Cows milk allergy and weaning

[Afsana1]

My dd is 5.5 months and has a cows milk allergy she is on nutramigen aa. She is quite a big girl do I know she is ready for weaning but my appointment with the dietician is in oct, I would be very grateful for any advice from mums who have gone through this. Thank you xxx

Been through this with my 13 months old twins - we discovered their allergy when I gave them cheese during weaning as they were bfed - not much fun!

Early weaning is quite straight forward as the usual fruit, veg etc is fine. You can use nutramigen to make up baby rice etc if you're going that route.

After that, is a case of finding substitues you're happy with, or finding recipes that are dairy free anyway.

Dairy free spread is easy to get hold of for sandwiches etc, and use a milk substitute instead of cows milk on cereal, recipes.

Has she been tested for soya allergy? It's common in cows milk allergic children so worth asking for, as it's in so much, bread etc, nad many of the more convincing substitutes are soya based.

Casseroles, spag bol, fish fingers, pastry, baked beans, roast dinners are all fine and regulars in our house. Good luck - it's fine when you get your head round it

It was daunting at first but to be honest it's not hard at all. I mix his cereals with water or formula and fruit. Many recipes and shop bought food dont contain milk. For finger foods he has homous or sugar free jam on rice-cakes, breadsticks, sandwiches etc, pretty much a normal diet except cheese and yoghurt and checking labels. Most mayo is milk free btw! And carrot corn snacks are a favourite out and about snack but they make such a mess!

If you google dairy allergy ingredients, I had a great list but can't find the link that lists all the different names (most are obvious) for checking non-baby foods!