We use Vance's Darifree milk. It is fortified and has as much calcium as cows milk.
My son only lived off of dairy and carbs also before going GFCF.
I've never tried any biomed/diet treatments with C. However, I've read here over the past few months that a number of people have seen postive results from eliminating cows milk from their child's diet.
C LOVES milk. His sippy cup of milk is his only comfort object. When he is upset, scared, overtired, hurt or way disregulated he cries for his "milk cup." (Note: he drinks all other liquids out of regular cups, it's only the milk that has to be in the special cup.)
I HATE milk. Hated it when I was a kid, hate it now, just the smell makes me gag. That being said, I'm not about to go off and do a taste test of all kind of milks - ICK - just the thought of it is skeeving me out!
SO, what I'm asking is for recommendations for what I can use to substitue for the cows milk. I'm guessing that many of you like milk and have tasted the products yourselves before giving them to your child. I'm seeking the names of products that taste the most like cow's milk to make the switch easier. If you can be really specific about the brand, etc. I would be very grateful.
I figure I may as well give this a shot. Can't hurt. Thanks in advance for your help.
I was wondering the same thing about the milk/diary free part of the GFCF diet. I dont think I could put my kid on a dairy free diet because he would die of starvation. Everything he eats has dairy in it. Yogurt, Pudding, Cheese Slices, Mac & Cheese. We do Silk or another brand of vanilla flavored soy milk. He doesn't care for it too much. We haven't tried the GFCF diet, but he has a milk intolerance. We have also tried flavoring it. My younger guy will drink either cows milk or soy milk no problem.My older dd will drink silk chocolate soy milk (it is yummy), but is not fond of the other varieties. A friend of mine swears by rice dream milk. I have used it to bake cupcakes for dd. You may even want to try organic, that's what we do here, so at least the extra antibiotics etc. are out of the equation. Our dd's allergist actually recommended all organic milk & meats for our older dd (NT) because of her major allergies.My kids love the chocolate soy milk. Brand name doesn't matter to them. They didn't like the vanilla flavor though.
We haven't actually gone milk free, but I may give it a try too. I've bought soy milk because the kids asked for it. Apparantly it's offered at school.
You can also try the rice milk and the almond milk....my son prefers the chocolate almond above all...if you are also concerned about GF then be sure to read the labels because some soy milk products also have wheat in themVance's Darifree for us as well. It's in a powder form, and smells terrific. You can mix it as you need it. You can buy it from Kirkman Labs. It works out to be not much more than regular milk price wise.Mishy - I've never done the diet but I know I have read that if kids CRAVE milk/dairy that that often means that they are the ones who would do best on the GF/CF diet. I'm not sure why - but that is part of why we have never done it. My ds likes dairy products, but no more than anything else. In fact, when he has loose stools, he will tell me that he probably shouldn't have milk until he stops having loose stools! So, he obviously can live without it!
Does anyone know - does soy milk have a lot of calcium in it? I think my little girl has a milk intolerance, but I want to make sure she gets her calcium! I may try the lactose-free milk and see how that goes. When she drinks milk, her tummy gets VERY bloated and then when I take her off, it gets almost flat again. This can't be good for her - and once we get a new pediatrician (I'm working on it!) I'm going to ask him/her as well.
[QUOTE=mishy]I was wondering the same thing about the milk/diary free part of the GFCF diet. I dont think I could put my kid on a dairy free diet because he would die of starvation. Everything he eats has dairy in it. Yogurt, Pudding, Cheese Slices, Mac & Cheese.
Every item you listed is available in SOY or VEGGIE products, including ice creams, straw. choc. and vanilla milks, etc. Our entire family went dairy free and we all feel so much better. Try it, it is easy and you will notice a difference quite quickly.
Kristy,
Coincidently, we just took my son off milk 2 days ago; mainly due to a little constipation, but I have always been very curious to see if it would have any positive effects. It’s too early to tell about positive effects. Anyway my son would dink about 3 – 4 sippy cups of milk a day, but also doesn’t mind apple juice, lemonade, Gatorade…etc. I also love milk (I’m from WI where it’s state law to drink a ½ gallon a day) and always thought that there can’t be anything that can replace milk. But then I bought some Silk Soy milk the other day and was very impressed. The consistency is like milk, but the taste is little sweeter. Kind of like a vanilla milk shake, but not quite that sweet. I don’t see it as a replacement to milk but more of an alternative. I didn’t try to trick my son and tell him it was milk, I just said this is soy milk and tried to get him a little excited about it but didn’t make too big of a deal about it. He thought I said “snow” milk which may have perked his curiosity so he tried it and said Mmmmm Snow Milk! I noticed he didn’t finish it so the next time I added a few drops of Vanilla and he liked it even more. So, we kind of lucked out in getting him to try it which can often be the hardest part.
The other benefit is the Soy Milk is fortified with all kinds of good stuff, Omega – 3, B6&12, folic Acid, Calcium. It’s so good and good for you that I am also drinking a small glass a day, which as a milk lover I never thought anything like this would ever touch my lips.
JJ Dad
For the gfcf' ers ...How long would it take to see results if your child is cassein sensitive and you stopped the dairy? Same q for the gluten and does it depend on the childs age??
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For the gfcf' ers ...How long would it take to see results if your child is cassein sensitive and you stopped the dairy? Same q for the gluten and does it depend on the childs age??
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I believe it takes 1 week for casein and 6 months for gluten to get out of our system. Most docs recommend at least 6 months of GFCF diet to notice any significant changes or results.
Dairy removal can be somewhat evident within 48 hours, within 21 days you could see a different person.We drink Rice milk or almond milk. When we could get it, we got fresh raw milk from a local person. My nephew who was allergic to milk could drink it without any reactions. I know their are articles on how raw milk is good for you. Store milk is homogenized and undigestable to the body. However, I have no idea if that would make any difference for autistic intolerances or not. Just talked to dh, he's up for trying it. Love that man! I'll hunt down some stuff this weekend, and let y'all know how it goes. Thanks again for all of the great information!I took ds off milk for 2 weeks one time (I think it was that long) because he had diarrhea pretty bad. I saw absolutely no change in him whatsoever. That is why I think the diet probably won't do anything for him.
So, I take it that soy milk has a lot of calcium as well?
Our allergist has told us that people often crave the foods they have a masked allergy to. Our 4 year old has a sensitivity, he can tolerate some dairy but too much and his behavior is out of control. Our 2 year old is allergic and gets hives, dh is lactose intolerant and I am fine with dairy but don't consume any as I am (still) breastfeeding 2 year old once per day. We use soy mild, my favorite is kirkman organic vanilla which is the costco store brand. It is fantastic and shelf stable which is great - we buy 2 cases at a time! We were gfcfsf for 7 months and gluten did not seem to be a issue for ds but elimination of dairy has helped a lot! We used westsoy brand rice milk, vances dairy free and almond when we were soy free. Oddly, silk is my least favorite of all the soy milks I have tried and I believe I have tried them all! It has a very "soy" aftertaste but the chocolate hides it well. Our kids don't care, they'll drink any of them!One other thing; I thought when the day came for us to take J off milk it would be a real big deal and require planning and all of that. But as it turned out all we did was not give him milk - no big deal! Were going on day 3 and he hasn't specifically asked for it and he's doing great. Good Luck!Thanks everyone!
Now all I have to do is convince dh! His parents family business was a dairy products local distributorship and the whole family grew up drinking milk with every meal. (I think I was married 3 years before I let his mom know that I didn't like milk!)
I'm going to look around this weekend and try to find some of the products you have mentioned!