Soy – OH BOY!
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Gregg & Hallee
Caleb was born in 2003 at 29 weeks and they had me put the powdered high calorie Enfamil your talking about directly into my breastmilk. I can’t belive your hospital did have you do that from the start. Glad you and Gregg did your research!!!!!
Jessica from BZ & FB
“jessica mom to 3″
It might be because they didn’t have it. We had to go out and look for it. But, they never asked for our permission to do anything. So much was just done and we were informed about it. They were absolutely wonderful and we totally left his care up to them, but I remember both of us remarking on how they just didn’t come to us as the parents over every little thing. When they put a central line in him, it was the first time since his birth that I had to sign permission.
Hallee
that is all quite interesting…i had yet to do research into soy products. ive been on soy/rice milk since discovering that we think quinn has a milk sensitivity. glad to know that it can’t be passed into my milk at least…not sure what we may do if he doesn’t outgrow it though seeing as soy doesn’t look to be a good substitute.
Do some research into raw milk and such. The Heavenly Homemakers on my blog list talk about it often, and offered a lot of links. I’ve read that a lot of milk allergies and problems are due to the pasteurization. (But, I’m not an expert and am just starting to learn.)
Hallee
I, too, find it crazy how much they just do whatever at hospitals without asking you first. Hallee he was SO tiny. What an amazing little boy with fabulous parents!
Kerri – he was SO tiny. I remember when Jeb was born – 6 pounds! He was huge! I said his new nickname was going to be Biff because he looked like a little linebacker. He was in the NICU, too, for a week, and I remember looking at those little 30 weekers and thinking, “I don’t think I could have gone through it again.” I’m so thankful to God that I didn’t have to go through it again.
And, thank you*.
very interesting. My kids are both allergic to dairy (cows milk of any kind) and have been on soy for a while. Adrien doesn’t drink soy milk anymore, but did from age 2-6. Elaina had soy formula and is still on soy milk. What would you suggest to use instead? Adrien’s milk tolerance is good enough now that he doesn’t need anything substituted, but what about Elaina?
I know when we had custody of our niece, who was allergic to milk, we gave her rice milk instead.
I know that a lot of the milk allergies we have today are due in part to pasteurization. You could consider or try raw milk and see how she does with that.
This site here breaks down the nutritional value of different milk and milk alternatives:
http://www.sixwise.com/newsletters/05/08/17/soy-milk-rice-milk-or-almond-milk-which-is-the-best-alternative-milk-for-you.htm
If it were up to me, I wouldn’t give Adrien soy anymore, unless it was fermented soy. My brother has a vegetarian friend, and he had to quit drinking soy milk because of the affects the increased estrogen was having on his body.
As far as a nondairy substitute is concerned, consider trying almond milk. Blue Diamond brand almond milk is quite tasty and creamy. Where we live it comes in two forms: half gallons sold in the refrigerated dairy section and “parmalat” sized boxes found on shelves. For whatever reason, there is a difference in consistency between the two (the milk in the shelf boxes feels “gritty”, while the refrigerated half gallons are creamy… go figure), so if you are going to try it, I would highly recommend sticking to the refrigerated half gallons for daily use, and keep a few of the boxes around for emergencies.
Milk allergies run pretty heavy in my family. We have discovered that achidopholous milk (the spelling may be wrong) worked great for my family. My children when they were young were allergic to both milk based and soy based formulas. They used a formula called neocate fromt he pharmacy. It was neither soy nor milk and I was never actually able to find out what it was. So I don’t recommend it but maybe try the achipdopholous milk. We found it at Kroger. Hope this helps some.
Michelle:
We’ve quit buying whole milk. Homogenized milk (like whole milk) and pasteurized milk contribute to a lot of health issues and allergies associated with milk. What I do instead is mix 1/3 cup heavy cream with 3 1/2 cups skim milk. This gives me the same fat and nutrition content as whole milk without the homogenization or pasteurization processes.
Hallee We are now only on skim. We don’t need the extra fat that whole gives. I am going to share this post on my FB I think others need to look at this information. I had NO idea at all how dangerous soy could be.
Have to comment about the milk issue:
We faced dairy and soy issues with my breast fed FTT son. If I had a drop of COW dairy, (that’s caesin, cheese, whey, etc, as well as the obvious milk), my son paid the price–crying from digestive pain, excema, eventaully blood in stool. Took a while to figure out–I dropped dairy, he was fine. We learned that goat and sheep dairy products did not give him problems. My research showed that cow dairy protiens are much larger than goat/sheep, add that the fact that infants have a still forming digestive tract (especially the intestines where absorbtion occurs) and it made sense. Eventaully as a toddler he could even drink goat milk directly, but if he accidentally got cow milk (grandparents!), he would wind up crying in pain & have the runs. We kept him off cow dairy for years–eventaully he outgrew the sensitivity.
I wonder if the same problems would have occurred with raw milk. From what I understand, raw milk causes fewer allergies.
That’s awesome that you went to goat and sheep dairy products instead of just going soy.