Ongoing supply for a family of four/five

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First of all, I am new to this group and have found it to be a huge source of

information, so thank you for that.

I just received our milk and water grains today. We have not used cow's milk

for a year as we have a dairy allergy in the family. So, we've all switched to

almond milk. Under Marilyn's advice, I am going to get my water grains going

and multiplying, then work with the almond milk with the extras to find the

right mix for my dairy allergy child. In the meantime, our hope is to get the

milk ones going for the rest of our family. We don't have a source of raw milk

so will use organic (best we can do right now). One of my questions is this:

What kind of target should I have to support four family members using the milk

kefir? I'm not used to having a lot of milk in the fridge, and I am thinking I

will try to get to the point of figuring out how much we would use daily,

primarily in smoothies. Anyone have a ball park estimate of where that may

fall? We are also hoping that, with time, we can add my allergic son to the mix

so then we would have 5 using the milk kefir.

I'm not as concerned with totals for the water as I hope to use that for special

" drinks " for my kids. We don't do a lot of soda, so this may be a good

alternative to water. But, on the flip side, is there a point where, between

the milk, and water/almond kefir, that my kids would be drinking too much?

(Especially if I am using up the grains by eating them as well?)

Hope that makes sense. Thanks in advance for your help.