breastfeeding and adoption

[Guest guest]

Oops. Sorry. I read these from most recent to earliest emails. I didn't

realize the baby is 9 months old. Introducing nursing at this point may be

difficult. Sorry about the confusion.

Lucy

Marvelyn and Trey Granger <cgranger wrote:I'm very new to this

list and a new vegan. But I have been a mom for a long

time :-) so I thought I would throw in a thought. At 9 months, she

probably is not using formula exclusively. She may already have her first

tooth or two and is eating finger foods (soft veggies, cereal, etc). If due

to her circumstances she has not been introduced to foods besides formula,

you can start that when she gets home.

 

Also, at one year it's very common to reduce the intake of formula and start

introducing other sources (such as soy milk) from a cup. For many children

who are lactose intolerant, soy is the only digestible formula. It really

takes trial and error.

 

Hope this helps.

 

~Marvelyn

 

 

 

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" Bea & Bill " <veggiefamily

 

Friday, December 27, 2002 6:48 PM

Re: Digest Number 562

 

 

> Hi,

> We're a soon to be vegan family. My partner and I are going to China

> Jan 9 to bring home our 9 month old daughter. I asked a La Leche League

> mom who is a good friend of mine about healthy formula choices and she

> had no idea (she's doing some research for me) but she was very

> concerned about the possibility of using a soy based formula since she

> felt it can cause allergies. She gave me some alternatives for making

> my own from a book called Nourishing traditions (anyone seen it? I

> glanced at it and it seemed very anti-vegan to me) but all had cow or

> goat's milk as the base. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

> Since she's Chinee its likely she's lactose intolerant to some degree.

> We will keep her on the formula she is used to while in China and then

> wean her to something else when she is home.

> Thanks!

> Bea

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http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families go to

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