If you have ANY history of food allergies in your family, don't give your child ANY food with milk until after age one. I made this mistake, and am paying for it with a child who has severe allergy to milk protein. It wasn't until after she developed the allergy and we were referred to an allergist that anyone bothered to tell me I shouldn't have given my daughter milk. It is the most common childhood allergy and is has gotten much more prevalent since we started homogenizing our milk (so the cream doesn't rise to the top any more). It alters the structure of the protein so that our bodies can't recognize and digest it like they can the proteins in breastmilk. That's why a lot of formula companies advertise that they break the proteins down into "comfort" proteins. It's to make it easier for your child's body to break down. When your body doesn't recognize a protein, it can treat it as a threat, like a virus or bacteria, and make antibodies to fight it off, causing an allergic reaction. Believe me, you don't want to find out the hard way. I had to learn to cook all over again, as we now have to avoid ALL dairy for a minimum of 2 years to let my daughter's immune system "forget" that it ever had milk. We are hoping it will work, but as she is now 7, the chances aren't good. Needless to say, my 3 year old boys aren't getting any dairy products until they are at least age 5. If I can give them a chance of not getting this awful allergy, I will. So, of course, my opinion is to follow the pediatricians advice and avoid milk until age 1. The baby food companies make foods to make a profit, not to make healthy babies. Good luck!