Dairy free options for babies

[Mens]

Hi all

I'm going back to work next week and my 8 month old refuses formula (soy formula). She is intolerant to dairy.

Does anyone have any suggestions for what I can give her? Are the soya yoghurts okay for babies? Or alpro soya deserts? Just worried about her calcium needs.

She is still breastfed.

[mrs f]

would she take expressed milk? (could you bear to express)

I guess it depends on how many days you are doing, how long your days are etc? I think my son was down to one daytime feed by then along with the morning and evening so presumably you can still do 1st thing and last thing?

sorry that's not very useful

[Fuschia]

My first child never took a bottle but we managed by feeding when I was home, I

Never expressed for him either

You can

Get calcium

Fortified juice , also

Hummous, green leafy veg are all

High in

Calcium

I

Believe

X

[Mens]

thank you!

[Fuschia]

Sardines

[zshah3]

you can get calcium tablets that dissolve so you can put them into juice etc.

[Fuschia]

You can buy a calcium fortified juice in supermarkets as well

Tropicana I think

[Mens]

she LOVES sardines, thanks for that suggestion

[shaunag]

Dried fruit good too.oat milk is low calorie, but high in calcium.not ideal from calories perspective, but if lo piling in otherwise should be fine.my lo loves it (even though she is tiny,it's better than spooning a supplement into her).you can get liquid calcium on prescription-my dietitian wrote to gp asking for them to prescribe-worth a call to lo's dietitian-they also have all kinds of helpful leaflets with calcium sources.good luck.

[della]

Goats milk formula is great and worked for my twins who struggled with cows milk formula. It's a bit pricey but if you can manage combined feeding it's manageable!

[Jasmina]

My LO has goats milk and has enjoyed it for months now. It is pricey but worth it. He also has and enjoys soya yogurts.

It's great to learn about sardines and oat milk.

Shaunag - Is the Oatly oat milk ok for babies? Which one do you use for your LO? Also good to know about the liquid calcium.

[gillandjoe]

Hello,

Does anyone know what are good iron-rich baby-friendly foods? My baby has just started weaning...