Alpro growing up milk?

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Has anyone used this rather than moving onto cows milk?

My LO has just turned 1 and has been on Aptamil formula since birth. I tried moving him onto cows milk as per the guidance but he had a bad reaction to it (bad tummy, waking at night screaming, eczema returning, vomiting, etc) so I put him back on formula and he's fine again now. My health visitor suggested I could try him on alpro soya growing up milk so I'm just wondering who has used it and if it's good? Do I need to give him any vitamins as well?

The only thing I would say having been in the same situation was the fat and calorie difference between the two. Just make sure you give your LO good fats and enough calories. Our dietician still wanted us to watch his calcium closely and feed more calcium rich foods like tinned salmon with the bones etc. My ds is allergic to dairy but not sure if your LO is which makes life a bit easier maybe?

One thing to be aware of is that a high proportion of their iodine requirements are met from dairy so if you're going to avoid dairy choosing a non-dairy milk that contains iodine is a good idea. Oatly and Marks and Spencers oat milk have iodine in but not all of them do.

To follow on from the other post that’s says it’s a marketing gimmick. This isn’t true. Our dietician said if we were going to use a dairy alternative to pick alpro growing up because it is a better option nutritionally than other soya and plant milks. It has a higher fat/calorie/vitamin content. Not by a lot but it is better than others. She was not sponsored by alpro and clearly knew her stuff.

But she also did also say a formula was a better option than soya milk but at 3 my ds was starting not to like his prescription formula.

We use it due to dairy allergy. It's not as nutritionally complete as cow's milk but it has been fortified with calcium and vitamins so it's an appropriate substitute. It's quite high calorie which is good. It's been sweetened which isn't ideal from nutritionist perspective but my daughter wouldn't drink unsweetened soya milk. We use the soya version. They also have an oat milk version. I'm not sure how different they are nutritionally.

Thanks all. He can eat yoghurts/cheese/etc so can still have dairy, it's just the actual cows milk as a drink he was struggling with and had the reaction too. I gave him weetabix with green milk in yesterday and he seems to have reacted badly to that as well!

Hence why my health visitor said about Alpro so am just after opinions/experiences.

@RonaCoaster Oatly milk is higher in sugar and lower in fat and protein than the Alpro growing up soya milk. Alpro also has more vitamins. Soya milk is the better choice unless you’re allergic.

I think I read something about soya being bad for boys. I can't remember if it was a reliable source though so check yourself obviously.

I thought too much soya was bad for boys too. I think there's an alpro growing up oat milk available.

We moved DD onto alpro growing up milk from formula, mainly because she was very constipated so we were trying to reduce dairy a bit (she loves cheese/yogurt etc) and because she never really seemed to like cows milk as a drink. Alpro growing up seems to be a very similar taste to formula.

I've looked at using this once my daughter turns 1 next month, I think it's a good choice. There are other oat/soy milks but they tend to be lower in calories, this one is higher in calories and has lots of added vitamins.

How did you introduce it? 1 oz extra per day gradually?

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It’s just a marketing gimmick.

No it isn't. It's the one recommended by dieticians for babies with dairy allergies