Weaning baby with milk allergy

[dannid]

DS2 (6mths in a couple of days) has a milk allergy and has recently been put onto nutramigen 1 formula. He has also been referred to a paediatric dietician and we are currently waiting for an appt to come through. I have in the last couple of weeks started to wean him as he was showing all the signs of wanting more than milk. However, now that we have actually started giving him some food he seems totally disinterested in it. I have so far tried homemade carrot, sweet potato, mango and pear purre's and he doesn't seem to like any of it! I have tried mixing the fruit with some rusk and he seems a bit happier with that but he is definately not what I would call enthused. And as for the veg he gags on it as soon as I put it in his mouth. Was starting to think it was my cooking but have this morning tried him on a 'plum' breakfast pouch and he hated that too. The only thing he seems to be happy to eat mashed banana!! Just wondering if anyone can suggest any tasty but healthy homemade recipes we could try him on which are either milk free or in which we could use his 'special milk'. Please help as i am now starting to really regret trying to wean him before seeing the dietician. Have also posted this in the weaning section!

i swear i have a milk allergy and have only had a swig once since i was 6 mths old...vile stuff

as my cooking at home has always been milk and salt free i have just blended family meals and frozed them...ok not the hot curries/spicy stuff but the likes of cottage pie/stews/spag bol etc has worked hth x

"frozen" doh lol

Sounds like a normal 6 month old to me. Weaning takes time I doubt it is anything to do with lack of milk or your cooking, have you had a look at the weaning boards just for an idea of how babies take to food. My son wasn't really all that fussed until about 9 months. Have a look at trying baby led weaning or just persevere with the simple purees veg, fruit, when he is accepting simple tastes add in stewed and puréed chicken or mince (might not be for a month or more) but watch out for hidden milk in stock you may find the baby ones are ok or try marigold veg bouillon stock. Try mixing a sweet in with a savoury, but really don't worry too much about how much he eats or the fact he gags, it's quite normal for some babies. It's a new skill to learn.
If he likes banana you could try mashing it with avocado. For recipes try annabel karmel or the baby led weaning book can't remember the author. Or just stick to simple fruit, veg and meat until you see dietician if you are more comfortable with that.
Also, once he is past 6 months ask whoever is prescribing his nutramigen if he should be on nutramigen 2.

Hi my dd is 8 months and is allergic to dairy and probably egg too. We're still waiting for paed appt.

For the first few weeks weaning was pretty slow too, she didn't seem that bothered but something clicked at about 7 months and now she really enjoys it so try not to worry yet - easier said than done I know :o

We're doing a combination of blw and more mashed up stuff. For breakfast she has readybrek made with oat milk but you could use the formula as well. I mix it with mashed banana, strawberries or whatever fruit is going. You might need to check the labels as some of the supermarket readybrek states not suitable for milk allergy sufferers because of the production line might be contaminated with milk.

Lunch is finger foods, I try to include some form of carbs, toast, bread, rice cakes, potato wedges ( just boiled potatoes cut in wedge shapes). She also has veg sticks, halved cherry tomatoes, pear, mango, avocado- anything that can be cut to finger shapes and she can gum to mush. Protein I find a bit more difficult but she likes tinned sardines or tuna mixed with mayo, ( egg free for us) hummus is a big hit too.

For dinner she usually has a version of what we are having, casseroles work well as does anything mince based, spag bol, shepherds pie just mash potatoes with oat milk, pasta and sauce, you can buy a powdered cheese sauce that's dairy free, it's good for putting with fish as well, my local sainsburys stock it.

Have a look at holland and Barrett as they have mushroom pate and some other dairy free spreads that can be used on toast. Both Tescos and sainsburys seem to have quite a good selection of free from foods.

There's another thread on here about websites with dairy free recipes, I think it was pig in the kitchen that was recommended but haven't checked this out myself yet.

It does seem daunting at first but I'm finding that it gets easier :)

This sounds normal to me too. My eldest was like this, he'd have happily gone until 9 months without weaning at all, just lots of milk!

Can I suggest stopping the mush and giving him control? I only say this as my baby hates mush of any kind but eats tonnes except it has to be exactly what we eat in the exact same form we eat it in. He has done since he was 6 months. Give him a slightly over cooked (nice and soft!) broccoli floret, carrots, toast etc.

I've been using soya milk in cooking since 6m as Nutramigen smells weird once cooked. Well - even weirder than normal . That opens up a whole new world in terms of cooking - soya subs are widely available for many things.

Also, since 8m ds has been on wysoy which has stopped his downwardly mobile milk intake in its tracks and he's now a milk monster again.

I would go little and slowly. Try sticking to one or two flavours for a few days at a time. It's all so new to him. And also, I would start right from early on encouraging him to use his fingers - I do a combination of finger food and purees.

I shouldn't think any harm will come from stopping entirely though and waiting to see the dietician. How long is the waiting list? We're obv v lucky as we see her each time we have a consultant appt.