If My Baby Drinks Lactose Free Formula, Does That Mean She’s Lactose Intolerant?
Saturday, February 20th, 2010 at
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Possibly, but not neccessarily. Many children outgrow allergies of all kinds; food, medication, environmental.
There is no way to tell for sure.
Not necessarily, if she is on lactose free because that is what you CHOOSE to give her.
If she’s not tolerating regular milk and was forced into lactose free .. then she might be lactose intolerant. BUT it might also mean she’s just *sensitive* to lactose.
IF she is lactose intolerant — she can outgrow it.
If she’s not lactose intolerant and you just CHOSE to put her on lactose free formula, I suggest trying regular formula and let her body start experimenting with the lactose and see how she does.
My son had to have the lactose free formula. I tried switching him to regular milk when he was a year old but he didn’t do well with it. His pediatrician recommended that I mix his formula with 2% milk for a while. I did this until he was 14 months old. He was then able to drink 2% milk. He still has trouble drinking whole milk, but he’s fine with the 2% and can eat all other dairy products. He is 9 years old now. So, I’m going to say….Just because she can’t handle the regular formula now doesn’t mean that she will be lactose intolerant when she is older.
im kinda having a hard time understanding your question, were you instructed by her doctor to only give her lactose free formula or are you asking if theres a effect of you choosing to give her lactose free formula? well, in any case, what causes lactose intolerance is a missing enzyme in your body, your stomach for whatever reason doesn’t produce this particular enzyme and in turn, your body cannot digest dairy correctly. so assuming that you’re just choosing to give her lactose free product, no, giving her that wont cause her to develop a intolerance or allergy
Did she start out on milk based and have to switch?
It doesn’t necessarily indicate a dairy allergy in her future. Babies have very immature digestive systems. Some babies just cannot handle milk based.
My daughter spit up milk based formula, and then did fine on soy. She drinks whole milk now & is fine (she is 2)
i dont think so.it probably means she needs it now for easy digestion. dont worry shes gonna be fine either way.