Need Help Finding Foods I Can Eat!

You might try rice milk. I don't know, my cousin was allergic to milk and she drank it anyway. Eventually the allergy went away. But that's just one case.

Hi I have never had this problem however, I do know of someone you could talk to! You can call the hospital where you gave birth and talk to and I can't remember what they are called but the ladies that teach you about breast feeding and how to do it! You can call them any time! And its free of charge! Or you could call a nutritionist and just ask for some advice! Don't give up on breastfeeding it is the healthiest thing you will ever do for the baby! Good luck

I would also ask my doctor about goat milk. I have sold it some that babies couldn't handle anything else. My girls have grown up on it and are as healthy as a child can be. Hope this could be a help for you. T.

www.kidswithfoodallergies.org

www.foodallergy.org

My 6 yr old son is allergic to dairy as well. After lots of learning and finding my own comfort zone we are doing very well.

DO NOT use other animal milks. Allergists are saying that if you react to one you have a very high likelyhood of reacting to another. I ~believe~ they all have some of the same proteins.

pasta
veggies
fruits
SOME breads (you may need to make your own)
meat (be CAREFUL with lunch meats, MANY contain dairy!)
cereal
rice milk (for you, not for baby. I think it tastes like skim milk))
They make Rice cheese and rice dream ice cream. You will need to check for soy.
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www.enjoylifefoods.com

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C.

I had the same problem when I was breastfeeding my son six years ago. My son was allergic to cow's milk and nuts. It was difficult, but not impossible. You just have to read every label. Planning meals and going to the grocery store was extremely time-consuming. You can buy rice milk for yourself at any grocery store. Health food stores may have more non-dairy options. Avoid processed and packaged foods unless you read every label carefully. Also avoid eating out. I had to cook and bake a lot during that year! It continued even after my son was weaned, but our good news is that he was no longer allergic to dairy at the age of three, then he was no longer allergic to nuts at the age of five and a half. =) So hang in there.

A., I would recommend that you get a good breastfeeding book (can find them at amazon.com) and find out all of the foods you can eat that would help to increase your milk production and to make it as nutritious as possible. Before you get the book, be sure to drink lots of fluid, water. decaf tea, non-carbonated and decaf. drinks. Eat foods that contain lots of calcium.You may want to get a book on nutrition as well. (Books available on amazon.com, used at a very good price.)

Good luck.

N. -- Mother of 6. Grandmother of 16. Breastfed my children, and most grandchildren were breastfed as well.

A., I have has that same problem with all of my children the oldest is allergic to grains and has had a violent reaction to them since birth. My youngest two are allergic to milk,& eggs. We tried soy for a while then my poor babies smelled bad from the soy so we took that out of our diet. I had a friend at the time who was taking her daughter with the same allergies to an allergest and he gave her these little credit card sized cards with the diffrent names that appear on lables she passed a few on to me. also I found it was easier to make food from scratch than to trust the lables on the packages plus I spent less time in the grocery store.

There is a web site which will have a support system on it and recipies tailored for the diet that you and your baby will need to adapt to. I found that when my children got older that no matter how hard I tried to keep them from the food that made them sick that if it was arround that they found it and would get sick. I had to take all foods out of our house that containded any allergens in it. My husband was mad. Now he had to sneek around to drink milk and to eat cheese. He is not a big egg fan.You will get through this and your children will be very healthy.

You will have to supplement for the lack of calcium in your diet. What I did was eat a lot of fresh spinich and would spend one hour or more out side a day to get the vit D that you need. I suggest fresh spinich tossed with mandrin oranges with a viniger dressing add a few almond and you have a dilisious and healthe meal that will give you the nutriants that you need with out making your baby sick.

The card that I was given had these ingrediants to avoid on it.
artificial butter flavor, butter,butter fat,butter oil
buttermilk, casein (casein hydrolysate), caseinates (in all forms), cheese, cream, cottage cheese, curds, custard, ghee, half and half, lactalbumin, lactalbumin phosphate, lactulose,
milk in all forms to include dry, evaporated,condinsed, derivative goats milk and milk from other animals, low fat, malted, milk fat, non-fat, powder, protein,skimmed, solids, whole, newgat, pudding, rennet casein sour cream, sour cream solids,sour milk solids, whey in all forms, yogert,

may indicate the presence of milk protine.

carmel candies, chocolate flavorings( including natural and artificial) high protine flower, lactic acid starter culture
lactose, lunchon meat, hot dogs sausage margarine, non dairy products.

with the hot dogs and the lunch meat I mads the effort to by kosher food. also there is alot of bread out there that containes milk. we have found a few drinks that have also helped we drink rice dream rice drink and calcium enriched orange juice.

the phone number to get a card of your own is (800)929-4040
the web site I mentioned is (kids with food allergies) I cant think if it is a dot com or a dot org.

Hi, The best place I have found for information like that is online and then once you find it there, you can take it to your doctor to double check. May God bless you...

A.,
What you are getting into is what a lot of my parents have to do with their children that I treat. This is part of the glutten and casein free diet or the GFCF diet. You can go to GFCFDiet.com and you can purchase the parent book which has how to start the diet, a shoppers guide list of everything that is glutten and casein free along with the phone numbers to the companies so you can call and make sure they haven't added glutten or casein. You can also get on a free chat group at holisticheal.com. They have a diet chat room where there are many parents who have been through the same thing as you and can give you many ideas. You can call my office and if you have a fax machine I can have my office manager fax you a quick reference on what you should stay away from as far as the dairy goes. I also highly suggest you take probiiotics. They have done studies that have shown babies to have reduced allergies, and it will help her gut flora. We order most of our probiotics from kirkmangroup.com. Also, the probiotic will help with bowel movements. On this website you will can find Vances Darifree Milk, which is potato milk. You can substitute dairy with Potato milk, rice milk, or almond milk. If you stop breastfeeding a formula sustitute is Neocate (nondairy and no soy). Sorry if I've loaded too much. My office number is ###-###-####. Just tell Dana you want a dairy free card faxed to you.
L. Malagarie

You've probably seen rice milk if your grocery store is very large. Almond milk is available at a few Kroger's and most carry rice milk. Almond milk and other "milks" are available at "Wild Oats", formerly "Beans & Grains & Things". It is located just west of I-430; turn right at first street and go about a block and turn right into parking lot. It's a health foods, supplements store. So you may be able to find an alternate synthetic formula for those times when you're not around/didn't get enough breast milk frozen/were sick and couldn't produce milk, etc.
As to what you can eat: you may find that you can eat a few things your daughter is allergic to IF you will only eat it every 8 days. For example, have ice cream on Monday and next week on either Tuesday or Wednesday you can have cow's milk or real butter or ice cream. On Tuesday (after cow milk product on Monday) you might be able to drink soy milk or use soy formula and wait until either Wednesday or Thursday to have any soy product again.
I heard about this from someone whose child was very allergic to many, many foods. I don't remember if you start counting the 8th day with day 1 the day after you have the allergic substance or the day you eat it.
I suggested rice because most people are not allergic to it. Some people are allergic to almond milk, but I believe I remember that it is a good source of protein.
Don't forget that cheese usually comes from cow's milk. Possibly you could try goat milk and/or goat cheese. (I forget what that kind of cheese is called.) I also think that whey protein is from milk. It's listed as an ingredient in some foods.
As you probably already know--MANY quick fix meals (microwavable or crock pot or skillet meals) have some form of cows milk or soy.
Good Luck!
[My own allergy is corn. Do you know how many ingredients on labels are made from corn? (I can never remember them all.) And how many foods you wouldn't suspect have corn syrup in them? I'm talking TV dinners that don't have dessert! Although I did have somebody tell me I might try eating/drinking rangefed (not cornfed) cow products, but haven't tried it.]
Oh, be sure you read the label each time you purchase something. A friend of mine's daughter (school-age) had an asthma attack because an ingredient was changed in a food she had been buying that was "ok" to an ingredient that was "not ok". The same friend's daughter had an asthma attack because a display of peanuts was in her schoolroom and she was highly allergic to legumes (peanuts). The child had to sit at a table by herself at lunch because of the risk of asthma attacks. I know this is scary, but hopefully, your daughter's allergies are not that severe. My daughter outgrew her allergy to tomatoes, ie, she can now eat spaghetti sauce, catsup on fries, regular pizza, etc.

I have a 2 1/2 year old little boy with a list of food allergies: milk, eggs, all nuts, fish and shell fish. I nursed him for 17 months and nothing I ate affected him it was just things that he would ingest himself. You can try stores like Whole Food and Wild Oats, they have lots of allergy friendly foods! Here also are some web sites that carry allergy friendly item..Hope this helps!

www.kidswithfoodallergies.org
www.vegan-food.net
www.missroben.com
www.sodeliciousdairyfree.com
www.cherrybrookkitchen.com

Try goat cheese, and goats milk. Before soy milk was invented this was given to children who were allergic to milk.

If you are breastfeeding your body produces proteins that she can readily digest. Babies who breastfeed also have fewer food allergies.

I know how busy an xray department is I work in was as a tech too, but I did breastfeed both my boys long after I returned to work.

You might try a website called www.mercola.com. It's run by a doctor that stresses natural solutions. The site is huge and should have plenty of information on diet for those allergies. You do have to sign up for the free newsletter to search the website, but i have found the newsletter very interesting so i didn't mind. Hope this helps!

Hi A.,

I have 3 year old son who is highly allergic to cows milk. However, he uses soy for milk. I really feel for you because that would be very hard. I can recommend some foods to you that alot of people do not think of that contain cows milk. We found out the hard way on these. Popcorn (butter), chocolate(remind the grandmas:-), certain chips, anything that contains cheese or butter ingredients. Always check the back of products where it says "allergy warning". There are alot of products that contain milk that you are not aware of. I use Allrecipe.com to find lactose free recipes. I have to cook alot vegetable recipes. Also, watch for lotions that contain milk ingredients also. I have found an ice cream that is milk free. It is over by the applesauce and fruit Isle of the grocery store. It is called fruit freezers. They are wonderful!! Applesauce is great also! I hope I was a little help to you.

Keep up the breastfeeding... formula may make her issues worse.
Check out the book, "Eat Right for Your (Blood)Type".
A couple of good websites to check out:
1. www.Mercola.com - research eating according to your Metabolic Type.

2. Google Jon Barron...he has a fantastic website.

Also, go to your local Health Food Store & ask questions.

Let us know what works for you!

Blessings,
AM

I'm allergic to cow's milk, but goat's milk is great. Both of my boys were lactose intolerant when they were born and until they were about 5yrs they could only drink goat's milk. Good luck! Hope this helps.

I understand that goat's milk may not have the allergens that cow's milk does. You can find it in health or natural food markets. It really doesnt taste all that bad - just different, if you are used to cow's milk.

Publix here in Montgomery is a great place to find those type foods. My son is autistic and we had to put him on a milk-free and wheat-free diet. Rice milk is a great alternative to cow's milk or soy. The name brand is Rice Dream and is is in the dairy case and in the Organic food section. It is sweet and tastes quite good. Rice Dream even makes ice cream treats out of the rice milk. I know that it seems hard, but by nursing you are giving your daughter exactly what she needs. Have you spoken with the doctor about adding rice cereal to help stretch her between feedings?
Good luck.

Hi A.--my name is Kathy and I am familiar with the milk allergy. My son who is now 5 1/2 is allergic to milk. We found this out when he was 5 months and he was put on a formula called Nutramagin. It is made by Similac I think. One of the things that you might try cooking with Imitation Cheese--here it only comes in Imitation Chedder and Mozzerella. It will take a little longer to melt but it is worth it--just don't add a lot of salt because the imitation cheese is high in sodium. You might even try to drink Lactaid which is a Lactose Free Milk. It is found next to the regular and Soy Milk. If she tolerates it you can use that where you would use Regular Milk. I even make Macaroni and Cheese using the Lactaid and Imitation Cheese and he knows no difference. Also you might try to emphasize on other foods that are high in Calcium and even by Orange Juice and other juices high in calcium. Good Luck with you baby girl. Enjoy her--they grow up too quick.

Have you tried goats milk?

I experienced the same problem with my son, who is now 3 years old. My son is allergic to soy and cow's milk. He also has exzecema, which is worsened by food allergies, so our pediatrican encouraged me to breastfeed for as long as possible. I couldn't drink cow's milk because the protein in cow's milks passes through breast milk. But I could drink orange juice with calicum and vitamin D. In order to keep up your breastmilk production, drink plenty of water, juices, and keep eating for two. My mom use to make me a protein drink from black eye peas and dried dates. I know, sounds gross, but it's actually sweet. You just boil a cup of black-eye peas and a cup of dehydrated dates (found in a Chinese grocery store) in 1 quart of water for half an hour, until the peas and dates get mushy. Drain the liquid into a pitcher and chill. It's very high in protein, low fat, and full of antioxidants. I also supplemented my breastmilk with Nutrimagen (spelling?) formula which is a cornstarch based formula which is hyperallergenic.

As for my diet, other than avoiding milk and soy milk, I could eat most anything without causing my son any distress. I found that cheeses and other processed dairy products didn't cause a problem, because their proteins were broken down enough that it didn't pass directly through the breastmilk. Didn't have a problem with any soy products found in processed foods either. But if your daughter is ultra-sensitive, I would avoid all the soy fillers and by-products found in processed foods. My son now drinks Pediasure because he is still allergic to cow's milk. Haven't tried soy milk with him again. But don't stress out too much about your diet. Other than avoiding cow's milk and soy milk, your body can filter out most everything to produce perfect allergy-free milk for your baby.

Rice milk is yummy, too. Not sure if that's a no-no or not but if it isn't try Rice Dream. It comes in vanilla and chocolate. I like both of them. You could use it for cooking instead of cow milk. What about Goat milk? I don't know about VEGAN food, I know there are no animal products but not sure about SOY. You might look on recipe.com for Vegan recipes to see if they include Soy. Or try doing a search for certain dishes you like to cook and include NOT soy or NOT milk. Eg, Banana bread NOT Milk. Sometimes in search engines, the word NOT will give you results that include what you are looking for and narrow those down by excluding those with the word or phrase that follows the word NOT.

My grandson is allergic to peanuts, milk, soy all dairy etc and my daughter has become quite the expert in the foods and where to buy them. If you would like I can put you in touch with her. Where do you work?

Hi A.,
If you are breastfeeding your daughter, as it appears you are, feeding her bottled formula of any kind is contraindicated. Letting her suck from a bottle and not the breast will lessen your milk supply (supply and demand), as well. If you need to be away, pumping and freezing is much better for your child than any formula would be. You may stop milk/soy in your diet if you choose but it may not be necessary. Be sure your daughter REALLY is allergic to cows milk first. How was she tested? Breast feeding as you probably know will significantly lower your daughters chances of any allergy, and usually a milk allergy will not develop until the child is exposed to cows milk, which your daughter should not have been yet at two months being breast fed. That is the beauty of breast feeding. It will lessen your daughters chances of developing allergies, IF you stick to just breast milk. That is all the nutrition your daughter needs for approximately the first year of her life. God really knew what He was doing! Research shows that solids introduced earlier, not only are not needed by the child, but they potentially cause more allergic reactions, than when the solids are introduced later than one year. I don't understand the "synthetic formula" rational, and would not follow that advice. You might want to check with La Leche League too for further backing. If you still decide you want to avoid soy and cows milk, it is fairly easy to do so. I don't eat either one myself, not because of allergy but by choice. You really only have to avoid packaged convenience foods, and that is easy. Cook without soy or milk and milk products. Cows milk is only good for baby cows, and that was it's original intent. If you do an online search, you will find more harm than good in cows milk ingested by humans, especially non organic cow's milk. B. S. RN.,CCM

Dear A.:

Wow. Allergies. A long time ago when my children were 1 mo. thru 3 Years. We faced the allergy problem. Goat's milk worked for them. Yes, I know. But it's not cow's milk . And it worked. It was canned. With these allergies it is one spoon at a time. Good luck Also check out web md.hugs

Try Almond Breeze milk.. Target carries it or try a health food store, they will definitely carry it and they have other types like rice milk. They may have suggestions on food too.

Off the top of my head:
chicken fajitas with corn tortillas
beef, poultry, veggies, peanut butter, fruit, if you have a recipe that calls for milk, just substitute it with almond breeze or rice milk.

hope that helps.

The only formula that she could feesibly be on for her allergies would be the nutramigen which is completely lactose and soy free........As far as foods that you can eat, you should actually visit a health food store, most of the staff that work there have a general idea with what foods have what in them. You definitely want the rice milk or try the goat's milk.....you may also want to avoid foods that have gluten in them.....things like wheat based breads and pastas.....I have a son that has severe allergy to all dairy and a nephew that has severe allergy to all dairy, soy and gluten based foods and my sister-in-law must get his "milk and cheese" specially ordered, because they just don't carry it in the stores. You may want to try to find a vegan cookbook, that would also probably help out a lot........hope this helps.

I notice that you said that the "specialist" is really encouraging you to continue breastfeeding. As a new mommy, it is SOOOOO difficult to find a balance in life again. Remember...YOU are the most valuable specialist in the life of you and your daughter! Do what YOU are comfortable with, and don't feel guilty about any choice you make.

My situation surrounded the fact that my son has terrible reflux. I, too, was encouraged to continue breastfeeding, but I was miserable doing it. Meanwhile, if I even mentioned stopping, the "specialists" would all guilt-trip me to tears! It was awful. In the end, I sneaked and bottle fed, and my son and I (and my husband) were much happier and WAY more relaxed!

Good Luck to you!

My son had such a sever case that at 3weeks of age he had bloody stools. After seeing a specialist I found out that he was allergic to casein. The Specialist encoraged me to continue brest feeding him and to cut out ALL milk products from my diet. I found a WONDERFULL book that became my daily diary. "The Milk-Free Kitchen, Living Well Without Dairy Products, 450 Family-Style Recipes" by Beth Kidder. Not only did I love the recipes but I LOVED the fact that the begining of the book tells you about, living with the allergic child, Eating in Reastaurants, Subsitutes for Milk and Milk Products, Foods to Avoid, Foods you can eat, and (most important to me) Other names for Milk on store lables. You can also go to any fast food web site and get their nutition info. I lived off of McDonals Hamber Happy meals, Strawberry Pop Tarts, my two favorite things then. As others have said it takes time to shop and educate youself about what you can and can not now eat. Milk is not just Milk, Butter and Chesse, but is in LOTS of foods and even in medications! Don't get discouraged. It is well worth it. It took two weeks to get the milk out of my system but my baby was such a differant, Happy, Loving baby once I did and stayed with it. They told me he would out grow it and he did to a point. He still gets a upset stomach and sometimes constipated if he gets too much milk products but after the age of 18 months I was able to let him eat cheese and other products. I wish you the best of luck and feel free to contact me with any questions. PS: If you get the book my favorite recipes that I still use today are: Meat Loaf, Golden Cake(egg free as well as milk) and Peanut Butter Cookies.
J. E Miller

Hi A.,
I belong to a Yahoo group called Milkshare. it is all about connecting those in need of breastmilk with those with an excess. But there are moms with babies with allergies such as yours who have posted. I'm sure you could connect with someone to get some ideas and support. None of my babies have had such issues, but I would suggest lots of fruit and veggies, eggs, beans, rice, pasta. You could try almond or rice milk. An employee at a local healthfood store could offer advice. Good luck. Keep nursing that precious baby!
D.

I found this letter on a website when my nephew was allergic and thought you may benefit from it as well.

"I'm allergic to milk (including butter), eggs, soy, corn, most beans (including green beans), and almonds. I've had to make a lot of adjustments to my diet!

Many of your favorite recipes should still work if you either omit the ingredients you're allergic to or substitute things you can eat. In baking, you can substitute oat milk (works better than rice milk) for cow's milk and 1/4 cup applesauce for each egg. Spectrum shortening (palm oil) is a good substitute for butter in baked goods.

Watch out for sauces and dressings, where milk and eggs lurk. Lots of things have mayonnaise or cheese in them. For salad dressing, try salsa or olive oil with vinegar and/or fruit juice.

Coconut milk works as a substitute for ice cream or whipped cream in desserts, and it can also be used as a substitute for yogurt in curries.

Instead of butter or mayonnaise on bread, I either go plain or use olive oil or sesame tahini. I use olive oil spray in place of butter on vegetables and for sauteing.

I use lemon pepper, herb blends, and flavorful vinegars to dress vegetables. Spritz with a bit of olive oil spray, then sprinkle with herbs or lemon pepper. Raspberry vinegar makes a great dressing for cole slaw, malt vinegar is good on cooked greens, and a good wine vinegar can liven up a salad.

I eat a lot of chicken, turkey, and fish. I also eat a lot of fruit and vegetables. I make a lot of stir fries. Pasta and Mexican dishes can be tasty even without cheese (and, in my case, without beans as well).

I feel so much better now that I'm not eating foods I'm allergic to."

Hi A., I like your baby am allergic to milk and everything soy.... and more than this I belong in a bubble and refuse to live in it....any how my allery doctor referred me to a health store....I have found lot's of things there that I can eat and sure u can too....how did they determine your child was allergic to milk??? I can relate all 3 of my kids was a baby but out grew it as they grew...now we deal with this with there kids....allergies are gentic too...there as to be a forumal that your baby can have look into goats milk it is high but well worth it in the end if you baby can drink it...My youngest lived on it....

I googled milk free foods and several sites came up. Good luck

My son has the same problem, but I could breastfeed either. I put him on nutrimagine (not sure about the spelling). This is a baby formula. You can find it at wal-mart. It is very expensive (25.00 a can). But it worked for my son. He is 9years old and still can not have any dairy whatsoever.

Remember in breastfeeding you still have the milk protein. This is a problem that is going to be there for the rest of her life.

When I cook if it calls for milk I use water and it still tastes the same if not better.

Try the formula and see how it goes. It will change pretty fast if it is working for her.

You can message me if you want to talk more.
S. Jane

I'm not an expert by any means, but they do have almond milk, rice milk and goat milk. I've actually tried the almond milk and goat milk and they're not bad (goat a little strong and almond a little sweet). They also have flax cereals and flour to make your own breads and stuff. As I said, definitely not an expert, but also try local organic food stores or health food/vitamin stores. Good luck!

A., ask your doctor about Goat's Milk. In many cases when a baby or child's system is intolerent to cow's milk, goat's milk works perfectly. Lots of the "old timers" used Goat's Milk with excellant results, so maybe you could ingest the milk with good results.... Good luck.

Hi, A.! I feel your pain! My daughter was allergic to milk, and I'M the one allergic to soy, so my life was... interesting while she was nursing. Breastfeeding is ABSOLUTELY the best thing you can do, when it comes to food allergies. In addition to milk, Anya was allergic to broccoli and garlic. Can you imagine life without garlic or cheese?! Eek!

The good news is that she did eventually outgrow all but her shellfish allergy, and, in fact, when she started solids, I got to put a bit of dairy back in my diet. It took four years before she could eat dairy without reacting, and, even now at 6, she will break out a little or have a few behavior problems if she gets too much dairy. But we had lasagna for dinner, so it's a definite improvement!

Dairy can be tricky to get rid of, especially since there are so many names it hides under (here's a list of most: http://dairyfreecooking.about.com/od/dairyfreebasics/tp/D... )

What I ended up having to do was switch to primarily whole foods like chicken breast, beef, vegetables, rice, etc, rather than prepared foods. The way I managed was to cook a BIG meal once and then figure out ways to stretch it. Left-over baked chicken (baked plain or with bbq sauce) can be shredded and put on a sandwich for lunch the next day. Or chopped and put on a salad (watch dressing labels for hidden cheese or soy). Once you get in the habit of tossing together a few things for a meal, it gets to be as easy as throwing a microwavable dinner in the micro. Honestly!

The hardest thing for me was trying to find dairy-free bread. You'd be AMAZED at how much bread has dairy in it! There's whey in almost all of them! The health food store can be your best friend when it comes to finding bread (or, if you're brave, you can make your own. And those frozen loaves usually don't have dairy or soy). In fact, the health food store has a lot of dairy-free foods, although watch them for soy.

Good luck with it! The internet is your best friend for finding allergy-friendly recipes. Type in dairy free or no soy or something like that and watch what happens. You're not alone, I promise, and there's a great network of other parents of allergic kids out there who will help your life run smoothly. :)

Pixie

I cannot help you with what to eat for your breast milk, but the hospital you delivered at should have a lactation specialist you can call. I am going to suggest to you to go on line to the major formula companies and enroll in their free program to get formula coupons and sample of formula. I am sure you have discovered by now the I cannot help you with what to eat for your breast milk, but the hospital you delivered at should have a lactation specialist you can call. I am going to suggest to you to go on line to the major formula companies and enroll in their free program to get formula coupons and sample of formula. I am sure you have discovered by now the Nutramagin an Alimentum is very costly. Call the companies toll free numbers and ask for the specific sample of the type you need. These companies also will send you formula checks that you can use in a store to help off set the cost of the formula. Stock up now while you are still breast feeding so it does not hit you all at once. I have also been told that pediatrician office often have samples of the special formula as well that you can request. Some insurance companies will pay for it as well. Finally if you are working in a hospital see with their human resources department. Often hospitals allow their employees to purchase items through the hospital and pay their wholesale price.

One of my friends had a baby who was lactose intolerant, and she found that she could eat/drink goat's milk and things made with that in place of cow's milk while nursing. Good luck!

hi A. - i work for a company started by a mom whose children (and herself) had extreme allergies, among other things, and she found it so hard to eat!!!!

the company is called wildtree - check out www.jenwarr.mywildtree.com for more info. i can send you a product list that has all the products listed by allergens so that you would know which would be ok. there is no msg, food dyes, preservatives, additives, minimal salt or sugar and over 100 gluten free products!! plus they come with recipe suggestions and i have MANY as well!!!

hope this helps
J.
ps - for your little one - i have heard great things about goat's milk. i didn't use it as my son wouldn't take a bottle - but it's supposed to be the most like breastmilk.

A.,
My daughter was allergic to cow's milk the solution for her was goat milk it can be expensive but it was the solution for her and i did not have to continue to breast feed.