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.
Okay, feeling bad here, I have recently switched DS over to calcium enriched rice milk - I didn't know it was a problem before two! Maybe we should see a dietician.......can anyone recommend a good one in Melbourne?
Arimeh- We have very similar sounding poo issues here. As well as tummy pains from cows milk. Before switching to rice milk the Dr suggested i try a lactose free milk. So i did and poo is a much better consistency and no more screaming from tummy pains.
From what i have read kids can have an intolerance to the lactose or to the milk protein. If it is just the lactose then lactose free milk is great. I can only get UHT though, but she seems to like it ok. If the intolerance is to the protein then obvioucly you need a non-dairy alternative.
You already suggested soy wasn't the best alternative so i thought i'd be controversial and state my opinion, but it is just that, my opinion after doing some research. I wouldn't give anyone soy milk, particularly not my kids. I think soy products are ok in small amounts, but not as the main milk drink in anyones diet. I know alot of the reasearch is not all that valid and a bit controversial, but there is enough evidence for me to steer clear of the stuff. I used to be the soy chai queen, but no longer! Before giving your kids Soy make sure you do a bit of reading and are happy to do so.
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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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