Roryrory I think the main issue is when they are getting more rice milk than anything else yes? Maybe that parents are giving it as a milk substitute for calcium and fat intake as well.
Oh god I am really stressing now, Quinn is allergic to milk and has a major intolerance to soy so rice was my only option. He is only 13 months but weaned himself just before 12 months because I am pregnant.
The problem is he won't eat at the moment, no vegetables at all, a little meat, the occasional fruit, he will have dry cereals and corn/rice cakes with nutlex and vegemite but he is not getting enough nutrients and now to find that rice milk may not be good for him either is really worrying me.
I don't know where else I can turn though. The dietition was fine with the rice milk when he was eating really well but since the fussiness set in I am worried
DS is still having rice milk. We have recently seen a Naturopath in relation to possible intolerances, and he was more than happy with DS having rice milk as a replacement. I explained that we had tried goat's milk, but that DS wouldn't have a bar of it (can't blame him ), so rice milk was the next option. I expressed some concern, but he was totally unfussed. Which is good, as the blood test results are back and they show a fairly strong dairy intolerance!
Eternalbear, if you are really concerned then contact your dietician again and mention that he's being fussy with his food. I hope he decides eating is cool again soon!
Last edited by Janie; March 26th, 2009 at 08:53 AM.
Tyler's gets a "strong positive" reaction to Soy and a "mild reaction" to cows milk when he had bloot tests in August. Currently he still is BF and I express and he has this on his Weet Bix too. My Naturopath is happy for him to not have any calcium suppliments as he's getting some thru BFing and also thru greens like broccoli.
We're going to the Children's Hospital on Tuesday to get full allergy testing done. After that we might see a dietitian to help with his food.
AT least we can avoid soy due to his allergies. Rice milk might be our only option.
DS (2yrs 3 months) has been on rice milk since he was 13 months old due to allergies. Now his allergist, paed gastro and an allergy dietician have all said its fine but:
- they dont absorb calcium from the rice milk due to the type of calcium used, so you need to give them a calcium supplement
- it doesnt have enough protein nor fats, so you need to make up for this in their diet
All his docs have said basically its white water (or one said she thinks its like coke full of nothing useful). You really need to fill out the rest of their diet. I was told the warning is because rice milk doesnt have the beneficial things cows milk does - good calcium, vitamin a, d, b. So my DS is on a calcium supplement, vitamin d and b2.
The key thing to remember is that your kids are laying down the calcium in their bones now.
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), so rice milk was the next option. I expressed some concern, but he was totally unfussed. Which is good, as the blood test results are back and they show a fairly strong dairy intolerance!
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