Breastfeeding Moms
So I took the baby in for his wic renewal today since he just had his first birthday. We had a dr note for almond milk instead of cows milk because my oldest had a lactose intolerance and the dr was worried my youngest would have it too. Well long story short they could only give is lactose free milk or soy, so we took the lactose free. The "nutritionist" was telling me that almond milk doesn't have the fat that he needs, so I informed her that mostly he still gets breast milk, well only breast milk if I am home. She looked at me like I had three heads! She then proceeded to tell me that instead I should be pushing cheese and yogurt (he can eat those without problems) so that he gets the fat he needs. I just nodded and smiled but was thinking to myself how could an agency that is supposed to be so pro-breastfeeding have so little knowledge about it? Smh, good thing I know better.
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Sorry that happened :( I thought WIC ended at a year? -
WIC ends at 5 yrs old -
No can get it til 5. Wic for moms ends at baby's first birthday.
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Probably because almond milk is way more expensive than soy milk.
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Yeah I know, I just worry about putting the phytoestrogens in my little boy when they don't really know the effects yet...besidesy oldest a couldn't tolerate soy when he was young any better than the cows milk so I figured the lact-aid would be better just in case.
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It stops at a year for the breastfeeding mom. It continues until 5 for the child.
Quoting court.0125:
Sorry that happened :( I thought WIC ended at a year? -
If there is a diary issue, the Lactaid will still affect it because it has the cow milk proteins that cause the issues.
Quoting BennyBaby09:
Yeah I know, I just worry about putting the phytoestrogens in my little boy when they don't really know the effects yet...besidesy oldest a couldn't tolerate soy when he was young any better than the cows milk so I figured the lact-aid would be better just in case. -
I know, but with my oldest it was just a lactose intolerance, that he eventually outgrew (thankfully). My youngest is showing the same symptoms that my oldest did. My oldest could drink the lactaid with no problem, so I figured I would start with that and if there are still issues then we could try something else. If I have to I will just buy him the almond milk myself since I know he can drink that with no problems, it's just so expensive that I figured the lactaid could be a good place to start since that's what wic can give me.
Quoting aehanrahan:
If there is a diary issue, the Lactaid will still affect it because it has the cow milk proteins that cause the issues.
Quoting BennyBaby09:
Yeah I know, I just worry about putting the phytoestrogens in my little boy when they don't really know the effects yet...besidesy oldest a couldn't tolerate soy when he was young any better than the cows milk so I figured the lact-aid would be better just in case.
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Yea, they seriously give THE CHEAPEST crap they have....except you can get REECES peanut butter (can you say full of sugar) out...
Quoting angellove1119:
Probably because almond milk is way more expensive than soy milk.
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A couple weeks ago when dd turned 1 the nutritionist told me I should have her weaned in 6 -8 weeks and completely on table foods. I told her she was crazy if she thought I was going to wean in the middle of cold and flu season. Dd does get solids/table food, but she's still primarily bf'd.