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[Purplemaniacs]

Hi, hopefully someone may be able to give me some advice, my 11 month old granddaughter has been rather poorly recently and lost a lot of weight. DD has taken her to the doctor today who has diagnosed an allergy to milk.

 

DD has been shopping and to her shock has found milk in all sorts of unexpected foods.

 

Does anyone have any advice while we wait for the referral to the paediatrician and dietician.

 

Thanks.

 

Chrissie

[Rhapsody]

I had this with elder son. The only advice I can offer is to stay wawy from any processed foods and eat pure and homecooked. There is no milk in meat fish or vegetables or wholemeal bread- or eggs!

[abwsco]

Sorry to read this Chrissie My youngest DD was on a wheat and milk free diet for a while but we were told not to cut anything out until we had seen the dietician. Quickly found this

 

Shopping was a nightmare as it is hidden in so many things. Also goats or lambs milk products were a no no as well.

 

Hope she doesn't have long to wiat for an apppointment.

[ubereglu]

Good Luck with this. My sister is the same and cannot have milk either, this was particularly prominent when she first started uni and was catered for, as she couldn't eat half the food she was given.

 

Try and cook most things from fresh so you know that it definitely has no milk in. Swap normal milk for either soya milk or rice milk, (Depending on what she prefers). Also with margarines go for sunflower spreads, such as pure or Vitalite, (Vitalite is cheaper and very good actually, especially for making cakes with!).

 

If you need any other help feel free to PM me.

[Purplemaniacs]

Thank you for your replies, lots of helpful information.

 

GD used to like yogurt does anyone know if there are any suitable yogurt type products that an 11 month old would like?

 

Chrissie

[whoopsie]

My friend's son (aged 2) is allergic to wheat, dairy, eggs, nuts, oats and sesame seeds, so i'm a bit of an expert now! He loves the alpro soya yogurts and does very well on such a restricted diet. It may not be milk that's the issue though unless she's recently stopped breastfeeding and gone onto formula/cows milk. You may also find once she's been tested that goats milk is fine - my brother was ok on goat but not cow.

 

Good luck with it - Not sure where you are but get proper allergy testing done not just a dietician appointment. Push for somewhere like Kings College in London where they do the job properly.

[Egluntyne]

Thank you for your replies, lots of helpful information.

 

GD used to like yogurt does anyone know if there are any suitable yogurt type products that an 11 month old would like?

 

Chrissie

 

Alpro Soya yoghurts are scrumptious.

[Valkyrie]

I agree, especially the choccy ones. Alpro soya chocolate milk is very nice, but I don't particularly like the plain "milk". I prefer the plain So Good.

[Purplemaniacs]

Thank you

 

Off shopping later before DD and the little ones come over, I had better take a magnifying glass to read the small print.

 

Thanks for the advice, I knew omleteers would be able to help, I may be back later with more questions

 

Chrissie

[lisa33]

I was going to suggest the Alpro Chocolate Soya products too. mmmm.

 

May have to go buy some after work.

[BeckyBoo]

Hi there, try looking on vegan websites - appreciate she hasn't got to cut out meat and eggs etc but they have loads of milk free and substitue recipes. Oatley chocolate "milk"shake is to die for, Rice Dream is a lovely milk substitute, it comes in plain, vanilla, hazlenut, obviously check with the GP as I'm not sure if there's restrictions on such a young one, but hopefully now she's found out she should recover fairly quickly. And yes, milk is in EVERYTHING, crisps, biscuits, LOADS of processed foods - cheese powder is in loads of stuff, when I recently converted to veganism I was stunned to find out how much milk and cheese was in things! Sainsburys economy noodles (9p per pack!) despite saying chicken flavour are in fact suitable for vegans so have no dairy! Sainsburys (I think) ginger biscuits are suitable for vegans - no dairy. I know she's young so a lot of this won't apply, but as she gets older she won't have to do without treats, there's dairy free chocolate, you can make quiche by "liquefying" tofu to use instead of milk and eggs, so don't despair!

 

Good luck, hope she picks up quickly - if you go to the supermarket "free from" section they very often have quite a lot of milk and cheese free stuff - you can get dairy free cheese sauce powder which I find highly acceptable, Alpro yogs as stated are lovely (vegan cheese is a bit ) but Pure is a good butter substitute as you can cook with it and it melts too.

 

BeckyBoo

[Valkyrie]

Forgot to mention Alpro do flavoured milk in mini cartons - brilliant for school (if they last long enough that is).

[ubereglu]

Sounds like you have lots of helpful advice now. Best of luck!

[Purplemaniacs]

Sounds like you have lots of helpful advice now. Best of luck!

Ubereglu you are right so many people have been so helpful. I have been shopping and bought some hopefully suitable alternatives. Without the help from you all I would have been there for ever.

 

Thanks

 

Chrissie

[Purplemaniacs]

Vitalite is cheaper and very good actually, especially for making cakes with!.

 

 

Thank you for the advice about cakes, I have made my first batch of fairy cakes that are milk free ....

and they worked, they tasted slightly different to my normal ones but my older granddaughter enjoyed them too.

 

Little granddaughter reduced them to crumbs as she does with any cake but she is coping with the Pure spread on toast and sandwiches. I hope the paediatrician appointment comes through quickly.

 

Thanks Ubereglu

 

Chrissie

[wiganchooks]

When she does get to see a dietician / is tested I think there are two quite different things it might be - it could be a reaction to milk proteins (more common in children I think) - or it could be inability to digest lactose (milk sugar).

 

If it is the (cow's) milk protein then she should be ok with goats milk.

If it is lactose you'll find it gets put in lots of things as a sugar (including aspirin I bought recently)! However she might be able to get away with a bit of lactose before any problems (for example I am ill if I drink a glass of milk, but can have some chocolate, or cheese), whereas I believe that people allergic to milk proteins can be much more sensitive, as it is an immune response, not just a lack of enzyme. *This is just what I've heard, I haven't any knowledge on this*

 

If she doesnt' like the first rice milk she tries, try others. I've found they all taste quite different and some are sweetened, some not.

[theherd123]

Your grandchild will be able to get Wysoy formula milk on prescription as she is allergic to milk. My daughter has it as she is allergic to milk too, along with egg and wheat.

I wouldnt advise using other 'off the shelf' alternatives as they can contain too much sodium and not contain enough calories for a growing baby.

 

If you check the labels on products milk should be listed in the 'Allergy advice' section of the label.

 

If you need any further info please feel free to PM me if you want