Wow, that is an abundant amount of information, thank you. The twins have been on soy milk since I stopped breast feeding at 3 mths old. They have not experienced problems with the soy, they have problems with things like cheese, noodles, ice cream, yogurt, pudding, ect... I have found that almost all of the food we eat contains some form of milk. -----Original Message----- From: Milk/Casein/Lactose-Free List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sherene Silverberg Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 8:50 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Brandy do you know if your children have a lactose intolerance or whether they can't tolerate the protein in the milk? if it is lactose you may want to try kefir (we used to use the Lifeway brand as it has no corn syrup in it). kefir is a cultured milk that has 10 active bacteria in it and little or no lactose. I'd be very leery of giving soy to babies as it has estrogenic effects. My children are celiacs with a casein intolerance and we have been told to avoid soy like the plague because people who have casein intolerances often develop one to soy as well. I found this out hte hard way as soy milk makes me sicker than dairy. I'd keep them on formula for another few months and then start using nut and rice milks (i'd alternate which one I used every day so that they don't develop a sensitivity to one of those) I also make an almond kefir/yoghurt which is good for the children and full of calcium Sherene