what to give a nealry 7 month old for breakfast dairy allergy

[mama2leah]

hiya
i tink my daughter now has a dairy allergy, she has reacted everytime...
so im rather stuck what to give her for breakfast...she has been losing weight...im stilll breastfeeding her...oh yeh and constipated (joy)

thanx for ideas

I gave mie weetabix with boiled water to soften mixed with fruit puree

*mine

Also jacobs fig rolls have no milk in my dd loves them now

i might try boiled water...thanx

x

Sorry forgot to say you can get lactose free milk powder on prescription, SMA LF, I spoke to my HV and she told me to get prescrip

Hiya

We make up oat porridge (proper oats or readybrek) with rice milk and a little fruit. We get ricemilk with added calcium. We also make up little finger pancakes with fruit spread. We have tried all sorts of milks and ricemilk is the one most readily accepted.

We use lactofree milk! or soya?

Is it a dairy allergy (severe, potentially life-threatening reaction to milk proteins) or a lactose intolerance (less severe inability to break down milk sugar due to lack of the enzyme)? If a dairy allergy, lactose free formula or milk will not be OK. You could get some hypoallergenic formula from your GP for mixing with cereals, but these generally taste foul (some names include Cow and Gate Pepti, Nutramigen, Neocate). Otherwise, I often use EBM with weetabix or if I've not had time to express then I use oat milk with weetabix, which is OK as it is not being used as a drink just as something to give breakfast a better flavour than using water (it doesn't have enough proteins to be used as a breast milk replacement). Otherwise toast soliders with dairy free margarine.

Oh yeah, I should also add that if she has a dairy allergy you may want to cut dairy out of your own diet. This can also affect her weight gain as cows milk proteins will go into your milk and can affect her ability to absorb nutrients from either your milk or from other food. Apparently it is quite common for dairy allergic children to have trouble gaining weight. You might want to try and get a referal to a paediatric allergist and a dietician too who can check that both your diets remain healthy whilst dairy-free.