At 18 months we started experimenting with an alternative milk to begin to transfer him to, at this time he was still breastfeeding 5-6 times per day in addition to his solid foods. Interestingly, his weight gain was still extremely slow, he weighed 17 ½ pounds at his one year check-up and finally crossed the 20 pound mark at his 18-month check-up. As far as the alternative milk is concerned, we knew we would be adding nutrients to help make them suitable for a young child. He was still reacting to rice milk at this point, so we decided to use Vance’s Dari-free potato based milk. I planned to add a small amount of aloe vera juice & flax seed oil (for fat) to the milk. So I started by pumping breastmilk and adding aloe vera & flax seed oil to the breastmilk. After a couple of weeks of him tolerating this well, then I started adding 1 oz. of Vance’s milk to each bottle and slowly increased that. He seemed to tolerate this well, so I started feeding him 1-2 bottles per day of this, while continuing to breastfeed for the other feedings.
Our youngest turned two in October of 2007. He was still doing fairly well, with continued BioSET treatments and the digestive enzymes. His weight gain was still slow, he was 22 ½ pounds at his 2 year check-up (5 pounds gained between ages 1 & 2). He was very active and was meeting all developmental milestones on time. He still has trouble with his immunity and seems to catch every little thing that goes around, this often then travels to his ears. We continue to treat this naturally to help avoid antibiotics (which wreak havoc on the digestive tract).
At age 2 1/2 we found an alternative milk substitute that we were the "most" comfortable with. He tolerates hemp milk which is derived from hemp seeds, it is a natural source of Omega-3 fatty acids and has a decent amount of protein & fat (similar to cow's milk) and is much lower in sugar than rice milk. We decided to fully transition him off his small portion of breastmilk and move him to rice milk for cooking and hemp milk for drinking. His diet has expanded so much. He eats a fantastic variety of foods, but we still strictly avoid milk, gluten, peanuts, artificials/preservatives, tomato, chocolate. He tolerates corn & soy in VERY small amounts.
Our youngest turned two in October of 2007. He was still doing fairly well, with continued BioSET treatments and the digestive enzymes. His weight gain was still slow, he was 22 ½ pounds at his 2 year check-up (5 pounds gained between ages 1 & 2). He was very active and was meeting all developmental milestones on time. He still has trouble with his immunity and seems to catch every little thing that goes around, this often then travels to his ears. We continue to treat this naturally to help avoid antibiotics (which wreak havoc on the digestive tract).
At age 2 1/2 we found an alternative milk substitute that we were the "most" comfortable with. He tolerates hemp milk which is derived from hemp seeds, it is a natural source of Omega-3 fatty acids and has a decent amount of protein & fat (similar to cow's milk) and is much lower in sugar than rice milk. We decided to fully transition him off his small portion of breastmilk and move him to rice milk for cooking and hemp milk for drinking. His diet has expanded so much. He eats a fantastic variety of foods, but we still strictly avoid milk, gluten, peanuts, artificials/preservatives, tomato, chocolate. He tolerates corn & soy in VERY small amounts.
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Ahh! Finally! Someone else who likes hemp milk. When I mention it people either look at me crosseyed because they've never heard of it or give me a "wink" like I'm in it for the "high". LOL
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