Hi Ladies,
I've recently taken a step back and looked at my 2 yr old daughter and thought she may have an intolerance to something I'm feeding her.
Since birth she has been one of those kids that is upset or more recently, tantrums easily. I know she's right in the thick of tantrums, but seems to always be making a whinging noise.
As a baby she had undiagnosed reflux (asked the paed numerous times if she was who never actually confirmed but a mch nurse said from what I'd said she was a definite reflux baby)
She will give any food a try and generally only likes the healthy foods (great, but weird!) but doesn't eat large quantities of anything except sushi and enjoys a large milk morning and night and occasionally during the day.
While I was at the hair dresser she was babbling on about going dairy and gluten free. I then thought about the milk she's having and googled it a little.
I do want to try going dairy free but will I do any damage to her growing bones by swapping milk (to almond milk???)
What sort of milk should I try, does your child take different milk easily, what else needs to change (doesn't eat cake or biscuits) and any other info I may need to do this properly
TIA xxx
Lactose intolerance?
Wednesday, 4 February 2015 - 06:02
Lactose intolerance?
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Food, Health & Wellbeing
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I'd change to zymil milk. It's in the dairy section of supermarket next go the regular milk. It's lactose free and tastes like regular milk and has all the goodness of regular milk. If you use dairy to cook a cake or whatever use the zymil milk.
Hey there,
I am lactose intolerant and so is my son. I have the Liddels brand of milk in the long life milk section. It is lactose free and you can also get skim, high calcium, full cream and lite. It is dairy but is just free of lactose.
Other option is, my son is only 6 months old and is still being breast fed. Our community health nurse suggested giving him LACTEZE. You can get it at your local pharmacy either in chewable form for juniors or drops. For drops all you have to do is drop about 4 drops of lacteze into about a tablespoon of normal milk. Get your daughter to drink that a little before she has her normal glass of milk and then get her to drink her milk. Its jut designed to coat the stomach so that it can digest and process the lactose more efficiently.
Almond milk is great but for toddlers, i think your best option would be to go the lactose free range of milk and other things. Be careful when you read food labels that there are other names for dairy products that contain lactose such as casein etc. If you are going to try it properly, make sure you check it all out before you try.
My 2yo is lactose intolerant & there are great choices now for lactose-free milks, cheeses & spreads without going dairy free. He hated the soya options, so we are still on dairy, but I have definitely noticed an improvement in his digestion & skin, but the jury is still out on his asthma (I may need to take him 100% off dairy...). We are not super strict about it, so if he gets a cheese sandwich at a kids party, so be it...