Dairy trial update/soy question

We had the same exact problems when switching to whole milk at a year. The only thing that made all of this more difficult for us was the fact that she continued to have loose stools even off of milk, I do however feel that milk/yogurt (especially Yo baby) made things worse. We kept hidden dairy in her diet (which seemingly caused no issues whatsoever). I chose to keep her on Alimentum until 18 months and then made the switch to 2% milk/yogurt. I just wasn’t comfortable with the fat content in soy or rice milk. I didn’t think it was enough for a 12-18 month old. She’s done very well with 2% and her stools are no more loose than usual and she’s drinking 2 cups of milk a day plus 3-4 (3 oz) drinkable yogurts.

Hi Laura, sorry to hear the dairy may be causing some issues. The same thing happened with us when we trialed yogurt although I did want to tell you that Seth also always gets looser stools when he is teething. They never smelled with the teething or dairy though so it could have been the virus. In any event, I think you did the right thing by stopping for now and maybe you can try again in a month or so?

In regards to the Alimentum, we are still on it too but only about 12-16 ounces a day. I give it in the AM and at bedtime but give rice milk throughout the day. Ped. GI was totally fine going to rice milk completely but I was sticking with the Alimentum a little while longer to make sure he gets the fat and protein he needs. He gets calcium from the rice milk and other foods. I guess you can buy enriched soy milk too? Soy does contain more protein than the rice milk so if Owen can tolerate soy, I would try it. Seth is eating so well now, that I am getting more comfortable with dropping the Alimentum but may wait a while longer. One good thing for us: I thought he was still having a problem with soy but it turns out the hamburgers they serve in the daycare have added soy and he has had those several times and seems to be fine! We go to an allergist Friday (consultation only) and hope to get some more guidance about dairy then.

we are doing the enhanced soy. It has 5g of fat which is pretty good for soy. The calcium is pretty decent too (same as milk)as is the protein content. rice milk only has 2.5 and has a big warning on the side about giving it to a kid under the age of 5. I am assuming because it is low fat. That being said, the reason the enhanced soy has a little more fat is because it has flax oil in it. You could add that to rice milk to bump up the fat.

We have been very happy with the soy. He has been on it for a little more than two weeks so I pray he continues to do well. We add the drinkable strawberry soy yogurt to help him enjoy the taste.

Donna ~ I have never seen “enhanced” soy with that much fat! I’ll have to look next time I’m at the store.

I think that is a decent amount of fat for soy. I would feel ok about switching from formula to that since it’s got 4-5 grams. I’m thinking whole milk has 8 grams?

Laura, GI thought Seth may have issues with soy milk so we are doing the rice but his ped. did tell me if we did do soy to do the silk kind.

Check out attached link- they even make a “very vanilla” version for kids. It has 4 grams of fat and is calcium enriched. I wish we could do it. http://www.silkissoy.com/Products/SilkSoymilkRefrigerated.as px

Mom2Seth2006-3-9 13:43:15

We even have blackstrap molasses at my little hick grocery store in the health foods section. It’s in a funky bottle so you have to look closely. It’s by the pancake syrup.