Someone told me that when they say 'not suitable as a whole milk food under 2 years' means that it's OK on cereal, in cooking, in a cup here and there but not if that's their only food ie like breastmilk or formula - she was a pead nurse so I'd assume she'd know what she was talking about
My paed did tell us not to give DS soy until he was over 12 months. He's 14 months now, has been having it on cereal since about 13 months and drinking it from a cup once or twice a day for probably 2 weeks and we haven't had any issues.
Hopefully someone can pop in and give us a straight answer!
The issue is that babies are unable to absorb the calcium that the rice milk says it has. So you can't count on 1 cup rice milk = 1 cup cows milk in the calcium stakes. It also is low fat, and children need more fat in their diets. If they aren't getting it from other sources, they generally get it in the milk.
Jovie has been on rice milk since 18 months. She is intolerant to soy and goats milk and is allergic to dairy. So our options are limited. I was on an elimination diet while breastfeeding, and then when she weaned... we gave her rice milk. She has 2 large cups of rice milk a day, and has other foods to increase her calcium and other foods to increase her fat intake. Things like avocado and hummous, etc etc.... We got help from a dietician when planning her solids diet & her weaning diet.
Hun every paediatrician I've seen have been more work than its worth!!! If you have a good paed already, go for it!
We saw 4 paeds with Matilda before I saw the allergist (who the paed told me not to see ) and found out she was seriously allergic to cows milk. They gave me diagnosis like :difficult child, problem behaviour, "reflux", and the last one was failure to thrive... but none were willing to do anything about it. I went to an allergist and dietician who helped me figure things out with her.
I never even checked whether I could or couldn't give the boys rice milk - both have been on it since they were just on 12 months (and lactose free formula after I finished BF). I think the issue is that it is not a "complete milk food for infants". But if you are not giving them lactose free milk (some bubs are alergic to the protein in milk) and don't want to give boys soy milk because of the oestrogen issues, then rice milk is the go. Really though, if a 12 month old is having a full, balanced diet, then calcium enriched rice milk should surely be ok.
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) and found out she was seriously allergic to cows milk. They gave me diagnosis like :difficult child, problem behaviour, "reflux", and the last one was failure to thrive... but none were willing to do anything about it. I went to an allergist and dietician who helped me figure things out with her.
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