Milk alternative for dairy allergy

[Mered12]

My little boy is 13 months and is breastfed or has been having soya formula more recently. The formula he has is 6-12monthe and now that he’s 1 formula can be replaced with whole milk, but he has suspected cmpa. We’ve been waiting for allergy testing and a dietician for about 8 months with no luck. I’m thinking of stopping breastfeeding but unsure what milk alternative I can give him?has anyone had similar? What do you use? Any advice appreciated ☺️

always be careful with giving little boys too much soya, something about hormone impact.

If he had an allergy, continuing breast feeding can be extremely beneficial to help them grow out of it. Have you stopped having dairy yourself?

We used oat milk which is fortified, but asda own brand as it contains iodine which is essential for brain development and not in many brands (or at least it wasn't last time we looked).

I get the supermarket own brand ones which also contain iodine as per pp.

So the cheapest one has no added vits, the next cheapest has b12 and vitamin d then the next one above that also has calcium and iodine. That's what you want to be getting. I alternate between Asda and Tesco or some of the dairy free brands which I can't seem to name off the top of my head.

Oat milk is great, very gentle on the stomach. Try coconut milk, nice for a change. Do not give rice milk at this early age as it can contain arsenic at levels that are too high for little ones.

Soya milk is OK in moderation- there is an alpro growing up milk. East Asians have been using soya products for millenia (including as a milky drink) with no health concerns. I just try and moderate it as I think it can be a bit windy.

Have a good mooch in the supermarket long life section and thoroughly read the info on the side of them. Will say on the side that it's suitable for children to drink from 12 months.

Don't get them from the baby section or from the chilled section unless you're happy to pay extra unnecessarily.

And if you can continue breastfeeding great, it you can't, don't lose sleep.

We were recommended Oatly Barista by our dietician for my boy with CMPA. It is fortified and higher in fat than other milk alternatives. Since then we've also seen there is an Oat follow on milk from Alpro which we like. Both around £2 for a litre carton, found in the free from or long life milk aisle.

We use oatly barista and the alpro growing up soya or oat are also supposed to be a good alternative. Just on the allergy testing, this will only show if the child has an ige allergy. If they have a non-ige milk allergy, testing won't pick it up so testing might not necessarily give you the answers you hope.

I'm another who uses oatly batista

Also on the soya topic outside if the presence of phystoestrogens ( a product that acts like estrogen in your body) there is also a high chance of allergy. A large number of kids who react to dairy also react to soya. She did tell me the percentage but I can't remember it.

Oatly barista here as well - my DS grew out of his dairy allergy when he was about 3, but I still buy it now for my coffee!

Oatly Barista here, too. She’s 2 now and we’ve passed most of the milk ladder - she’ll eat all dairy, just haven’t attempted the final, cow’s milk step yet but in no rush as she loves the Oatly Barista. Good luck with it all!

I use Alpro growing up for nursery, but he's breastfed when not there. It's very similar to cows milk nutritionally. Soy contains more protein than oat

We use a mix of Oatly barista and alpro soya growing up because the latter has more protein. We also use alpro high protein yoghurts.

That’s a myth. Soya does not have a feminising impact on boys. It’s perfectly healthy for boys to consume soya.

always be careful with giving little boys too much soya, something about hormone impact

This is not true.