Oat milk?

[ZombieBoob]

Ds is 7 months and has cow milk allergy. Hes BF. He loves his food which is great but I'm running out of ideas as everything so far has been fairy free.

I've been doing porridge with water and fruit as I cannot for the life of me express enough but I'm worried its basically no calories like you would with milk.

Google says no milk alternative until they are one but surely just breakfast would be OK? He still bf loads and he has a bit of everything food wise.

Wibu to do oatmilk anyways?

He might be waking more just because of the change of you going back to work. His anxiety about you not being there all the time, getting used to whatever childcare he's in.
If it's that he'll settle in time. I wouldn't worry too much about the food, porridge is only one meal of the day, assuming he's eating a variety of nutrient dense food untill he's full for the other meals/snacks

Ohh good idea. He does react to soy sadly. I'll ask gp for a referral to a dietitian which as never been mentioned before. It was like yep he's got it off you pop.

As a type 1 diabetic oat milk doesn’t do that.

We’re a dairy free family, our daughter started having oat milk from six months old, go for the longlife versions as you can stock up when its on offer.

It's fine to cook and make porridge etc with cow/oat/soy/nut milk from 6 months, it just means don't swap their main milk feeds to any of those things before a year. So make porridge with whatever milk you want.

Alpro do a growing up milk with extra stuff in it.

My son is 11mo and allergic to cows milk. I use alpro soya growing up milk for 1-3 year olds in his porridge and he loves it. If your son can have soya I'd definitely recommend this

So bloody right. Finally found someone who agrees with what I've been thinking for years!!!

If you just want extra calories and good fats you could add blended cashews with water (cashew cream) or nut butter.

Is he allergic to lactose or the proteins in cows milk? And have you tried him with goat milk?

If he is fine with breast milk then he is fine with lactose as all mammal milk has lactose in it.

Is there a milk delivery service in your area? We use milk and more and they offer a fresh oat milk which is much less processed than the long life versions

Soy milk can upset hormone balance

I was responding to another poster who said they should get soy milk rather than anything plant based. I wasn't recommending soy milk 😊

We use the no sugar oat milk. I used to buy the Alpro growing up milk until I realised the amount of sugar it has in it. My DS used to wake up crying for it, so I switched.

Did they refer you to an allergy clinic? Have you had the skin prick tests?

Suspected CMPA should lead to a referral to an allergy clinic where a specialist doctor and normally a registered dietitian look after the child. You should be seen annually to see how the allergies are developing.

Maybe you already know all this, apologies if so!

There are many factors to take into account with an allergic child’s diet, eg risk of reaction, importance of calories and fats for infants, iodine, and exposure to minimise risk of new allergies emerging etc etc

That’s why you really need medical advice, it’s a complicated and specialised area.

Nope nothing like this. Gp went yep he's got cows milk allergy. Told me to cut it out my diet and off I pop. Nothing since. Will ring tomorrow as needing something else looked at anyways.

This ^
I avoid oat milk like the plague!

Cows milk is better than ultra-processed plant milk if it's a choice of one or the other, yes.

Alpro growing up milk is good, cheapest getting it from Aldi atm. My youngest is also cmpa, we used the Alpro for cooking with, in cereal etc to begin with, then as his main drink from when he self weaned at about 14 months. He still loves it now at 2 and a half.

You aren't going to get a referral to an allergy clinic for non-IgE CMPA. A skin prick test will not be done unless OP pays for one privately, or other IgE allergies are suspected. OPs DC should have been referred to a dietician. However, the waiting lists are long.

We've been waiting for months for a referral to the allergy clinic for a suspected anaphylactic egg allergy. If they saw all the kids with non-IgE milk allergies, the waiting lists would be years!

The main thing is to make sure the alternative is high enough in fat, for example using soya over almond or rice milk.

Alpro growing up milk is my recommendation although it's always worth comparing the packet to cheaper versions to see if the minerals etc are the same. Tbf though if you are giving a multivitamin it probably has 100% NRV of most stuff so shouldn't matter too much X

I'm worried about his dairy allergy as it has essential nutrients in it. You should definitely speak to a dietician asap because he wont get his calcium out of oat milk

Am I reading this wrong? You'd like your children to have exclusively Ultra Processed Foods?

No, I mean ultra processed free food.

I was assuming it was IGE but I must have missed something! Sorry to OP if your little one is non IGE and I have confused things.