Cow's milk alternative

sleepymonkey · January 2015

Does anyone have their LO drinking something other than cow's milk? Julia turned 1 on NYE and I started trying to introduce cow's milk a few weeks ago. Every single time she has had any milk, she has gotten constipated within a day or 2 to the point where she is straining and crying until she finally goes. I noticed the same thing happened the few time I gave her yogurt a few months ago. I would really like to get her off formula but when she gets constipated drinking just 2 oz of milk, I can't imagine what it would be like with more. And I already struggle with getting her to eat any table food so I know she's not really getting much nutrition from that. She goes for her one year check up next week and I will bring it up with her doctor but I figured I would just see if anyone else has had a similar experience.

Cbowl · January 2015

I've been doing a mix of almond milk and wcm - mostly because my LO refuses to drink WCM straight. In fairness she barely will drink the blend and I'm desperately trying to wean with little luck.

RockiesNugget · January 2015

LO has a milk protein intolerance and our Pediatrician said we could do any kind of milk we wished, but said to avoid rice milk and said she liked almond over coconut as it wasn't as sweet as long as we got unsweetened. LO is still getting Breastmilk, but we have been mixing half BM with Almond milk in a cup once a day to get him familiar with it.

KMKaiser07 · January 2015

I too do almond milk because LO will not drink cows milk. I am still attempting to give it to him but no such luck yet.

sleepymonkey · January 2015

I am going to stick with formula until her appointment but I will ask the pedi about almond milk. I have a similar reaction when I have too much dairy so I have a feeling she got it from me. I have heard that her pedi tells people to quit formula at 1 so we'll have to figure something out.

RJBrownie84 · January 2015

We've been going with almond milk, but no set way. Sometimes he gets strait almond milk, sometimes strait breastmilk, and sometimes we mix them.

I try to make sure he gets some healthy fats, like avocado, if he does mostly almond milk. We haven't had any problems, I just try to avoid dairy and my hubs has a lot of lactose intolerance in his family.

forrystar · January 2015

I'm another fan of almond milk. I'm vegetarian and we don't do milk at all in our household. She's transitioned great and as PP said, we make sure she's eating avocado and other foods that have healthy fats in them. Good luck!

fauxvegan · January 2015

We don't have any dairy at our house. Our pedi was okay with LO drinking coconut milk for now. She's also still BF. I want her to drink almond milk, but she doesn't like it. For constipation I give LO some cultured coconut milk and that seems to help pretty quickly.

lollipoppoop · January 2015

We were having the exact same problem and switched to almond milk after getting the ok a few days ago. Our pedi also mentioned the toddler formula but she eats plenty of big meals so she said she didn't think it was necessary.

asws1208 · January 2015

W had diarrhea constantly with the whole milk. Pedi said try 2% and it is working great! Maybe ask about switching up from whole? A friend's baby just went through same transition from whole to 2% because of constipation. No problems for him either!

kattiedid · January 2015

I give my DS who turned 1 on Dec 2nd Enfagrow stage 3.. has everything our babies need. He loves it and I still give him cows milk too when we are out of the house.

My pedi said that you don't have to switch to whole milk, she says that formula is fine and they do make different ones that go up to 2 years old.

Designermomma · January 2015

I've heard goats milk is good but have not tried it

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