Yoghurt alternatives for dairy-free diet

[organiccarrotcake]

Just for ease of stuff to feed I suppose. We're basically doing BLW and DS is 7 months. He's not very interested in eating as such but will chew away quite happily on anything from toast to carrots to lumps of meat.

But he's apparently dairy intolerant - reflux was cured by me dropping dairy from my diet - and as an experiment from time to time I re-introduce it - followed each time 1-2 days later by a Very Sicky Boy.

I don't really want to give fruit pots as they seem a bit too processed for my taste, and sickly sweet. I'd like something that every now and then I can just spoon feed for convenience when it's appropriate, like yoghurt, or something nice for pudding like rice pudding. I suppose I could make my own from breastmilk but at 7 months, my supply is so matched to him that it's tough to express much and what I do express I donate to the milk bank... so... any suggestions?

Alpro do soya yogurts - both fresh and long-life ones.

I sympathise, organiccarrotcake, as DS was diagnosed with lactose-intolerance after a bad virus.

There's a fab range called Lacto-free in most supermarkets. They do whole milk, cream cheese, hard cheese and fruit yoghurts (strawberry and raspberry). It tastes good (we eat it too) and is handy if you're caught out away form home.

I found that soya made Ds worse (too rich I think) but that might just have been him. There's also a range called 'Pure' which does a good dairy-free margarine.

Hope things ease up for you both in any case.

If you don't like fruit pots, you can always make your own fruit purees and freeze them for when you need them.

Don't think the organic ones have added sugar though so no worse than any other fruit.

hipp organic banana rice pudding is dairy free. it has to be banana though as their normal rice pudding has milk in

There's a banana and rice pudding by hipp organic thats's dairy free unless you're snobby about baby food in jars.

Soya yoghurts are really only the other thing you can buy ready made. If you're avoiding soya as well then there's very little you can give as a yoghurt substitute, I used to whizz up some oatly cream with fruit, but def not as easy as just opening a yoghurt.

DS2 has Alpro soya yoghurts. They also do little tubs of 'custard' in the free from aisle.

x-posts Kalo!

Aww wish I'd known about the banana rice when ds1 was a baby. Would have made a nice change.

we lived on it for three years in our house. ds still wants it when he is ill

Another Alpro household here: www.alprosoya.co.uk/

Yogurts
Custard (bananas in custard is DD's fave)
Cream
Milk
Mousse
Flavoured milkshakes

Thanks everyone!

I think the prob is cow's milk protein so lacto-free is no good sadly which is a shame as they have a good range. From your recommendations we've bought some Alpro yoghurt so I will report back on that. I've been avoiding soya but will try it and see.

Great tip about the Hipp rice pud, thanks for that.

Me, snobby? noooooo.

greedy yes, fair point about the organic versions. Or making my own. He is given pieces of fruit and that's fine. I don't know what I'm worried about with fruit pots really - yoghurt is processed too of course!

Well we tried the soya yoghurt and it was rejected, but, he's not great with spoons - loaded or fed. I may try again just putting it onto the highchair tray LOL.

I make a fruity pudding by boiling some apples or pears with a tablespoon of rice until cooked. Then I drain it and add milk (you could add whatever milk your LO has)and blend it.

Oh nice idea, thanks looloo