Re: 14 month old- take off of soy formula?

[Guest guest]

I nursed my son until he was 14 months. I knew nothing about autism

or GFCF at the time but I had just done a report on milk for a PE

class and decided I was not convinced it was good for him. I gave my

son juice, ice tea or water and never attempted to give him a milk

substitute. He had no problem with it. He did eat yogurt and cheese

though. He was diagnosed at his 2 year check-up and now I am so glad

I never started something I would later have to take away. The

interesting thing is when I had his hair tested his calcium levels

were quite high. Pretty good for a child that has never drank milk

and at that time, didn't take calcium substitutes.

> Hey,

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> You may remember me. A couple of months ago, I had posted that I

had a 12 month old that I was concerned about. His 8 yr old brother

is autistic. Everyone encouraged me to have him evaluated. Well,

finally we have had some evals and the impression right now is that

he does have an expressive speech delay, but his cognition and

receptive speech seem to be age appropriate, but need to be monitored

to make sure no lag appears. So, he will start with our state early

intervention program with speech therapy. But, as soon as I became

concerned two months ago, I immediately put him on the gfcf diet.

This was challenging, as toddlers this age LOVE crackers, cheerios,

etc. However, I was able to find one of the Gerber graduates that

was gfcf, the Turkey stew (with veggies and rice), so he eats this

for either lunch or dinner every day.

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> I really feel that the diet has made a difference for him. So,

here is my next question. Luckily, I had always had him on the soy

formula prophylactically, but now it is time to stop the formula.

AND, I am considering eliminating soy from my 8 yr old's diet and the

baby's. So, CAN I USE VANCE'S DAIRY FREE MILK AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR

HIS FORMULA, since he is 14 months old?? Much like most moms just

give their toddler whole cow's milk?? I figured I could squirt some

vitamins in there. He still likes a bottle before nap and at

bedtime. I could just put it in his bottle. I don't see any other

alternative, other than no " milk " at all- off the bottle cold

turkey.

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> Trina

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[Guest guest]

>So, CAN I USE VANCE'S DAIRY FREE MILK AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR

> HIS FORMULA, since he is 14 months old?? Much like most moms just

> give their toddler whole cow's milk?? I figured I could squirt

some

> vitamins in there. He still likes a bottle before nap and at

> bedtime. I could just put it in his bottle. I don't see any other

> alternative, other than no " milk " at all- off the bottle cold

> turkey.

> >

> > Trina

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I started giving my daughter rice milk or Vance's Dairy Free when she

was 12 months. 12 months is when you are supposed to start giving

them cow's milk, so I figured it was safe to give her Rice Milk at

that time too. She is doing great, and is extremely healthy. I do add

vitamins to her " milk " too - just because I want to make sure she is

getting them, it is hard to tell if she eats enough veggies or fruit

to get her vitamins in her food (so much of it ends up on the floor!)

Anyway - you can check with your pediatrician, just to make sure.

Moira

mom to Vico (4.5 ASD) and Culzean (17 months and never had cow's milk)

[Guest guest]

My personal testimonial....as soon as my dairy and soy allergic daughter was

one year old we started using increasing amts of Dari-Free in her milk and

soy-substitute formula (which was expensive as liquid gold). She is a

thriving 2 year old now and this way I know she is getting a good calcium

source. HOWEVER please check with your pediatrician to see when it is safe

for you to begin switching though because infants need the higher fat

formulas which Dari-Free is not. We just premeasure the Dari-free powder

into a formula carriers (that have three chambers in them and can be gotten

in Walmart and such) and dump in in her bottle of water, shake, and go. It

makes it very convenient.

Jay