cows milk intolerance- ideas for babies diet??

Kazonline

When my son had to go wheat and dairy free I was advised to ask at tesco for an intollerance list that they do - it lists a huge range of their foods and notes next to it which contains things like nuts/dairy/wheat. Perhaps your supermarket has something similar?
I had to make all his foods from scratch as apparently when some foods list 'sugar' it can be lactose - not sure if that is still the case. If it does turn out as a long term thing be sure to ask to be referred to a dietician - they can help you make sure he still gets all his nutrients and are great at suggesting meal ideas!
Kaz x

melancholly

I don't know whether this holds for babies, but I had 9 months without dairy last year - I found rice milk a nice alternative to soya - it took me a while to adjust to the taste of soya milk. i found that the best supermarket to get a variety of food was sainsburys, but my food bill did go up!

Churchmouse

My DGS was allergic to cow's milk. We found out when his breastfeeding mum left him with us with a bottle of formula milk!! He drank the milk quite happily for a few minutes then came up in blisters all round his mouth, on his hand where a drop had been spilt, and was in so much discomfort he stopped drinking!:eek: Then he vomitted for Britain!!

After he was weaned, he went on to soya milk formula, which he hated, but eventually got used to. Alpro make yogurts and other deserts that don't require refridgeration. He loved those. We relied heavily on vegan products, along with the usual goats milk products.

He is now nearing three and has grown out of it!:j

If he does turn out to be milk intolerant be careful whenever you change brand, we used to use one sunflower spread for him, one time couldn't get it and bought another brand. Got home and thankfully noticed it contained buttermilk bofore we fed it to him!!!

He was under the care of a dietician and from two and a half, dairy products were gently and slowly introduced. e.g one ounce of cow's milk mixed with 7 of his soya formula. He was also allowed ever increasing amounts of processed milk products on their own, like ordinary cheese and yogurt.

One month ago he tasted his first real chocolate!:D I have never seen a better smile!:rotfl:

Like others have said you will have to check labels very carefully. It's amazing the stuff that contains milk protein!! Think it was Hovis bread that never contains milk products.

Both his parents suffer allergies. My DIL has hayfever, and my son had asthma, triggered by many allergies, basically any fur, animal hair, dander, housedust mite etcetc he even tested positive to human hair:eek: So I suppose it was inevitable DGS would have some sort of problem!

divingmad_2

Hi,

As you are getting lots of advise on dairy free diet, I thought I might just share some tips with you in case your baby's vomiting is due to reflux. Are you able to raise his cot slightly on an angle like putting the telephone directories under the feet of the cot. This angle can help with his digestion whilst in the cot. Putting the baby to sleep on his left side has also shown to be helpful in the past too. Just after a milk feed, try and sit him out in his chair for over 20mins in the daytime can also help lessen the vomiting.

Thickeners such as thick and easy which helps thicken the milk and slows the flow of milk has also helped.
Is he on any medication for the reflux like ranitidine to reduce the acid in his stomach? Another stronger medication called omeperazole is excellent for severe reflux.

flufff

yup beware of the lactose we even found it on crisps!
My eldest has an autistic spectrum disorder so Ive done all that and kept the food diary........it was incredibly hard as his dad was a milkman at the time.I also cut out anything with colourants in.
Good luck hope little one is soon feeling happier.

methekidsandthecat

Hi TG

My DS is also dairy free and vomited for England on a regular daily basis - well at every feed until I could get the GP to admit it was a dairy allergy. He find the chilled soya milk tastes much nicer than long life varieties, but I think chilled dairy milk is nicer than long life milk...

As previous posts have said you need to read every label, boring but soooo necessary, manufacturers tend to alter ingredients and something you found was ok becomes a banned food. Milk and its derivatives such a lactose, casinets, whey etc are often used in the most unexpected foods - cheap protein or sugars - such as ham, sausages, hot dogs, chicken nuggets, fish steaks, processed foods in general.

On a positive note, dairy free stuff is more widely available now. Alprosoy yoghurts are nice, as is the vanilla dessert - makes great banana custard. I tend to cook with long life milk and freeze what is left in ice cube trays then can add it to mash potatoes etc. Value biscuits are great as they use veggie oil but be careful of crisps - we once picked a bag of prawn cocktail crisps in Morrison's thinking they would be fine and son was sick before leaving the car park - such joy - then had to buy more clothes. (Moral of this tale - keep taking a spare set of clothes in the car even when you think they have stopped chucking up so frequently). Also realised that DS usually ate Walkers PC crisps not Morrisons own brand.

Son is now 15.5 and is 5ft 8 tall, he was such a poorly and little thing when he was preschool age but they do survive and it is just part of his life and he copes. He knows what he can eat and the advantage you have over a nut allergy for example is that the body reacts so quickly by being sick to rid itself of the allergens so avoiding the more serious effects of allergic reaction.

Take care and you will find that you cope, shopping takes a little longer but you will be much wiser as to what makes up processed foods....

tankgirl1

divingmad wrote:

Hi,

As you are getting lots of advise on dairy free diet, I thought I might just share some tips with you in case your baby's vomiting is due to reflux. Are you able to raise his cot slightly on an angle like putting the telephone directories under the feet of the cot. This angle can help with his digestion whilst in the cot. Putting the baby to sleep on his left side has also shown to be helpful in the past too. Just after a milk feed, try and sit him out in his chair for over 20mins in the daytime can also help lessen the vomiting.

Thickeners such as thick and easy which helps thicken the milk and slows the flow of milk has also helped.
Is he on any medication for the reflux like ranitidine to reduce the acid in his stomach? Another stronger medication called omeperazole is excellent for severe reflux.

hes on carobel milk thickener and ranitadine. tbh neither have had much effect.
the paed mentioned that if this proves not to be a milk allergy, then we could try some different meds - one being a low dose of a certain antibiotic with a side effect of gastric emptying, and another which i cant remember, but with the same effect.

THANKYOU EVERYONE FOR ALL YOUR REPLIES!! :T

mollymunchkin

My 18 month old DS was also allergic to dairy for a time last year. He loved the Alpro yoghurts and had one of these most days. We saw a dietician and was told that some of the value ranges of biscuits have no milk in them. He loved the Tesco Value Bourbons. Use the Pure margarine spreads in cooking as you usually would. And as the others have said be careful of flavoured crisps as many contain lactose.

He's almost outgrown the dairy allergy now but he's still on soya formula because he throws up if he's given cows milk to drink. But now he's got a nut allergy which is more serious and will be with him for life.

Hope you get to the bottom of your DS's health problems.

Zziggi

I have a DS & DD who are both dairy intollerant. We found out my youungest, DD was milk intollerant soon after birth and was given Cow & Gate soya baby milk on prescription. DS refused to have powdered soya milk, he was older so refused it! Health Visitor told us to keep giving DD a bottle of soya milk baby powder morning and night until she is 5 years old at least and that will be fine. We discovered DS had intollernace when DD was diagnosed. He is affected less by it.

Once DD was at weaning age I started having problems with food. I still feel pretty restricted in what i can buy them. It was suggested to me to try goats products and i have found these have been OK. You can get goats milk, cheese, butter, yogurt, cream. Asda does UHT goats milk (£1.17), fresh goats milk, UHT single cream (about 60p) and goats cheese (£1.49) for a small piece. Tesco do UHT goats milk (£1.09 - cheaper than asda), fresh goats milk, goats yogurt (£1.59), UHT single cream (about 60p) goats yogurt (£1.69). Goats butter and goats fresh single and double cream I can only find in Waitrose.

I don't buy soya milk - just goats milk and the C&G powdered soya baby milk. I do buy Alprosoya yogurts (Tesco, £1.19ish) they do strawberry, chocolate, caramel, vanilla and usually found with the organic."free from" products. They don't need to be refridgerated which can e handy. These are also found in Holland & Barratt. Holland & barratt also do dried milk powder in a tub(£3.19)

Personally I make much stuff at home. I make homemade goats yogurt with a yogurtmaker. A small tub of goats yogurt wouldn;t last us long at all so it's cheaper to make it at home. 1pt goats milk, 2 tbsp dried goats powder, 2 tbsp goats yogurt and then in the yogurt maker for 12 hours (i leave it 12 rather than 8 hours as for cows yogurt - which i also make at home), A couple of UHT single cream cartons are handy to have in. I buy a dairy-free spread rather than goats butter as we don't have a local waitrose. I make homemade ice-cream with double goats cream from waitrose so the kids don't miss out. You can get Swiss delice dairy free ice-cream from Tesco. When out i stick with ice lollies/icepops. Eating out can be tricky, we have found that we don't eat out often because of this (we also avoid meat too). The reduction in takeaways is probably good for us. Goats cheese & goats milk are expensive and a big dint into the food budget. Not much i can do about this, just use coupons at tesco/asda to cut down the costs. Ready meals, 'easy' food also often has dairy in them. I have found that making food from scratch is easier to make sure it is dairy free and also makes food cheaper - so a bit saved there.

Remember milk is in bread - i make HM bread in a breadmaker but use dried goats milk powder in the mix.

Asda & Tesco product lists of products with/without dairy in them. These might be useful for you. I found the list just too much info and coped by just checking every product. After a few weekly shops you get used to what is on/off the list. You just need to look at ingrediants for new products that you try.

I still struggle over sandwich fillings though in summer! Cheese & tom, cheese & cucumber, cheese& tom sauce, jam, honey. Any other suggestions greatfully received.

Most of all Good Luck! It seems like a right pain to have a dairy free diet initially but it isn't as bad as you think once you get into the swing of things.

Chipps

Hi,
my eldest granddaughter (2) is lactose intolerant, in fact DD has just recenlty started reintroducing dairy (again) but this time she is going more cautiously than dr recommended last time round & it seems to be going o k.
Have you looked at the Alpro website? I think it is that one - they had a free guide to dairy free recipes etc.
Our younger DS also had problems when he was small, but it wasn't diagnosed & it took ages to figure out why he was always ill & not thriving. He was always so skinny as a baby, but is a fairly hefty 15 yo now!