Hello fellow mommies! My LO is coming up on 5 months on the 26th, I have been exclusively breastfeeding up until about a week ago. We introduced pureed bananas apples & sweet potatoes. Some for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Of course breastfeeding in between & whenever else my baby boy wants it. I was considering introducing an organic almond milk, or silk milk every now & then. Like when I'm at work & he is with his grandparents. I don't really want to use cow milk, what do you guys think? Have any of you tried this? I would still be breastfeeding. He'd get a bottle of the almond milk maybe once a day.
Are you pumping? Can you just leave them a bottle? I would consider supplementing with formula before I would consider any other kind of milk.
Quick google search tells me not only should babies not have any other type of milk until after 1 year, but almond milk shouldn't be introduced until even later (few sources said 2) because of nut allergy risks.
If you are looking for alternative milk options, goat's milk is supposedly closest to breast milk. I'd still do formula over goat though. Is there a reason you aren't considering formula? I drink almond milk, and the my carton even says "not to be used as infant formula".
I agree with what pp's have said. The only thing I can add is my 2cents on goat's milk... I actually supplemented DD1 with goat's milk (with her Pedi's ok) because she wasn't gaining weight and was labeled "failure to thrive." The goat's milk worked wonders for her. She did better on it than formula.
Re: Organic almond or silk milk?
Quick google search tells me not only should babies not have any other type of milk until after 1 year, but almond milk shouldn't be introduced until even later (few sources said 2) because of nut allergy risks.
I drink almond milk, and the my carton even says "not to be used as infant formula".