Unfortunately our otherwise vegan 2 year old son is hooked on baby milk (he had problems breastfeeding and this was back when there was a lot of nonsense in the news about 'the risks of too much soya' so we opted for organic cows milk formula...)
Now we can't get him off it...
I'va started mixing rice milk in with it to gradually ween him off, and he protested a bit tonight but not as much as I'd thought he would. His older brother (4) is almost totally vegan, but grew up on breast milk and soya or rice milk. He's fit, healthy, and fully approved of by the health professionals here in Swanage!
Any other tips for weaning off the formula milk for a 2 year old? His 'botbot' is his favourite thing!
PS I found this link (http://www.sacn.gov.uk/pdfs/smcn_03_06.pdf) which if you're in the UK is really useful for checking whether your formula is vegetarian or not - some formula milks have fish-based EFAs in! Mmmm, nice!
Now we can't get him off it...
I'va started mixing rice milk in with it to gradually ween him off, and he protested a bit tonight but not as much as I'd thought he would. His older brother (4) is almost totally vegan, but grew up on breast milk and soya or rice milk. He's fit, healthy, and fully approved of by the health professionals here in Swanage!
Any other tips for weaning off the formula milk for a 2 year old? His 'botbot' is his favourite thing!
PS I found this link (http://www.sacn.gov.uk/pdfs/smcn_03_06.pdf) which if you're in the UK is really useful for checking whether your formula is vegetarian or not - some formula milks have fish-based EFAs in! Mmmm, nice!
