Kelly Duncan wrote:
>
> My 5 year old is allergic to milk proteins and recently decided he'll no
> longer drink soy milk.  My doctor recommended goat's milk.  I'm just leary -
> I can't believe it has none of the same proteins as cow's milk.  Do any of
> you use it?

i know several people whose kids are milk allergic where they are ok
with goat's milk.  however, the kids seem to be less allergic than my
daughter (they get stuffed up/behavioral changes - she gets hives/diarrhea/vomiting).

we are planning to do a goat's milk challenge at about 3 yrs.

meanwhile, we did find a soy milk that she likes (she has spit out all
others) - soy dream original enriched.  if your son is normal and likes
somewhat sweet things (my daughter hates 98% of sweet things), maybe
trying a rice milk?  or one of the other milks?  or even a different
brand of soy milk - they all have very, very different tastes.

i agree with the other posts that said that kids/people don't need milk,
but it is nice to have one my daughter will drink (ditto with other
substitutes), so she can be like mommy/daddy/other kids.

Rachel
and Mackenzie (allergic to citrus and dairy)
& another girl! due in june