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.

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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