My daughter is 15 months old and is still quite lactose intolerant. She is supposed to have 24 to 30 ounces of whole milk a day for weight issues, so we are currently using goat milk. What do you mom's do for your lactose intolerant kiddos? Any ideas for a high fat diet? Most importantly, I'd like to know why you made the decision you did. If you use goat milk, do you get a farm, and if so, could I get contact information to see if it would help save money? I know this is a lot of questions. Thank you for your help!
I'm not an expert on lactose intolerance, but I did buy goat milk for a while for another issue... the best price I found was at Walmart believe it or not!
We use lactaid- milk that has been treated with an enzyme to break down the lactose. My two year old is very lactose intollerant, and unfortunately it is unlikely that they will grow out of it as most people become lactose intollerant as they get older. Most of my father's family has some degree of lactose sensitivity. My daughter and I have few problems with cheese (the more aged the better) and yoguhrt is highly recomended. I can have most ice cream, but my daughter gets sorbet, although you can get ice cream made from coconut milk that is very yummy (and very expensive). I have a hard time with cream soups out of the can, but ones that are made from scratch and cooked all day I can usually handle fine. However a single bite of cheese fondue sends me running for the bathroom.
As your daughter gets older there are more options, such as acidopholice (sp?) tablets that help break down the dairy products. And you will be able to experement to discover what she can handle.
Also I have found out that they don't recomend soy milk for children- especially girls- because the plant estrogens (soy is used to treat menopause symptoms!) are thought to cause problems with development and reproductive problems.
Not sure how you feel about this, but one alternative for lactose-intolerant kids is raw milk, either from cows or goats. I know the official government position on this is all-negative, but if you take a look at the actual data, high-quality raw milk from clean, modern dairies has a very good safety track-record. Raw milk contains lactase (which helps digest lactose, but is destroyed during pasteurization), which is why I would recommend you look into it. If you're interested at all, you can get some starting information at www.realmilk.com
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I use avocados for high fat food. you can mash it or dice it, salt it and lime it. My babies love it.
E.
I thought of some more, egg yolks, nuts if there are no allergies in you family, using olive oil when you cook foods for her.
All of these are actually good fats.
If she is just lactose intolerant then you can give her dairy milk that is lactose free. All the grocery stores sell them, Smiths even has its own brand. That is what I use for my son. If she has a dairy allergy then you give her goat milk. I get him soy yogurts, which taste good, that I have to go to Whole foods for. He eats a lot of chips/ crackers with Hummus. Vegetarian cheese is not good, so not worth buying. Depending on severity of intolerance they can have cookies with milk in them. My son is okay if it is listed as ingredient 5 or more. 1or 2 forget about it. Fruit, veggies, rice, pasta with tomato based sauce. There are lots of options out there. At first I was overwhelmed having older kids who inhale cheese! I didn't think I was going to be able to manage. You just learn to look at the ingredients on all the packaging. I hope this helps.
Lactose intolerance is treated by the variety of means. One is to avoid the lactose containing products, or to go on a dairy free diet. Most of the people like a lot dairy products and dairy products are very good sources of the calcium, vitamins, and protein that our body requires. A carefully chosen lactose intolerance diet is the key to reducing the symptoms and protecting the future health.
http://www.biblehealth.com/lactose-intolerance/lactose-in...
My son is lactose intolerant. We buy Silk soy milk. Costs just as much as regular 2% milk I get for the rest of the family. There really aren't too many options as far as dairy goes. But I what I have found may or may not work for you, depending on the severity of her sensitivity. For my son, we can cook or freeze regular dairy products and he handles them fine. Like I buy the Go-gurts and freeze them. He is fine with those. Cheese he is fine if it is cooked, like a pizza or in chili. I think that freezing or cooking dairy kills the live enzymes or cultures that make his tummy upset, but he is still getting his calcium. This has worked for us. Good luck!
