With our little peanut nearing the one year mark it is time to wean her off the bottle and the unbelievably expensive formula. So, I placed a call to her GI doc asking what we could wean her to. I specifically asked if we could wean her to rice milk. I had read on the Neocate website forum that some moms were weaning their little ones to rice milk mixed with coconut milk. Enriched rice milk is chock full of vitamins and minerals, somewhat better than milk, but it is lacking in fat, which growing toddlers need for proper brain development, and protein. The coconut milk is LOADED with fat! 14 grams of it per 1/3 cup! These moms are putting 1/4 cup coconut milk in a sippy cup then filling the sippy cup with rice milk. How ingenius is that? So anyway when the nurse called me back she said that Dr. wanted to try her on vitamin D milk. These were the instructions: Day 1- one drop on her lip and on her tongue. If all goes well...Day 2 - one drop on her lip and on her tongue. If all goes well...Day 3 - 1/2 ounce; Day 4 - 1/2 ounce. After that, if all is still going well, we can gradually increase to no more than 16 ounces daily over a period of 10 - 14 days. She said if little peanut doesn't do well with it to call them back and Dr. would probably keep her on the Neocate. So I asked her about the rice milk/coconut milk option instead. She said she would talk with dietician and Dr. Well, she called me back this afternoon and said both dietician's said that would work just to watch her protein intake and the Dr. gave us the OKAY!!!! That is such good news for the pocket-book! We will have to gradually try the coconut milk to ensure she isn't allergic of course, but YAHOOOOOO!!!
Of course this is all ONLY if she doesn't handle the dairy. So, this morning I placed one drop of vitamin D milk on her tongue and on her bottom lip. I think she did okay. She had a slightly yucky diaper this evening. But, it wasn't loose and there was only one messy diaper! Before she would have had several! So, it's only Day 1, but so far so good! :) We will see what tomorrow brings.
Talk to ya soon...
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