>Hello, I am new to list.
>I have four kids, three of them have a milk allergy (is it common to have so
>many in one family?).  Although none of them are life threatening, they can
>not tolerate any milk or products with the proteins hidden in them.  My other
>child can drink milk and have milk products, but only to a certain point.
>Even when she has too much her reaction is not as bad.  None of them could
>tolerate milk based formulas, and two of  could not tolerate soy.  My youngest
>can not tolerate any of  the formulas that his ped. tried. (nutramagen,
>alimentum)  He can not have soy either, so we are stuck with rice milk - which
>he does not like.  Does anyone have any suggestions on what I can give him to
>drink?  Juice and water is all he will drink.
>
>My other question is does anybody know of a vitamin that is milk free, and
>contains no dyes?  (for a 4 & 9 year old)  I have asked two pharmacist. One of
>them said the lactose in the chewable over-the-counter brands would not bother
>them, I did not listen to him.  The other one did not have any idea.
>
>Any help you could give me would be greatly appreciated!
>

Kellie

We use PolyViSol chewables. They taste great (the ones without iron) and
hve none of the things that my family members are allergic to (milk, eggs,
nuts, soy, sorbitol).

We use the CVS brand of non-chewable Calcium Magnesium and Zinc: it's
milk-free. So are Tums, but we all got tired of the taste after a while.

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Mark Feblowitz