I am looking for a way to transfer my 10 month old from her amino acid based formula milk. I haven't decided if I want cow's milk to be the end result or if I want to put her on somthing else. AFORDABILITY is the key word here plus my three year old drink's cows milk and has been since she was about a year old. I was advised not to use soy milk even though I used it to transfer my older daughter and I had no issues. The gastrologist is suggesting soy milk (after allergy testing to make sure there are no allergies) but my daughter's chiropractor is telling me that coconut milk or almond milk is better and to stay away from cow's milk all together. My thoughts are if she has no allergies or intolerances to lactade (which she has had yogurt and cheese with no issues so far) then why not just slowly get her on cow's milk? Does anyone else have milk atternatives that are not expensive that you have tried? If she has no issues should I just transfer to cow's milk? WHat do you suggest that I use to make the transfer? I really do trust my Chiropractor but some of the things she suggests are just not in my budget. Obviously if she can't have cow's milk I will stay away from it but I grew up on it and my three year old drinks it and I am as healthy as anyone else. My husband has an intolerance and can not drink straight milk and has to be carefull how much ice cream he eats but he can eat cheese and other processed milk products so I am thinking she might have that issue so I don't want to push it.
To answer some of your questions. She is on Amino Acid based formula because she had severe acid reflux and her gastro thought it might have been acting up due to food allergies. Now she is almost completely off meds and has been fine with dairy products. She is having bloodwork done in a couple weeks to see what food allergies she might have. She was eating coconut milk yogurt for awhile and she liked that so I am thinking if she can't have soy (which is still my first choice since it will not be long term) I will go with the coconut milk. If she can't have milk at all I will probably either stick with the coconut milk or go to the almond milk (again if no peanut allergies show up) Thanks for your advise. I take her to two differant Dr.s and a chiropractor and they all give me differant advise so I always just end up doing my own thing. Which is pretty much what I did with my older daughter and she is as healthy as they come and EXTREMELY smart.
I've heard many people talk about their concern with cow's milk but people have been drinking it for a looooong time, honestly. My family drinks milk, and I didn't think twice about switching them to it at 11 months. I was raised on it, and have no problems. Neither does anybody else in my family, all raised on cow's milk.
Well, I took both my kids off of formula and went straight to whole cows milk at about 10 months. My hubby, kind of like yours, has a bit on intolerance to milk, but can eat it in a processed form, but he does drink milk from time to time. I haven’t had any problems. I grew up on whole milk, and now we drink 2% only because my Hubbys Dr. suggested it for HIS health reasons, or we would be on whole milk (I like the taste better). If you want to spend the $$ on the expensive stuff then go ahead. Or if your child has other reasons on why should shouldn’t drink milk, then I see no problem.
My first question is why the amino acid based formula? Whatever issue caused the need for that is likely still going to be an issue. My son was on special formula due to dairy issues, and soy issues, he's 17 months and still can not have dairy, but does ok with soy.
To much soy is an issue as someone else mentioned, I've heard good things about rice milk, but I'd stay far away from almond milk if there are allergies involved.
I've also heard goat's milk is normally ok for people sensitive to cow's milk.
Not soy milk.
It has naturally occurring estrogen in it, which is said to affect the adrenal glands/hormones in children, and being the adrenal glands are still developing in a child, it is affected by it.
Long story short: a friend has twin girls. At about 6-7 years old, they started to menstruate. My friend gave them soy milk due to preference, and her girls LOVE soy milk and drank it readily. The Specialist they saw, per the abnormally early menstruation and much research into their family said, stop... giving them the soy milk. It took several months, for their bodies to regulate and normalize, for the menstruating to stop.
For toddlers, the reason whole milk is recommended is that the "milk fats" in it is an essential nutrient for brain growth and development.
That said, try asking your Pediatrician, what alternatives there are.
Whether or not you use cow's milk, is a personal choice.
There is also organic whole milk.
Then, there is the factor about WILL the child like it, and/or any other milk alternatives you try. Some toddlers like it, some do not.
My son, from breastfeeding, just switched to whole milk (cow's), very easily. My daughter on the other hand does not like milk of any kind. So then, she has to take calcium supplements. Girls, especially, need the calcium as well.
My sibling is lactose intolerant. I am not.
Each person is different. But we are in the same family.
And, none of my parents are lactose intolerant.
A lot of chrios don't believe in cows milk. Mine said it's only ment for baby cows to drink. That we don't go around giving our family breast milk. So we should not drink cows milk. My kids can't have it. I gave them soy when they were smaller but some say it's not good to have them on it long term becuase the hormones now if they drink milk its rice or almond. They don't like cocunut.
Good luck and God Bless!
If your daughter has no problems with cows milk, why not just try it? She may look at it funny the first time she tries it, but most children accept it with no problem after a few tries. Two of my daughters have 1 year olds that they recently switched to cows milk with no problems. My grandson didn't even seem to notice it. Mom handed him his bottle thinking he would notice it had milk in it instead of formula, but he accepted it right away without even blinking. My grand daughter, when handed her first bottle of milk, tasted it, pulled the bottle out of her mouth, looked at it like she knew something was different then just drank it. No problems with either of them.
