheese!

did your DS grow out of it?

TG x

moggins

Yeah, within a couple of years I was reintroducing dairy into his diet and we've never had a problem since.

tankgirl1

glad hes ok now

jenniferpa

My son was intolerant to cow's milk for a while (and Starburst candy - like Opal fruits, go figure), and we went the goats milk route as well. He did grow out of it, thank goodness, but it was the first sign that allergies might be a problem, and sure enough, he's now allergic to a whole raft of enviromental things. So, there's a good chance this won't be forever, but be aware that it might just be the start of something.

Essex-girl_2

Mr son also showed an intolerance to cows milk at 2 months old. He then had soya milk on presciption (saved me a fortune). He didnt really have yoghurt but I did give hime normal cheese and he was fine.

He is now 7 and altho doesnt drink a lot of milk has loads of cheese's and yoghurst with no ill effects. Also he isnt allergic to anything - only thing he has is hayfever.

Good luck

raeble

I'm allergic to dairy products. Marks & Sparks do a nice sunflower spread that is dairy free. M&S are also supposed to be removing all transfatty acids (?) or whatever they are out of 99% of their products by this summer.

I've heard that goats milk doesn't affect like cows milk. When I was growing up we mostly kept away from dairy products but my mother would allow us to have a little bit of ice cream, cheese, yoghurt every now an again. If you have things on rare occassions you can fool your body into thinking that it doesn't have a problem with it. Only if you don't have a very serious allergy to it though.

I still drink tinned soya milk now. I can't tolerate the boxed stuff - it always has this nutty aftertaste and I'm allergic to nuts.

How old is your son?

jenniferpa

Essex-girl wrote:

Also he isnt allergic to anything - only thing he has is hayfever.

But if he has hayfever, then he is allergic to something (pollen or whatever). That's what I meant by enviromental allergies - my DS is allergic to grass pollen, several types of tree pollen, various types of mould, cat dander and a few other things (but not, thank goodness, not dust mites - if that were the case he'd never survive my standards of housekeeping)

tankgirl1

raeble wrote:

How old is your son?

Hi- hes 9.5 months

he was 2 mths prem, and has been vomiting/regurgitating 30+ times daily since he started bottle feeding (prior to that he was fed via a tube) he had breast milk for the first month, but i couldnt cope with the bl00dy pump for any longer than that :rolleyes: he's been on prescription formula since.

paed thinks his vomiting is probably reflux, but says he has on occasion seen cows milk intolerance present the same way..... hence the 2wk trial.

thank goodness he gave me a script for the soya formula- saw it in morrisons, and it cost a fortune :eek:

thanks for all your replys guys :d keep em coming

nickinoo

I had the same problem when my daughter was small, being veggie made it easier for us in a lot of ways. Be careful with things like ham etc as they often have milk protein added.

You can get vegan cheese in Holland & Barratt, 1 of the brands is called Cheezely (you can also get this in Tesco), I think it tastes awful as it is but it's great for cooking & tastes Ok once cooked.

There is a product called Parmezano which they sell in Tesco & Asda which is a vegan (dairy free) parmesan substitute which is handy for adding a bit of flavour to pasta etc.

Toffutti (again in H&B) is fab, it comes in several different flavours & is very similar to Philadelphia.

We used Pure sunflower spread for cooking or in mash etc & it tastes just fine.

Some of the value garlic breads are actually dairy free so read the ingredients (you will get good at reading labels believe me!).

Get in touch with the formula manufacturers & they will send you details of the other names that are used for dairy products (there are loads). The supermarkets can also supply you with a list of foods that they stock which are dairy free.

Yofu do dairy free yoghurts (1 of which is aimd at little uns), puddings & milk shakes which my daughter adores.

I'll come back to you when I think of more ideas.