Lactose free or soy whole milk for lactose intolerant 1yr old?

Diane - posted on 09/18/2012

I am a 59 year old gramma of a 1 year old lactose intolerant baby boy. His doctor has his parents introducing whole milk by mixing it with his soy formula, and I feel very distressed about this. I'm seeing lethargy, constipation, refusal to eat, etc. Why are they playing games with an infant to see if they can make their theory of proving or disproving lactose intolerance at such a young age? And, does anyone here give their children vitamins? It seems verboten to even bring up the subject, but we gave our kids vitamins almost from birth on.

Heidi - posted on 02/19/2012

Lactose free milk can be a lot more expensive than soy. When I looked on the label I found that they use growth hormones on the cows to make lactaid.

Jessica - posted on 10/22/2011

My son will be 2 Dec 23rd and he is highly allergic to milk protein so we have him on soy (8th Continent) and just have to check all the ingredients when we make him stuff

Moira - posted on 10/22/2011

My son is gonna be 1 yrs old on Dec 4th 2011... he is on Similac Sensitive for Lactose intolerance... my son's dr said when he turns a year old to just give him 2% lactose free milk... there isnt much difference between whole milk and 2% ... and my son is a big boy and has no problem with eating, so maybe if there are no other nutritional issues that should be fine??

Kellie - posted on 03/14/2011

We give our daughter The Lactaid or Wal-Mart brand Whole Milk. We are from a very rural area. I asked our local store if they could order it and they did. It costs me more locally than at wal-mart, but I don't have to travel at least 30 miles to get to a wal-mart. So, you might consider asking your local store if they can get the lactose free in for you. I did not like soy formulka with my daughter and do not want to do soy milk either. If the lactose free doesn't work, we will consider almond and rice milk next.

Karen - posted on 03/13/2011

I give my son Lactaid Whole Milk. We tried Soy but he had problems with it. Works for me seeing as I'm lactose intolerant as well :). Also, a tip for when out and about, my son's doctor said that pediasure is fine for me to give him when we're out because it doesn't need to be kept cold til it's open. It's also handy to give at night if he hasn't eaten much during the day.

Heather - posted on 03/01/2011

my friends little boy is lactose intolerant and soy is not good for boys because of the estrogen so she gives him almond milk

Shelby - posted on 02/28/2011

You could try Coconut milk. It is very nutritious. High in fat. And recommended for lactose intolerance. :D

Veronica - posted on 02/11/2011

Just found this site hope it helps some of you moms out there. My twins are lactose intolerant, we will be trying these drops out with yogurt and any food that has lactose in it I see ice cream in the near future :)



http://tammysrecipes.com/how_to_make_lac...

Lenesha - posted on 12/03/2010

I hope it works out for you :)

Keira - posted on 12/03/2010

thanks I think I will begin with the lactose free as it doesnt contain as much 'crap' if that doesnt work I will try soy. We only have a small supermarket so there isnt many choices.

Lenesha - posted on 12/03/2010

My daughter is lactose intolerant like her dad and grandpa. We gave her vanilla soy milk and she doesn't protest.

It's really up to you. I heard lactose free milk is good. My friends son drinks it cuz of the same problem.

Jennifer - posted on 11/29/2010

Soy has lots of estrogen I think so it's not recommended for boys. http://health.msn.com/kids-health/articl... http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/03summ... I gave up milk when our son was about 2 months because it gave him terrible gas but I'm going to try him on milk (he's find with cheese and yogurts etc) if not I'm going with rice milk. Hope this helps. Good luck!