As past readers know, we've had milk issues with Brody from the beginning. First breastfeeding didn't work (due to me or him or both), then milk-based formulas caused a reaction, then soy formula didn't work, then hypoallergenic formula was the final, expensive solution.
After a month or so on hypoallergenic, we tried soy again. It worked perfectly. Then, several months of something that worked. It was great. We started baby food and just avoided anything with dairy.
Then around 10-11 months I tried yogurt. He got sick. Took some time off, we started cheese, no reaction!! Tried yogurt again, he didn't want to eat it. Tried yogurt bites (freeze dried baby food), no reaction! Tried mac & cheese - perfect!
Then the big test...whole milk. The week of Brody's birthday we mixed in 1oz of milk with his 5 oz bottle of formula. He drank about half of it and about 10 minutes later it was all over the carpet along with everything else he had eaten for the day. Ugh...
We gave him a week off and tried again. Now we started with a tablespoon of milk mixed with his formula. We're up to almost an ounce of milk after 4 days and so far so good!
It's a long process but I finally have hope that he'll be able to drink milk before he's two. In fact, he may be drinking whole milk by the time he's 13 months old!!
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