so if i remove dairy what do i give her??

[Olive]

it looks like i need to eliminate dairy from DD2 (13 months) diet, what do i give her instead??
not keen on soy unless its non genetically modified (i assume they exist?)
or do i try rice milk??
what safe and ok for a baby?
shes breastfed so i can express

[~clover~]

Goats milk? I'm sure I heard of it given to them, but I dunno.
Are you removing all dairy or just lactose? You can get lactose free milk?

[meow]

You can get organic soy milk, so that's non-GM. But I wouldn't recommend soy milk as it's a) easy to over do the amount of soy when drinking it (esp for little ones) and b) is a common allergen anyway.

Personally I'd switch to rice milk. Or else goat's milk as it's easier for human's to digest- but it depends if she has to be totally non-dairy.

[DaintreeDream]

Just following you around Olive

[Ryatha]

Hi Olive, if your DD2 is lactose intollerant then you might be able to use the lactose free milks, they are available in the fresh as well as longlife.

After trying heaps of formulas for DD1 who was refluxy and eventually lactose intollerant we used a formula that was lactose free, goats milk and soy milks just didn't do it for her. She was able to eat mature cheeses and yogurts as the amount of lactose is less in them.

If she is dairy intollerant, then you would probably have to go to goats milk or soy milk. I know in Adelaide at the markets I could get goats cheese that was actually tasty and didn't taste like goat

HTH

[BekZ]

My DD1 was dairy intolerant and she had rice milk from 12 months on wards

[Matryoshka]

Just comparing nutrition labels, we found oat milk seemed better over rice milk as rice milk had more carbs, less protein - but brands vary so read the labels. Both are fortified with extra calcium.

Also in regards to food, we replaced cheese with hommous, on sandwhiches etc. Both boys love hommous now even though they are back on dairy.

[cindyb]

If it is a lactose issue - you can buy lactose free milk and yogurts and cheeses etc.... The milk is in the UHT long life milke section and it is actually really nice (my niece cant have lactose so we have it here for when she is over)