Calcium Suggestions

My son has the same allergies and he's 15 months old! It's quite the challenge to feed him!
He gets his calcium from the fortified soy milk that he drinks. I also have him on Shaklee's vita-lea infant mix multi-vitamin for all the other vitamins that he needs. If he does like fruits and vegetables, there are plenty that have calcium such as green leafy veggies like Kale and broccoli. You can mush that in with some other veggies like potato.

If you have any questions about foods for allergic kids like this, please email me.

There is a support group on Long Island, I am not sure where you are, called Protect Allergic Kids (protectallergickids.com) and they have been wonderful. Check out their website and their message center, you don't have to be local for that!

good luck

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Hi D.,

If my child's diet were so limited, I would consult with a pediatric nutritionist to come up with a nutritional plan to be sure that he's getting sufficient calcium despite the various food allergies. Good luck!

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Leafy greens! They are packed with calcium. Clearly a 1 year old is not going to eat a plate of kale or spinach, but you can do a quick (quick!) dunk in some boiling water and then blend them up in the blender with a splash of rice milk or some berries, or both. My daughter is 2 1/2 and I make her green smoothies all the time and she actually loves them!....to my surprise. I mix up some kale or spinach, brocc, whatever, with a little avovado berries, a slash of rice milk and a touch of raw agave nectar. It's really good! You could add a little water to it, so that it could pass through a bottle. Also...have you tried organic rice milk?...they often enrich this will vitamins and calcium. Contrary to popular belief, we don't really need milk after the age of 1 year old....we DO need the nutrients and vitamins that we get from milk, but there are other sources....like the greens and veggies, etc.
Good luck!
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Here's a great food that is basically hypoallergenic and loaded with calcium, protein and iron. It's called QUINOA, pronounced "keen-wah". It's a tiny grain that looks a bit like cous cous. It cooks up in 15 minutes and is super versitile.

another good calcium rich food is ChickPeas, aka Garbanzo beans. You can easily make your own hummus or just eat them as finger food.

Try to look at these allergies as a blessing in disguise. It will give you an opportunity to become a great cook and your kids will become saavy consumers as they will read loads of wll end up with a hightened Food IQ as a result.

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Collard greens are rich in calcium.

Lots of people told you about the leafy greens and supplements. But also, salmon is a good source. Kids can have up to 2 fish servings per week.

hi. kale and collard greens have lots of calcium, and are very healthy in general. easy to make, i make them like spinach or broccoli rabe, or steam them and puree them and sneak them into sauces, pancakes, oatmeal, whatever you can. call them super pancakes or whatever, kwim? my kids will still eat green oatmeal :) also, check this out:
http://www.vrg.org/nutrition/calcium.htm

There are many non-soy milk alternatives that are fortified. Your best place to find them is probably a health food store like Whole Food's or Trader Joe's. Good luck.

Hi D.,

Enriched Rice Milk is good, there's also Hemp milk that I haven't tried. Also a liquid calicium you might want to try just to be sure he's getting enough. Green leafy veggies.....

There's also egg replacement in a powder formula that you might want to try to bake things for him.

Good Luck

Hi D.,
You have received a lot of good suggestions. However, I think you should consider supplements from Melaleuca. Let me know if I can help you get some.
www.LiveTotalWellness.com/L.

Since your son's allergies are quite severe, I wouldn't mess around on a message board...I would speak directly to your pediatrician or a pediatric nutritionist...Don't take any chances.

Best wishes to you...and enjoy the time you're taking off to be with your twins...you'll never regret making time for them! Good for you!
J.

Here is a link for a list of foods that have calcium: http://www.bchealthguide.org/healthfiles/hfile68e.stm#hf003

If you want a great calcium supplement there is one called Isotonix, it's a powder that you mix with water and you drink it. It is immediately bioavailable so it just passes through the stomach right into the small intestine where it can be absorbed quickly and easily. PLus it tastes great! You can get it through www.marketamerica.com

You've got some good suggestions so far. Here's some more off the top of my head:
bone broths, turnip greens, mustard greens, most herbs have good amounts of calcium, so use lots of them in your cooking, sesame (you can make sesame milk, sesame crackers, etc), fish (especially the little tiny ones you eat whole), other seeds, and leafy greens

Sesame seeds have calcium, as do a number of other seeds and nuts. Barring any allergies, you can sprinkle them on top of various foods (rice, veggies, even desserts). All leafy greens are a good source, things like lettuce, kale, mustard greens, etc. good luck!!

This is not a direct answer to your question, but i was reading and found this link for you.

http://www.righthealth.com/Health/Food_List/-od-definitio...

it should have helpful information for you on this topic of food allergies in children.

My 9 mo old is also allergic to your exact list--1st time mom too. We were so frustrated with recurring excuma that we ended up taking him to an allergist who gave him a formula perscription. After fighting with Oxford healthcare we were finally able to get the $600 per month down to nothing only to have him react horribly -- sick in every way -- generally very unhappy. We went back to what we had been giving him, Nutramigen LIPIL with regular baby foods... after a few weeks - the excuma cleared and the doctor thinks he has beaten the milk allergy. There is a good chance that he has also outgrown eggs and soy allergies too, but we will wait to see the allergist around his 1st birthday to find out with a blood test. Nuts - we are worried about this one, but it seems so common now that there are many precautions. Nutramigen is for colic.. but is so broken down that it works with milk allergies too... it's by Enfamil.

D.,

Do you give your son vitamins? My kids and I take all natural, whole food vitamins from the wellness company we distribute for. Their blood levels are perfect!

If you want info, please contact me.

T.

spinach! my daughter loves spinach with white beans (cooked with onions,garlic,and olive oil). also loves a spinach lasange type filling, which you'd have to modify -- i make it with spinach, egg, ricotta, onions, some bread crumbs. good luck!

Hi D., I believe all the green leafy vegis have calcium. You can look up on line or in the library. My best, Grandma Mary

If you don't mind artificial colors Tums are a cheap way to get calcium that kids usually like - fruity or minty chewables. Calcium citrate is better absorbed than the calcium carbonate of Tums so you might check out the possibilities at a health food or vitamin store. My kids complain the calcium citrate is grittier than Tums and because of the way it's formulated they have to take more tablets, but others may not mind.

M.

You can also try enriched rice milk. I hope he likes it.