Weaning dairy free

[ClimberChick]

DD is 9 months, from after xmas I want to phase out expressing and therefore her taking milk throughout the day when I'm at work. I have about 100oz in the freezer which should see her through to 1 year.

We have some slight concerns about her weight and I've seen about that people normally suggest loading them up with yogurts and cheese etc. What would dairy free alternatives be or just other ideas. I'm a little reluctant to buy soy stuff but I'm probably just buying into the media hype.

What do other people do about weaning dairy intolerant babies/toddlers.

atm the moment she doesn't really eat meat but am flexible on this.

I'm hoping that once she gets to a year and gets more teeth she'll suddenly become a eating machine and that I'm being a bit paranoid because of her weight (though the pead has given her the all clear and).

Do you plan to keep up BF after a year?

My DS is dairy and soya intolerant (he's 14 months). I work three days a week and when I'm at work he'll have a cup of calcium fortified oat milk in the afternoon. Apart from that he eats meat or fish twice a day and plenty of carbs and some fruit and veg. At 9 months he started to eat more.

How do you give her meat? DS likes his in meatballs (chicken and lamb) and roasted chicken. Fish - he likes salmon and white fish.

When at home I BF him twice in the day plus morning and evening.

Does your DD like eggs? You could give eggy bread every now and then. Also avocadoes are fatty - avocado on toast or pitta go down well. If you have no concerns about nut allergies you can try peanut butter and hummus.

tbh she doesn't have meat atm as I don't eat it and DH rarely does as a result.

I do plan to extend BF and she feeds at least four times of me as she's not keen on sleeping through. Think I just need to convince DH that she's a handful in the afternoons just because and that she doesn't need more milk. She's been a more of a high needs baby, just how she was born.

I haven't plucked up the courage to try peanuts yet so think I'll try that and finally get around to making some hummus (the local stuff is horrible)

I'll look into oat/rice milk as well. Thanks

Morning. My 10 month old is a very small dairy intolerant baby. To boost her calories I add a bit of extra oil into her meals (olive oil or there's this overpriced hempseed and other seed oils mix that is supposedly high in omega 3 etc) for puddings I use oatley cream, but coconut cream is high calorie too. She also has alot of ready brek which has added calcium and iron in, I make it with her hypoallergenic milk, but you cd make it with oat milk. HTH. Good luck!

P.s. V jealous of your expressed milk store! I never got the hang of that. That's an impressive amount of pumping!

I would stay away from rice milk - our dietician told us not to give it to DS because of the arsenic levels. You can get coconut milk as well.

thanks Zee I had a bit of a panic when I went back to work, but never had to use any of it.

Good to know about the Rice milk. She has oats with a bit EBM in it atm. Looking forward to going the health stores over here and see what they have.

What cereal things do you give for breakfast? DD2 is 6mo and dairy and soya intolerant. I'm weaning her on fruits and veg but breakfast cereal is proving difficult. She won't take weetabix and ready brek has milk in it according to the ingredients.

Hi, secretslattern, the plain ready brek in the red and orange box is just milled oats, I think it says it's made in a factory that handles milk but my dd has never had a problem with it, so she has it made with nutramigen and pear. Or the plain plum 4 grain porridge is good but more expensive. Think it's plum brand, currently upstairs with child attached to boob so can't check...

DS has porridge with oat milk and fruit in. You can get gluten free porridge oats which are a bit gentler on the stomach.

My DD was allergic to milk and intolerant to soya, and was underweight as a result. When we weaned her the dietician advised to fry as much food as possible in olive oil, or another "good" oil. Or coat veggies in dairy free butter (like pure). Make homemade cakes/biscuits with dairy free ingredients and to ensure she had regular snacks in addition to her meals.

ds2 is anaphylactic to dairy (and tiny - at 2.7 he is still only 23 lbs). He used to have lots of avocado, which is great for getting a bit of weight on. Otherwise, when everyone else in the house has toast, he has fried bread. I add oatly cream to everything (including soya yoghurt, which is relatively low fat). I also melt dairy free white chocolate and add it to fruit purees - this can increase a snack from maybe 60 or 70 calories to maybe 200 calories!!!

I roast a lot of vegetables and also give fruit fritters. Strogonoff using either soya sour cream or oatly cream also works pretty well. Korma works well with coconut cream and so does home-made ice cream.

A bit of soya is OK, really and can be the difference between being able to give a reasonably normal diet and a very restricted one (though some dairy allergic children do have a problem with soya).

I've weaned my three dairy free after we found number one was allergic to cows milk. None of them are on the 'average', all below on the weight charts, but I bf them all to 12-18 months and bf babies never reach average on the rubbish government charts.
my lot had soya yogurt and rice milk, oat milk and so on, and made sure that there were good amounts of fats, carbs and vitamins in their other food. They all began on fruit purees with a little baby rice mixed in, after a week or two they loved potato / sweet potato, later on to basic meals that we were having (at8mo or so) in tiny portions and put through the blender as they were all toothless til a year or more They all started with ready brek (with a little bit of sugar!) for breakfast, which is good for keeping the weight up imho. They all love fruit now and eat very well, the eldest is a strapping big 10yo who is a good weight and is still dairy free.

Beware that many/most who are allergic to cmp are allergic to soya.

We are dairy/egg/nut free and skinny skinny 1-year-old.

Some tips from the very inexperienced: fresh green veg has lots of calcium; ready brek with whatever milk you normally use good for breakfast (we use nutramigen but also sometimes rice milk - it is small quants so not too worried about the arsenic concerns), avocado by the bucketload, lots of red lentils cooked with various thinks. Also mash a banana in with many meals that you do - bananas are quite fatty in comparison with many other fruits.

Also you say you don't eat meat, but I'd recommend allowing fish if you can. Buy sardines (fresh or tinned in oil), mash with a fork and mix with green veg puree and cous cous or similar. This is high in calcium as well as important fats.

Have been told there are tofu fried square things which are good finger food for veggies...

oh and add a spoon of olive oil to every meal (was advised this by a paedeatric nutritionist after mine was classed as failing to thrive (hideous term).

hi
My 2 yr old is dairyfree.

I make a lot of chicken and veg casseroles ( chicken good for calcuim) and you can puree them up and freeze them. He has things like chicken and apple sausage patties that I make. We have lots of fish. Lots of mash and I often add in mashed veg and fry it. He's not into veggies unless in a casserole so fruit is used lots and I make a lot of crumbles.

Salmon is good for calcium. We have a lot of tinned salmon for sandwiches.

And for the older tots carrot muffins are excellent. They think "ooh cake" and I think "ooh veggies".

There's a dairy free icecream which is lovely.

I make a tuna and tomato sauce that is ok with pasta.

But oh I miss making fish pie with cheesy sauce.

@pancakeflipper

please please please post the carrot muffin recipe!! Thanks.

Pancakeflipper, I'd be interested in the recipe for the chicken and apple sausage patties as well as the carrot muffin one if you are in the mood for sharing - currently my dd (10 months) is hardly eating anything. I think its just that once she's not starving hungry she'd rather be playing and also she's getting the usual round of colds, but things she can shove into her mouth herself seem to be more fun than us spooning slop into her. Am trying hard not to get too neurotic about food as she inches slowly along the bottom of the weight chart in her 3-6 month sized child clothes...

We can't do gluten as well as dairy, so found this recipe for Carrot & apple cake (I just make in a muffin tin) carrot cake.
I bake this one, then freeze the muffins for party occassions or for breakfasts etc.

The delightful Annabel K has a recipe for chicken & apple balls (which go down a treat with everyone - his 9yr old cousin makes them for him when we visit!)
M&S do a sausagemeat (for stuffing I suppose) which is Gluten free, so I had the messy task of turning this into little cocktail-sized sausages for my boy - he loves these to pieces and they're great for cooking and taking cold to parties etc, as are the chicken balls too.
These two, I freeze before cooking and have had no problems with them.

Asda also do little potato & carrot mini waffles in the freezer bit, they go perfectly with nuggets/sausages!

Hope these help.

carrot muffins - makes about 10.

2 medium eggs
100g brown soft sugar
5 tbsp sunflower oil
150g grated carrot (I chop mine up in blender super quick)
100g self raising flour
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
100g dried fruits (glacé cherries, sultanas, raisins, apricots etc). Dried fruits optional but makes less muffins.

1. Heat oven to 190/375/Gas5. Put muffin cases into muffin pan.

1. In a big bowl mix eggs and sugar. Beat in oil. Add all other ingrediants and mix again.

1. Mixture into muffin cases. Bake for 15-20mins. Firm to touch and golden brown.

I sometimes ice them as an extra treat. Also freeze ok. Are yummy. I think I got the recipe from a book by the Netmums team. Which is a little embarrassing but it's a good recipe. You can also make this into a carrot loaf - bake for longer.

TheZee. I think the chicken and applesausage patties is an Annabel Karmel. If you want the recipe PM me and I will sort it out. All our family like eating this. And I'll have a think at what else has enticed my 2 yr old to eat cos' he's been a tricky one. I am going to test out veggie crumbles soon cos' he loves fruity ones....

Apologies I seemingly lost this thread

DD (almost 10 months) was ill lately and went completely off her food.

Someone above asked about oats, well I normally use EBM but will need to an alternative soon myself.

Tarka Dal made with coconut milk seems to go down well, I assume that will be more fatty than just cooked with water.

Zee she is barely on the charts now, just scraped the 0.4th line.

I live next to the sea and there seems a lot of fishing here (California). I feel that fish will better sit with my ethics so will give that a try (slavered in oil of course)

Oh, plus I namechanged

Hi

My DD (2.11) is severely intolerant to dairy,soya, oats & barley. So all breakfast cereals are out

TBh meal wise one of her favs is egg fried rice with you can mix with anything ie left over veg, ham, prawns(high in calcium) etc.

Fritatta is another fav her and again I use left overs and I put potatoes, pasta & eggs in obviously.

Somebody else mentioned sardines and DD also eats a lot of tuna & salmon.

We are not veggie though so she does eat a lot of meat too and today she had cottage pie (mash had pure on it) but I make hers separately once the mince has cooked and she cannot tolerate the worcester sauce.

I have been toying with the idea of making rice pudding with either rice, coconut or almond milk so that is on my to do list for this week