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4 month old, oat milk?

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mumstrong · 12/05/2023 09:34

Hear me out! My 4 month old has really bad eczema that according to paeds can not be linked to dairy despite the fact there's a strong correlation from my food diary (exclusively breastfed!) I want him to take one bottle a day just so he is used to a bottle. I'm really struggling to pump. I gave him a small bottle of formula and he flared. How bad would a couple of ounces of oat milk be in an evening, after a breastfeed, just to get him taking a bottle? Not for nutrition as he is getting all of that from his many (many, many) breastfeeds a day. He's healthy and has shot up the centiles. Lost faith in the health professionals so not tempted to ask them. Everything I read online suggests it's breast milk or formula because of nutrition but if it's just 3 ounces it's hardly taking much away from him?

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Sayds · 01/12/2023 02:57

Hi - curious as to what you decided to do? Completely understand your rationale, I’m here with the same question and just came across your post. My baby is just over 5 months old so I’ll be introducing solids in next few weeks, so have decided to give a bottle of oak milk once a day as she is also exc breastfed. I would rather than than giving dairy free special formula with lots of added rubbish! Oats are natural, and would be the same concept of giving a bowl of porridge at this point, no?! Wondering what you decided to do?

fairymary87 · 01/12/2023 03:08

My child has cmpa, I cut out all dairy from my diet until l symptoms went away and ate like that for a year. So just do that?

Also there's formulas you can give them. The GP should prescribe it. I really wouldn't give oat milk to the baby. Please don't it's a bad idea and will likely cause more upset. Try pumping a tiny bit and see if they will even take the bottle first

endofthelinefinally · 01/12/2023 03:13

Is there a reason you want him to take a bottle? None of mine ever had a bottle. Once they started having some solids they had fewer breast feeds and they gradually moved onto sippy cups for drinks.
I was far too disorganised to deal with cleaning and sterilising bottles. I didn't have any help or anyone else to give them a bottle, so there was no point. Breast milk changes and adapts to what the baby needs as they grow. I don't think introducing oat milk at this stage would really be helpful. In your position I would cut out dairy from my diet and keep breast feeding.

Irridescantshimmmer · 01/12/2023 05:54

Oat milk is without calcium, which babies need for their growing bones.

Sayds · 01/12/2023 07:39

I am continuing to breastfeed so she will get all the nutrients she needs there plus starting on vegetables this week. I am not trying to replace breastfeeding, if I was, then of course I would opt for formula. She is cows milk intolerant so cannot have normal formula and I would rather her have a bottle of oat milk than specially made formula.

im working full time remotely hence wanting her to take a bottle. I have tried expressing but I’m not over supplying and only making exactly what she needs, so when I express it unsettles the next feed.

I already discussed this with my GP last week and they said aslong as I am continuing with breastfeeding and introducing solids, then there is no harm giving a bottle of oat milk a day.

posted here as was interested in what original posted decided to do :))

SiouxsieSiouxStiletto · 03/12/2023 13:37

@Sayds is there a reason that you want to introduce a bottle? Oat milk is fine in food from 6 months.

Parentblame · 07/12/2023 23:10

I did this from 5 months - it was just a 4oz bottle of alpro 1+ oat milk at bedtime and breastfeeds the rest of the time , my hv said that she knew of younger babies being given a bowl of porridge made up with a few oz of milk so one bottle a day of the same amount of milk wouldn’t do any harm at all

Missscarletintheconservatory · 09/12/2023 16:06

Parentblame · 07/12/2023 23:10

I did this from 5 months - it was just a 4oz bottle of alpro 1+ oat milk at bedtime and breastfeeds the rest of the time , my hv said that she knew of younger babies being given a bowl of porridge made up with a few oz of milk so one bottle a day of the same amount of milk wouldn’t do any harm at all

The health visitor knowing of younger babies having porridge doesn’t mean it’s actually any good for their gut health, it just means there are parents out there determined to wean earlier than guidelines suggest.

I was always told not to give water as it would fill up the baby with something unnecessary and then they might not take the amount of breastmilk they needed. For the same reason I’d avoid even a few ounces of oat milk, it’s filling the baby with something not nutritionally apt for them. I’d rather give small amounts of formula if I had to.

KCSIE · 09/12/2023 16:12

MrsSchrute · 12/05/2023 09:40

Why not try a dairy free formula instead?

Edit: I've just realised this an old thread reignited, soz!

KCSIE · 09/12/2023 16:14

Parentblame · 07/12/2023 23:10

I did this from 5 months - it was just a 4oz bottle of alpro 1+ oat milk at bedtime and breastfeeds the rest of the time , my hv said that she knew of younger babies being given a bowl of porridge made up with a few oz of milk so one bottle a day of the same amount of milk wouldn’t do any harm at all

That is terrible advice from that HV, unless it was the 80s or 90s when babies were weaned younger and the current research of today wasn't around.

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