weaning off cowmilk

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Shirley, you can try mixing the cow's and soymilk, gradually increasing the

ratio of soy until your son is accustomed to the taste. Also, try different

soymilks, as they all taste surprisingly different. Most people like Silk,

and he'd probably like their chocolate.

If he's generally only drinking it on cereal, try giving him other things

for breakfast so that he doesn't really get cow milk anymore. If he's not

really exposed to it, he may lose the taste of it and be more open to

soymilk. I myself am not crazy about soymilk - I loooove vanilla Rice

Dream, though, so you could give him that on cereal and he might prefer it.

It's not at all nutritional but if it's only a cup or so, it's not that big

a deal when he's otherwise eating a healthy diet.

 

dh = dear (or dumb) husband

dd = dear daughter

ds = dear son

 

And, when replying to posts and especially posts within a digest, please

snip off unnecessary text - very hard to scroll through a digest when it

contains whole other digests!

 

HTH,

Doh

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> Shirley <mybluerat

> Re: Digest Number 816

>

> I just have a couple of questions. First of all, what

> does 'dd' and 'dh' stand for, I see them used

> repeatedly and have been wondering for a while.

> Secondly, does anyone have any suggestions for

> switching a 10 year old from cow's milk to soy? He

> says he doesn't like it but I'm sure its just because

> he isn't accustomed to it. My 5 yr old and I drink

> only soy, although none of us are exclusively vegan.

> I'm trying to slowly work my way towards vegan and

> this has been kind of a roadblock. He doesn't drink a

> lot of milk, mostly only in cereal and an occasional

> cup of chocolate milk, and I've been buying organic

> milk for him since at least that is a little healthier

> (no pesticides/antibiotics, etc.) but would love to

> stop buying it all together.