Hi there. So my lo has been on rtd alimentum since she was 3 months old. We tried giving her whole organic cows milk (mixing into her formala slowly) little over 3 weeks ago. She became super congested then starting having this odd dry hacking cough (not a ton but few times a day) once I got her up to 1/2 cows milk. Her sleep sucks she wakes up crying her head off like 5-10 times a night. It was super ridiculous. So I dropped the milk and kept her on straight formula for now so I can reseach other options. Incase anyone is wondering she will turn 1 on Friday.
Anyway since dropping the cows milk nasal conestion has cleared ALOT. Oh rash that everyone kepy saying was from teething was gone two days later yet she's still teething Sleeping through the night excpet last night. I accidently gave her half a pouch of food that had dairy it in. Yup...up crying on and off from 2am. This is getting long sorry. Basically we've seen major improvement since being off cows milk.
So here is my concern. She is little. Only weighs about 17.5 pounds wears 9 months clothes mostly and eats but is very picky and doesn't eating alot. When people see her they often think she is about 8-9 months just to give you an idea. We are small too though daddy is only 5'6 and I am 5'3.
So I was leaning towards almond milk but the calories are low. I won't do soy. She likes her fats like egg yolk, dariy free butter, avocado things like that so that's good. She like turkey and cod. But I did like the looks of hemp. I have no clue how it tastes though. Trying to weigh out my options so if anyone has any sugestions, opinions let me know. I would go with an unsweetened version and looks like hemp has 70 calories so 30 more than almond. I know there is cococut too but don't know a ton about the vitamins it offers etc...
Re: Non dairy milk options