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EAT => Food Allergies => Topic started by: mommyof2girls on October 19, 2009, 03:00:47 am
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so im not sure where to go with my lo. she was on neocate then we got her weaned to alimentum when she was 10 months which she did great on. she can only have the ready to feed though. any powdered formulas she throws up. i think its the cornstarch in it??? anyway. our GI dr said to wean her to soy milk at 1 yr. which was going well...i was mixing half alimentum half soy milk. but once i got to using more soy milk and less alimentum she started to refuse to drink it! i dont think she likes the taste. i have tried unflavored, vanilla and chocolate soy milk. my GI dr said i need to make her drink it? how do u MAKE a 1 yr old drink somthing???? anyways im not sure where to go from here? should i try rice milk or pedisure i dont know what to do? i tried to use the Good start 2 soy formula but she puked (they only make it in powder)! i need some advice!!!!
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Hi there, sorry to hear things aren't going too smoothly with this transition. Could you perhaps go even slower with the transition? Not sure how you are doing it, one ounce at a time, but perhaps go even slower?
I've heard other mom's go through similar experiences and the babies usually will, slowly, increase their intake on the new milk. Sometimes it can just take them awhile to adjust to it.
Rice milk is great if your lo is eating lots of fats and proteins, because the rice milk lacks in this area compared to soy/diary. But I know moms who add protein and fat to rice milk to make it work, I had to do that at a point as well.
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You could also try other milks. Like coconut milk, almond milk? My dd is mspi and also has a corn allergy. Corn allergies are SO difficult, especially if you are in the US - corn is in EVERYTHING. We've had some great success w/almond milk recently....you can get lots of different flavors.
Good luck!
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well i was trying to do rice milk & my LO loved it but my GI dr freaked about it!! said it has no calories or vitamins or protein...so now we are trying pediasure....so far so good!!! and scarlett'smom you are def right about the corn being in everything!!! the corn allergy is def the hardest!!