Something other than cow's milk?

goldenleaves · February 2013

Lauren is turning 1 and it's looking like she has a milk sensitivity (it's been a concern for months and the pediatrician is aware). I gave her cow's milk yesterday (she's had it before but never so much at once- 3oz). She "spit up" aka threw up even more than usual with formula.

What's a good option for us? I'm going to ask the pediatrician at her 1 year checkup.

tokenhoser · February 2013

You could try goat's milk, which is easier to digest than cow milk.

Then you can try the plant milks - they tend to be less calories and fat than WCM, so be sure to add lots of fat-rich solids to her diet. I'd aim to offer a couple different kinds. Coconut and hemp milk are higher and fat; a lot of parents try to limit soy because of the potential estrogen effects, so you may prefer almond. Rice milk doesn't really have much nutrition, so I'd avoid that.

jilladelario · February 2013

Most people who are allergic to cow's milk do not have any problems with goat milk. I plan on getting a goat and putting us all on it in 5 years. Almond milk might be another good choice

lcherian · February 2013

Did you try raw milk? Pasteurized milk is allergenic to many people.

Runaway22 · February 2013

lcherian:
Did you try raw milk? Pasteurized milk is allergenic to many people.

I am lactose intolerant and can only digest raw (or semi-raw) cow milk or goat milk (pasteurized, from the store). I use goat milk for cooking, too. It works great!

rowergirl81 · February 2013

Runaway22:
lcherian:
Did you try raw milk? Pasteurized milk is allergenic to many people.
I am lactose intolerant and can only digest raw (or semi-raw) cow milk or goat milk (pasteurized, from the store). I use goat milk for cooking, too. It works great!

Be careful giving raw milk to babies--their immature immune systems really can't handle the bacterias that adult immune systems can. There is a very important reason for pasteurization.

Also--almond milk is a prettty weak substitute for cow/goat milk. It has virtually no calories, fat or protein. I would go with coconut milk if you have to find a milk alternative.

SnoopyLuv · February 2013

We started on soy. I didn't care for the purported health issues, so then we went to rice. It hardly had any calories so we moved to almond. Now, we do an almond& coconut blend to give a little fat and calories. J loves it, and will still drink soymilk if that's all that's available. She gets diarrhea with cow's milk and I'd prefer her not to have it anyway. Milk is treated like a treat in my house, only once a day at a mealtime. Otherwise, she drinks water and I make sure she has a lot of calcium, protein and fats.

BriDaily · February 2013

As long as your daughter is getting calcium from other sources and plenty of healthy fats, this shouldn't be a huge problem. Just as an example - a serving of kale actually has far more calcium per serving which is more easily digested by the body than the calcium in a serving a milk.

lcherian · February 2013

rowergirl81:
Runaway22:
lcherian:
Did you try raw milk? Pasteurized milk is allergenic to many people.
I am lactose intolerant and can only digest raw (or semi-raw) cow milk or goat milk (pasteurized, from the store). I use goat milk for cooking, too. It works great!
Be careful giving raw milk to babies--their immature immune systems really can't handle the bacterias that adult immune systems can. There is a very important reason for pasteurization.
Also--almond milk is a prettty weak substitute for cow/goat milk. It has virtually no calories, fat or protein. I would go with coconut milk if you have to find a milk alternative.

That's the first time I'm hearing that. Many people in other countries give raw cow milk to babies, even infants.

kdjudd · February 2013

Like the other ladies have mentioned, I would try raw milk or goats milk! Then if that doesn't work I'd try coconut, almond, or something along those lines!

tokenhoser · February 2013

I would agree that raw milk is not ideal for a one year old. Pasteurization was invented for a reason.

And I say this as someone raised on raw milk. I never got any superpowers from it at all.

beautiflaw · February 2013

We are thinking that DD has some lactose intolerance too. We have been giving her almond milk and she likes it, she also like coconut milk, but I would definitely be sure to watch for an allergic reaction with coconut milk. Our pedi said that lots of people have coconut allergies. We haven't tried goats milk but I may give that a try since it looks like DD is losing weight since we stopped giving her cow's milk, in spite of the fact that we have tried giving her the fat in other ways via solids.

Marsee · February 2013

Another vote for goat milk. It's composition is closer to human breast milk than cow's milk is. DS has been drinking raw goat milk since he turned one (no allergies or anything) and does really well with it. The probiotics in raw milk might help her sensitive stomach.

happywife2b · February 2013

Goat milk is the most similar to breast milk. Make sure to add some baby vitamin drops so LO gets all the vitamins she needs. There are tons of options; try googling this. I think I have seen 20 threads on this topic across different boards just int he past week!

goldenleaves · February 2013

Thank you so much for the ideas and information!

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