Our son  consumed soy formula until he was 41/2 yrs old  which is also very
high in fats .  He is now seven and has been drinking rice milk for a few
years, but he is on the heavy side, and we have always wondered if this is
due to the prolonged intake of fats in the baby formula.  Also i have asked
several doctors about calcium supplementsfor him because he has had severe
dairy allergies since birth, and they have always said he gets enough in his
diet.  I never felt comfortable with this answer so i started giving him
tums daily,especially now that he will only take rice milk in his cereal.
Hopefully this is an acceptable amount of calcium.
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From: "Mark Feblowitz" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 4:34 PM
Subject: Re: Calcium, magnesium, vitamin D


> Our son was able (and willing) to drink soy formula until approx age 9.
> That has all of the calcium, magnesium, and vitamins that he needed. He
now
> takes a milk-free CVS store brand supplement that contains calcium &
> magnesium. He also drinks calcium-fortified rice milk.
>
> I recommend talking to a nutritionist and/or getting a good book on
> nutrition from the library. It's pretty difficult to get adequate calcium
> from foods other than dairy. You'd have to eat a ton of broccoli or
> cabbage, and you'd still come up short.
>
> If he likes Tums or some of the other chewable calcium antacids, you can
> use those (until he tires of the taste). Make sure they are free of any
> other antacid medications, since he doesn't need those.
>
>
> Mark Feblowitz
>
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> customer.
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