What kind of foods can you make when you have a milk allergy?

Question

My youngest son (13 months) has a milk allergy, anything with a little bit of milk makes him sick. What do I feed him. Everything seems to have milk in it. Any ideas?

Answer 1

My son has the milk allergy, among others, and that was a difficult age. Yes, ENRICHED soy milk and ENRICHED rice milk are your friends. You can pretty much prepare anything for him from scratch as long as it does not contain milk. Most vegetables and meat don't really contain milk. He can also get calcium from the calcium added OJ these days.

But you pretty much have to avoid prepared foods and watch out for foods that may have undeclared milk like deli meat and sausages (in the casing) - even canned tuna. Also, be particularly aware of the so-called vegan stuff. We had a trip to the emergency room because of some vegan cheese.There is nothing resembling cheese your kid can eat so I wouldn't even try, even if the labels say they don't contain milk they may contain caesin, a milk protein.

For margarine Fleischmann's unsalted doesn't contain milk (but only the unsalted) and there are some Duncan Hines box cakes and frostings that don't contain milk that we have used (but be sure to read the labels). We also instituted a label policy at that age where neither of us would buy any food item unless the other read all the ingredients. It was hard.

Check out the food allergy network web page. They also sell an allergy free cookbook.

http://www.foodallergy.org/

Answer 2

I've had a milk allergy forever...so I have dealt with it no problem.. lots more stuff available since I was a kid. My daughter rarely had milk as a kid or now (she's 18!) and she and I both used either soymilk with calcium,rice milk with calcium or almond milk with calcium (chocolate or vanilla). I cook with it, drink it, use it for cereal...no reason why not. As I do work with people with nutrition issues...please know that no one "HAS" to consume milk to be healthy...we're the only 'animals' on the planet who do drink it after we are weaned as babies. Interesting eh?

Just start experimenting...but don't make a BIG deal out of any 'new' milk you try with him.. if you act like it's 'different' etc..then he may kick up a fuss. Put it in a non see through bottle or sippy cup for now so he doesn't know the difference..(not that he should at his age). Shouldn't be a problem!! Good luck!

Answer 3

While a baby I grew up (to 6'2", when adult) on liquidised parents' meals. They made their meals more-or-less from scratch and no baby-formula stuff was ever involved.

Beware the difference between lactose and lactate: both are milk products but your son might be okay with one of them. Check with a doctor first.

My parents used to dab a button-size bit of the food they'd give me on my arm: if the patch turned red after a few hours they'd give me something else. This was the brave new world of the 70's and this behaviour was not frowned upon much.

Basically, make sure the lad gets enough calcium. You can get tablets. I still take them.

Answer 4

Use soy. Go to a health food store and ask for help. Most recipes you make yourself that call for milk, you can substitute soy or non-dairy "milk."

13 months? Grits are made with water and are similar to the warm cereal in the baby section. Oatmeal is also made with water. He can chew on vegan soft breads.

There is a whole WORLD of soy, non-dairy products out there.

Answer 5

He doesn't need to have cow's milk. You can try soy or rice milk. Also obtain calcium from other sources like fish. If you are worried that he is not eating enough, prepare rice porridge for him.

Answer 6

Have you tried soy milk?

Best that you see a dietician, he/she can give you proper alternatives and non-milk recipes.

Answer 7

Use lactose milk