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Milk intolerant... diet ideas please?

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StShakey · 02/11/2009 08:40

I think my DS2 has possibly got a milk intolerance - always been very, very sicky, and still is now he's weaning onto solids.
It has been suggested to me that both he and I have a two week dairy-free diet (he's fully BF).
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE can someone give me some ideas for meals, for both he and I? I really haven't a clue.
Breakfast this morning was bread and marmalade with black coffee for me, and a pureed apple and pear for him (no butter!).
Can we have some suggestions, please?

OMG! Just realised no chocolate for me tonight with my bedtime cup of milky tea!!! Eek!!! HELP!

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LesbianMummy1 · 12/11/2009 21:42

meal ideas:
*shepherds pie - use a dairy free margarine (pure or vitalite)for potatoes
*roast dinners - don't use chicken gravy as it contains milk powder
*Spaghetti bologneise
*dhansak or rogan josh curry
*casseroles

other dairy free ideas
*sorbets - Lidl do varieties that are all dairy free
*bourbon biscuits

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StShakey · 13/11/2009 08:46

Thank you all for meal ideas... it's actually not been a problem preparing dinners (now that I know what I can use/eat still), as at this time of year we become a real casserole/stew/comfort/roasts food family, and using the Pure hasn't been a problem at all. In fact, we really only missing the lasagna!

StarShine - Thank you, thank you... meals etc aren't a problem (I'm just really missing a proper cup of tea ) but it's just so frustrating seeing absolutely no improvement or changes at all in DS after 11 days.

CantSleep - don't despare of me! I didn't cave in last night, and this morning I had toast with Pure on it, and a coffee with the Oatly. I will last for the two weeks. It's worth it to really see if it helps him. I have been reading the link you sent me, and it all sounds very interesting. I think I'll try only offering him one side at a time during his feeds, and see if that helps (a few weeks before improvement noted!). I haven't expressed in a couple of weeks so I'll go back to that for the other side for my comfort.

StarShine - was your little one loosing weight? See, I just wonder because mine is such a little chunk (!) that I kinda think if there was really something wrong with him, he wouldn't be putting on weight! (And, IME, he'd also be miserable... and believe me, he's not)

Finally, StarShine, I TOTALLY agree, I wouldn't give up BFing for the world, and missing a little old cup of tea is most definately worth having that wonderful time with my wee baby.

I'm off to make hot chocolate...

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CantSleepWontSleep · 13/11/2009 08:57

Might I suggest that if you're going to express from the other side that you do so only just enough to ease the discomfort, as otherwise you will be stimulating your supply, which will result in you still having too much milk!

The losing weight thing doesn't always follow btw. Dd would comfort feed to ease her pains, and was absolutely massive!
Hence my GP not wanting to take us seriously .

StShakey · 13/11/2009 15:27

yep, I got that about the expressing only just enough to ease discomfort.

Still working at it...

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