>>I have a son who has a suspected milk allergy. He will be
>>one year old in two weeks.
>>He has chronic kidney failure.
>Milk can be hard on the kidneys if one is allergic to it.
>
>>He is on a special formula however, it is milk-based.
>Would it be possible for him to drink soya milk or rice milk
>since he is almost a year old?  Perhaps a nutritionist or
>the manufacturers could tell you about their potassium and
>phosphorous content.
>
>Double check that the margarine you are using is dairy free.
>I use Fleishman's Salt-Free Margarine.  It tastes o.k. and
>bakes quite well.
>
Fleishman's Lower Fat tastes a bit better, but is not for cooking.

>I always thought I'd be feeding my child grilled cheese
>sandwiches, lasagne and macaroni and cheese, but since I've
>developed a milk allergy, I just don't make those.  It takes
>a period of adjustment to figure out what to cook for supper
>and eat for snacks, but there are lots of alternatives, so
>don't worry that it would be too difficult to adopt a dairy
>free diet for your son.
>
We now make grilled chicken sandwiches and grilled tuna sandwiches. Just
about anything between two grilled pieces of bread can be tasty.

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Mark Feblowitz