Milk allergy ? Alternatives?

[Laura032004]

Hia,

Have noticed over the past few days that DS has been sicky / unhappy at night when he has had foods that contain quite a high proportion of cows milk (e.g. mashed potato with lots of milk / porridge). He's already on a gluten and wheat free diet.

He's 10m old and bf, but I don't really want to start expressing milk to use for his food. I don't find expressing particularly easy, and DS seems to be sick if I give him expressed bm which has been frozen.

Are there any alternatives to milk to use in things like mashed potato/porridge/white sauces? Would soya milk be OK?

Thanks for your help

[JoolsToo]

my pal has it for that reason (I'm faaaar too young her cupboards look like she has 6 rabbits and 4 guinea pigs - full of nuts, raisins, oats and lord knows what else!

[FIMAC1]

We now all have Soy after she tested the family (the allergy has to normal come from somewhere) me, and my son also are allergic. My horrendous PMT which I have had since I was 13 stopped as soon as I came off it. My Dad also has probs having dairy so I suppose he is the culprit

I get trays of the cartons of flavoured milk soya drinks to go in their lunchboxes, the new vanilla one is lovely. I now do not like the taste of cows milk and prefer Soy! (5 years ago tested)

[jampots]

well i can thoroughly recommend it JT for when you reach that time in your life

[Heathcliffscathy]

laura, ds is cowsmilk intolerant, he has goats or sheeps milk everything (milk, butter, cheese) and used to have nanny formula. when he has cows milk he gets eczema and wheezes, when he doesn't he doesn't. waitrose has all of the above, but sainsbury's and tescos and asda all do the milk and only asda doesn't do the butter. imo goats better than soy for baby his age.

good luck!

[JoolsToo]

soyamilk is good for menopausal women too

[jampots]

i also am intolerant to all dairy inc eggs, beef, pork, etc (and loads of others) - have you had the testing done yourself?

[jampots]

FIMAC - i saw a kinesiologist on Wednesday for food allergies - isnt it just amazing.

Im now buying soyamilk (Alpro) which is lower in cals and sat fats than semi skimmed milk but just makes the most gorgeous creamy and thick milkshakes

[FIMAC1]

My daughters gastric reflux was eventually diagnosed as food allergies - we saw a Kneisologist - the hospital were hopeless - or should I say they detected that she had allergies with an endoscopy but the blood work was coming back negative. The third lot came back with results after I saw the Knesiologist - and mirrored what she had already told me! Bovine products were the problem - Gelatine, Beef and all cows milk products

[tregenna]

Hi, my 3 yr old daughter is lactose, soya, and egg intolerent, as is my 9 mth old son, i had massive difficulties getting me new GP to acknowledge my sons intolerence. My daughter grew up fine on rice milk, my son is now on rice milk with added calcium and vitamins (watrose own). Both my children also have Gastric Reflux which requires medication i would like to know if any one elses children has an intolerance and a reflux. Any advice on my son not covering me two minutes before i go out would be great Cheers

[cp3]

We have tried all the milks even prescribed and finally settled on rice milk with added calcium.

[babykirwan]

my son was allergic to fomula milk because of the lactose we had to have him put on the hypoallergenic formula instead which has so far been great.just hoping he grows out of it
lisa

[char77]

Neocate has been prescribed to us, it's a hypoallergenic formula for babies allergic to dairy but not very tasty! Worth a try though, he might like it.

[tatt]

been away so missed this before. As I have a child who is allergic to soya milk ((swollen mouth) I know its a common allergen. Best avoided, unless prescribed for you, in a child who may have allergy problems as its been linked to nut allergy. Nanny (goats milk) formula is more easily digested than cows milk formula. Giving probiotics helps problems digesting cows milk or you could try the lactose reduced milk that is available, haven't tried that personally. Cheese and live yoghurt are les likely to cause problems than milk - live yoghurt because of the probiotics and cheese because the processing changes the proteins to a less allergenic form. Your breastfed baby doesn't need more dairy but if you wanted to give some cheese and live yoghurt might be OK.

If you have any concerns about allergy or food intolerance its always best to ask to see a specialist. The average gp is not very well informed, there's very little about allergy in their training. I've learnt more from the anaphylaxis campaign and other parents of allergic children than from our gp. Our allegy consultant is even better

[PrettyCandles]

Oops, meant to say that I agree with Chipmonkey.

[PrettyCandles]

If you're still bf him 3 or more times a day, then he doesn't need any extra milk-foods.

[chipmonkey]

If you're still bf, I'd say you wouln't need to get overly worried about cutting out dairy in other foods

[bundle]

sorry, yes it was aptamil but dds have both been bfed for 2 yrs (and expressed) so didn't use much. laura, does the paediatrician think your ds has coeliac disease, or is there any in the family? just interested

[Chandra]

milupa=aptamil.

[bundle]

they're all pretty much the same, imo,though some make claims re: fatty acids etc. we used milupa

[Chandra]

Goats milk ("Nanny" in formula version)or Aptamil. It was the kinder formula on DS allegies. Knowing what I know now about soya and young children allergies I would stay clear of it if it has not been prescribed by a doctor.

[Laura032004]

The gluten free diet wasn't originally on the advice of the paed, but when we said that was what we had done, he agreed, and said to continue.

Do you think I should just try normal formula milk? Are any particularly good / bad (never used formula before).

[bundle]

is the gluten free diet on advice of the paediatrician? like aloha, i would be loathe to advise anyone to give up milk just on a hunch.

[Laura032004]

I have spoken to the HV who referred us to the GP who referred us to a pead, who said there was nothing we could do as DS is already on a gluten free diet, and just to keep him on it until he turns 2, and then to start reintroducing things again.

I haven't spoken to anybody about the milk side of things yet though, but wasn't as worried about that as he's still having lots of bm.

Do you think I should push the GP again? I seem to have had the same response as most other people on here.

Doesn't help that dm told me that she thinks I'm overreacting. 'you all had tummy aches as children, I didn't presume you were all allergic to things' - she isn't the one who has to sit up all night with him screaming

I would like to speak to a nutritionist though, to make sure he's getting everything he needs.

[aloha]

Agree, that's a lot to cut out of a child's diet without medical advice. I'd really advise seeing a specialist. If you are going to cut out ordinary milk I'd personally try formula before stuff like soya which can be just as problematic if not more so than ordinary milk.

[bundle]

laura have you seen a medical person about this?