Health/food related

[Coffeemonster1]

We were thinking of trialling soya milk with DD, she is currently on cows milk but is suffering with constipation, very large hard stools when she does go and recently developed a rash/spots all on her face and behind her ears. She eats loads of fruit and veg so isn't related to poor diet. She previously had a cows milk allergy as a young baby and was on nutramigen so wondering wether it could be making a come back.
What soya milk or other milk would you recommend, there seems to be so many options?

What age is she? There are oat milks, almond milks, soya milk and rice mills. Rice milk isn't recommended under age 5 due to arsenic levels. The others aren't recommended as a main milk drink for children under 2 (although I think there is now a soya milk available for age 1+)

She is 2. I have heard about rice milk but no idea what the others are. She still needs a morning and bedtime bottle until she is 3 due to failure to thrive, recommendation by dietician, so need to give her something but not due to see her again until January.

You would find the other milks near the long life milk in the supermarket. I'd try her with each of them and see what she prefers. I think they are lower in fat/calories though so you would need to supplement the rest of her diet. Goats milk may also be worth a try, it lives in the chill bit of the supermarket.

If you try soya milk, then alpro is the nicest and comes in both long life and chilled forms. Alpro and Kallo both do a coconut milk and there are various nut milks. The soya based milks are generally the best if she's needing to maintain her protein intake, though.

Hold off the goat's milk, while you're working on exclusion - some of the proteins are very similar and could over-ride any potential improvements brought about by excluding cow's milk. It's something to try introducing, later, to see if it's tolerated, rather than use as a replacement, now.

If she is allergic or intolerant to dairy, then you might find that she puts on weight, once the offending ingredients are removed from her diet. If she has no nut allergies, then it might be worth trying some nut butters as a way or getting more calories, protein and general nutrition into her diet.