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Offering cheese to your LO...
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Okay, I still have nightmares sometimes about how bad poor D's belly was at the beginning ...
But I offered yogurt and he is loving it.
I am thinking of cheese next... Did you just offer American cheese? ( especially if you are a mom who has a LO with a (former) dairy intolerance?
This may seem like a silly post but I am gun shy! 
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Re: Offering cheese to your LO...
I would probably go with a slice of american.
Of course, my child has an iron gut, so you may want to wait for other opinions, lol.
mine didn't have dairy issues but cheese is a big hit with both of them.
i mainly give them cheese sticks, mozzarella and mild cheddar. theo only eats cheese melted in his food (i am going to be pureeing his food until he goes to college) but marlo loves to feed herself and the cheese sticks cut up are perfect for her. i also let her taste whatever i am having and she loves it all, especially feta.
From one dairy traumatized mama to another...
I tried cheese and it was a sh&t show. Yogurt is somehow ok, but cheese is still not. I offered cheddar a while back.... I think I'll give it another try in a bit.
(But I have some dairy issues myself too and somehow I can tolerate yogurt but not cheese, so it might just be inherited)
4 Fresh IVF cycles + 1 FET where embies didn't survive the thaw = 2 perfect little men!
sFET 11/9/11 - Beta 11/18 BFP!
My LO uses Similac Sensitive and is ultra gassy, but he likes American cheese.
No issues here. Good Luck!
E had a MPI as an infant and when we started cheese, our pedi recommended starting with swiss or another white cheese, but now I can't remember why!
But luckily, she had no problem with any cheese and then completely outgrew the MPI around 13 months.
Because we're fancy like that.
I think colby and swiss have less lactose than American.
C did great with yogurt. Cheese gave him a bit of gas at first, so we were careful to not give cheese and yogurt on the same day. It's no problem now. Also, he loves his milk and drinks it all the time, no issue.
GL. I hope D's transition is as seamless.
One last thought- if he's tolerating yogurt, he can probably tolerate similac sensitive (if you haven't switched him already).
After 2 rounds of IVF & 2 rounds of FET, we were blessed with identical twin girls!
Colby-jack and string cheese sticks were good first cheeses here (and at daycare - all the kids start with and love those!). They are mild in flavor and Will devours them!! Since trying those, he has moved on to cheddar and basically everything else. He's a cheese machine!
Good luck!
G had milk protein sensitivities and had no issues with yogurt or cheese. The proteins are different - hopefully you have a similar experience.
When you say American cheese, do you mean cheese slices? I wouldn't offer that first. It's a processed cheese product and if he does have an issue, you won't know if it's because of the dairy or one of the other ingredients. I'd stick to real cheddar, mozzerella etc.
Good luck!