What to drink besides WCM?

UMichGirl

If your LO can't have WCM what do you give them? Pedi advised against rice milk because it didn't have as much fat I believe....said almond milk was a good alternative but DS hasn't had any tree nuts and I'm nervous to give him anything like that until we've been to the allergist. So I'm just curious...what do you use? DS is 13 months and I feel a bit behind since he is still taking 3-4 bottles a day of neocate.

shotzie

My LO's drink some rice milk each day. I cook with olive oil/drizzle it on veggies, and they eat avocados, so they get healthy fats. Sometimes I add pea protein powder to the milk, but not very often. I think sunbutter has a good amount of fat in it. [Point being, they can get fat, protein, etc., from foods as opposed to mainly some form of milk].

Coconut milk has a good amount of fat it in, but my LO's don't like it very much. They love coconut milk ice cream though.

mrsmac08

We started my twins with rice milk at a year (one has a milk allergy, the other soy & peanuts)...we switched to almond milk at about 16 months. They did well on both - healthy and growing.

mrsannie

DS drinks coconut milk. He also eats a lot of avocado for good fats.

tbmadeamistake

DD drinks rice milk each day.   She tolerates yogurt and cheese really well so she gets full fat both of those each day.  Happy and healthy 95% baby over here

UMichGirl

RVASC811 said:

If your LO can't have WCM what do you give them? Pedi advised against rice milk because it didn't have as much fat I believe....said almond milk was a good alternative but DS hasn't had any tree nuts and I'm nervous to give him anything like that until we've been to the allergist. So I'm just curious...what do you use? DS is 13 months and I feel a bit behind since he is still taking 3-4 bottles a day of neocate.

I am closely watching this thread as my 9.5 month old is milk allergic! Also, I'm wondering why you haven't been to the allergist yet?

We had been told that since we knew he reacted, to not give him any of it anyway, and that sometimes testing them before a year isn't accurate (the GI doctor gave us a much more detailed explanation than that, but that was the gist!)  So we'll be going this month.

magdusia

DS1 drank rice milk from 1 to 2 and nothing since.  Personally i'm not a fan of rice milk.  

DS2 is not allergic but intolerant to dairy and i didn't want to give him rice milk so we opted for coconut milk.  It has the fat and calcium needed.  Once my DS1 outgrew his tree nut allergies i started mixing coconut milk with almond milk (half/half) so DS2 who is 19 months old drinks coconut and almond milk. 

tnd81

magdusia said:

Once my DS1 outgrew his tree nut allergies i started mixing coconut milk with almond milk (half/half) so DS2 who is 19 months old drinks coconut and almond milk. 

Magdusia, did you see one of the brands makes an almond/coconut milk mix? I want to say its Blue Diamond. My DD likes it in her cereal. But she now (3 yrs) is like your son and doesn't drink any milk anymore. That Silk Fruit & Protein is what she lives off.

magdusia

I have to look into the silk fruit & protein drink!  my (almost) 4 year old has some anxiety over food and drinks and giving him something different is a struggle.. i doubt he'd try it but i can use it in baking for extra "fruity" flavor.  

tnd81 said:

Once my DS1 outgrew his tree nut allergies i started mixing coconut milk with almond milk (half/half) so DS2 who is 19 months old drinks coconut and almond milk. 

Magdusia, did you see one of the brands makes an almond/coconut milk mix? I want to say its Blue Diamond. My DD likes it in her cereal. But she now (3 yrs) is like your son and doesn't drink any milk anymore. That Silk Fruit & Protein is what she lives off.

tnd81

Give it a try! They have 3 fruit flavors and my DD loves them all. I'm not big on so much soy but its the only thing she'll drink with protein in it.