MY CHILD IS ALLERGIC TO REGULAR MILK, HAS ANYONE'S CHILD HAVE THIS PROBLEM?

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You could go back to breastfeeding, it wouldn't be that hard to get your milk supply back.

In any case there's no real need for cow's milk, its just a convenient source of fat, protein, and arguably calcium. However milk consumption particularly in toddlers is associated with iron deficiency and other problems.

You could also try goat or sheep milk, you can get condensed or powdered goat's milk if you can't find it locally. In some places you can get other milks such as horse, camel, etc I'm not sure of the nutrient content of those.

There are lots of cultures where no one drinks the milk of another species and they are as healthy if not healthier than cultures that drink milk. However many of those cultures nurse until a child is much older. 1 year olds generally drink most of their nutrition, rather than eat it, so it can be hard to get a balanced diet without a 'milk' but its not impossible....Show more

Well, throwing up does not look like a natural allergy to me. Breaking out in bumps or rash, turning another colour, sneezing, obstacle respiring, itching - the ones are extra natural indicators of an hypersensitive reaction. The throwing up turns out extra indicative of rejecting the style. Maybe he simply does not just like the chocolate milk. That mentioned, I'm now not a health care professional. You must take the boy to peer one. Assuming it's an hypersensitive reaction even though, we could paintings with that for a minute. If he has an hostile response to chocolate milk, however to not constant milk, it could look that he's reacting to some thing that's within the chocolate milk that's now not within the constant milk. The visible element could be chocolate. But for the reason that your son does now not have a response to chocolate by myself, it's regularly now not the chocolate. To be certain, you could must evaluate each the constant and chocolate forms of your milk to uncover simplest the components which are distinctive (there is regularly extra than simply the chocolate). Then scan every individually (and below a physicians discretion) to uncover out if any exact one is the supply of the response. Good Luck!...Show more

According to my son's allergist (my son has multiple allergies- eggs, dairy, tree nuts peanuts), soy milk is not the only option but if your child is not allergic to soy- it is the HEALTHIEST option. Soy milk is calcium fortified and has added fats. I was told no goats milk because it does not have the fats that a growing toddler needs. I tried my son coconut milk and his nutritionist did not like it, it had 10% Calcium whereas his Soy Milk that he drinks (the Silk brand if you are in the USA), it has 30% calcium.

Also- if he's truly allergic to the cow's milk protein (which sounds like he is but the doctor will verify, if its your pediatrician you're going to....they should refer you to an allergist and if not you should ask to be, children with allergies usually have more than one so I would hold off on eggs if you haven't given them to him yet and also get him tested for other common food allergies just to cover your bases)....opps kind off went on a tangent but anyways, you shouldn't be giving him anything which contains dairy such as ice cream, cheese, yogurt and other things because they contain the same protein that is in the milk that he is allergic to....Show more

I presume this has been verified by your Doctor. Soy or Goats milk may be the answer but please get Doctors advice on this before experimenting. Don't wait till friday, call your doctor sooner and he/she may be able to see you sooner....Show more

My sons had a similar problem when they were babies. We tried goats milk and that worked pretty good....Show more