Lactose-Free: The First Years
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Milk Allergy or Lactose Intolerance?
Asked by N.S. from Tucson
on September 15, 2009
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Hi moms! Our oldest daughter was allergic to the milk protein (casein) for the first 3 years of her life before suddenly growing out of it. Our middle son has totall...
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- Our little girl (now 7 months) started having the diarrhea and spit-up issues after we switched to formula from breast milk around 10 weeks old. We initially thought i...
- Hello N., This website breaks down all of the different milk problems people can have and what the symptms and differences are between them all. http://www.scien...
- Have you discussed this with your doctor ?? What does he/she say ?
Mom Wondering About Soy Formula
Asked by R.H. from Grand Forks
on February 25, 2009
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I have a 7 week old boy, on milk based formula he spit most of his bottle up after. So we swithed him to soy and he does not spit up half as much and is not so fussy a...
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- I have heard that too and my son is 3 and a half months and when I quit breastfeeding about a month ago I had the same problem , my sister who had the same problem tol...
- i had heard of it before, and googled to find this article: http://www.mothering.com/articles/growing_child/food/soy_story.html maybe that will give you some more ...
- Hey R.-when my son was the same age I had the same thing happen. I originally thought it was that I went from breast feeding to formula-I started with a milk based for...
Infant Drinks Formula Too Fast
Asked by P.R. from San Antonio
on August 27, 2009
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My month and a half baby drinks his milk extremely too fast to the point that he starts to choke. I´ve been using the slow flow nipple and have tried different bottle...
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- Maybe you should try what they call pace feeding. I learned about it in a breastfeeding class. You hold the baby more upright and hold the bottle at an angle so they...
- Perhaps your baby is hungry. All of mine started on rice cereal at 3 weeks and never had problems because of it. Doctors and WHO do not recommend starting rice cereal ...
- is he hungery? try feeding him shorter amount of time inbetween.
My Daughter Will ONLY Drink Formula
Asked by S.Z. from Portland
on February 12, 2008
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My dear daughter is only 9 months old, but she will NOT drink anything but formula. As soon as she tastes it, she makes a gross face and throws it on the floor. She ...
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- First of all, if she is allergic to milk, you should not try giving it to her. There is nothing wrong with keeping her on formula for now. They make formula for olde...
- S., Don't want it all at once!!! Kids will let you know what they want when they do. If you push to hard you might get a negative response. Formula is really all sh...
- S....just stick w/offering her the other things. It's easy to panic and think they're "refusing" it but I remember my pediatrician telling me one time "in my 25 years...
Recommendations for Milk - Switching from Formula
Asked by D.M. from Dallas
on May 19, 2009
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My daughter will soon be one and we will be switching her over from formula to milk. I've started doing research regarding the best type of milk to give her. I do no...
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- I gave all 3 of my girls skim milk. Same good stuff way less bad stuff.
- Hi Dorothy, I didn't and still don't give my children or family cow's milk. When/if I do, it is organic, no pesticides, hormones, antibiotic free...Horizon's milk. ...
- Braum's has a Fresh Market, and they sell good, hormone-free milk,and it's usually cheaper than anywhere else. You can go to Braums.com to find the one closest to you...
Daughter Hates the Taste of Soy Formula, What Can I Do?
Asked by T.C. from Des Moines
on October 2, 2008
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My daughter is going on 11 months old and a few weeks ago I started to wean her. She is breastfed, but has taken bottles since she was very young, so it isn't a bottl...
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- U can buy powdered goats milk, it is not formula but i mixed it with soy formula for my son & he liked it
- Did you try target brand Soy formula? people say it's sweeter or the parents choice at walmart? OR try just regular soy milk(Silk Brand) mixed with soy formula? My son...
- Since she is 11 months old, if this were my baby, I would try soy milk and see if she likes it or has any bad reactions to it. If soy milk doesn't work, you can move ...
Switching My 1 Year Old to Milk / Really Bad Diaper Rash
Asked by R.M. from Rockford
on August 3, 2010
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So my daughter just turned one a few weeks ago and i just started mixing a little milk in her bottle to try and transition her (about 6 ounces of formula to 2 ounces o...
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- That is exactly what happened with my daughter too - when she stopped nursing and started taking milk in a sippy cup with meals. My husband is lactose intolerant so h...
- Two of my three kids were lactose intolerant for a while at this age. One was on lactose free milk and the other had to have soy. It didn't last long and it didn't do ...
- she could be lactose intolerant or have a milk protein allergy, Why we wean our children off of human breastmilk to put them on cows breastmilk still baffles me...cons...
Baby Doesn't like Milk
Asked by J.W. from Sacramento
on August 28, 2008
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My boy is almost a year old and this week I introduced cow's whole milk into his diet. I am trying to wean him and he never had an ounce of formula before. Every time ...
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- Hi J., Children are smart. There is a reason why he does not like it. Do not force him to drink it if he does not like it. Try giving him hemp milk or rice...
- My pediatrician told me to hold off on cow's milk until about 15 months or so and go with breast milk until then. Another option is goat's milk, which my sister tried...
- My baby girl had nothing, but breast milk until she was 15-months old. When she turned 1 year I tried and tired to give her cow’s milk, soy milk, almond mil, but she...
Seeking Help About a Baby That Cant Have Soy or Regular Milk
Asked by A.S. from Chicago
on March 16, 2007
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My son is 16 mons old and we are having a lot of problems with milk and soy milk. His drs keep telling me that he will grow out of it or the one even told me that kids...
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- You can always try rice milk. Otherwise you can try orange juice and cheese. All my kids have sensitivities to milk once they got of formula now that they are older th...
- My dd has several food allergies, including milk. some outgrow, some don't. It's not guarantee. Be very very careful with almond milk. If you child has soy and/or...
- A., Mt husband has a severe milk allergy and has since he was a baby. His mom has told me that the doctors all said that it wasn't a milk allergy when he was a bab...
Transition to Whole Milk at 1Yr
Asked by K.S. from Detroit
on March 14, 2010
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My daughter was breastfed pumped milk until she was 5 months old then we switched to organic formula because I could not produce enough. Now we have slowly tried to tr...
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- I had a hard time getting my son to drink milk at one year also, but his problem was just a preference issue. Did you do it gradually, like 75% formula to 25% milk fo...
- Hey! I'm not an expert in any way in this area but I can tell you my experience...we switched our son to soy not because of constipation but because he was getting pre...
- Go with soy or almond or rice milk. Cows milk is not made for humans but for calves. Our bodies don't produce enough rennin (notice that its added to many cheeses an...
