Hello,
Not sure if anyone can help or advise. My son was thought to have dairy allergy so we removed it from his diet and used Oat milk and soya milk and other dairy alternatives.
After doing this we found his height didn’t increased much at all. He dropped from just under the 98th to 50th percentile. After being concerned I looked online and found some research directly linking dairy-free diets to limiting growth, even if they are fortified with the vitamins and calcium.
I know it may sound silly but I feel awful we have potentially caused this as height can be important to boys confidence. He’s only 16m and we have reintroduced the dairy via dairy ladder and he’s fortunately been fine.
Has anyone else experienced this to or know if he will catch up and be closer to his original percentile? I know that 1st year growth is the most rapid but I’m hoping as he’s under 2 there might be some hope?
Thanks