So...Has anyone seen it here?
If no one has, maybe I'll just make me own
Cheers
L
I've never had it before but hear it is a decent alternative to cow's milk. My baby doesn't like the latter and I'm not comfortable giving him soymilk so early.
I have never seen it here, i did a google search and found you can make your own here is the link http://nutiva.com/nutrition/recipes/milk.php , or you can have it shipped here from the USA.
hemp is a vegetable fibre, I can't imagine it's any more nutritious or useful than soy milk ?
How old is your baby ? - under 12 months they should only have breastmilk or a decent quality formula product...
I may be misunderstanding this but should babies be drinking cows, hemp or soy milk at all?
Shouldn't they just be having breast or formula?
I think this is what you're looking for, Trinkhanf :
I had a quick look at the link and this product is being promoted as a low-cholesterol 'diet' type product...not something that I'd recommend for babies - babies need essential fats and cholesterol to grow their brains... high levels of 'healthy' cholesterol are naturally found in breastmilk, considered the 'perfect' food for human babies...
Hemp-seed products are a possible protein source...
If your child is intolerant to dairy, then you could try things like cheeses and yoghurts which are essentially 'pre-digested' - so the milk proteins are easier to digest (the main issue of dairy allergy is cow's milk *protein*) - similarly, if your child has a dairy allergy they may well be allergic to soy as well - since soy protein is also a common allergy...and they may also find that they are allergic to hemp protein...
Soy milk is a no go because of phyto estrogens - did too much actual lab* research on it to give it to my male child. Almond milk I'm wary of because it is derived from a nut. Rice milk is iffy because it doesn't have enought fat content. Hemp milk is purported to have a decent amount of fat but I am not sure of the details.
My baby is over 1 and under 2, not sure what that makes him officially, (toddler?) but, you know, he will always be my baby
*not just at Google University
Oh, fair enough. I assumed that by saying it was a 'baby' you are talking one who is under 12 months....otherwise I would call them 'infant' or 'toddler' - definitely one of 'walking' age
Is there a reason particularly why you think your child, over 12 months, actually needs 'milk' ? - because really after 12 months it's nutritionally possible to give a mixed and healthy diet (and I'm not talking a particularly restricted diet) that doesn't focus on milk as the main source of nutrition...
I guess with my background I'm dubious of most 'health' foods - because there are plenty of very ordinary foods that are healthy and nutritious and don't cost a fortune (your basic fruit and vegetables, nuts and legumes, staples and fish, meat etc)...
And yes, I have concerns about soy products and avoid them in general - we eat the occasional tofu and a little soy sauce...but personally I don't understand the logic of taking seeds/beans and grinding them up, adding emulsifiers and stabilisers and whatever else, and homogenising the whole mixture to make it appear 'like milk'...I'd rather just eat a few soy beans...
I guess as a convenience food that is not 'nut' derived you could consider oat milk... (not Goat, but Oat )...
From what I gather, and what my pediatrician recommends, he should be drinking half a liter of milk a day til he's at least 2. The thing is I've been trying regular cow milk (mixed with formula etc) for a month and he just won't drink it. It's not a question of lactose intolerance, I think it's just taste. When he's older I would consider giving him chocolate milk but right now I'm looking at possible alternatives.
I'm going to try the hemp milk myself first though, who knows, it may just taste as nasty as cow milk .
Thanks for your help guys.
L.
Well, if it's cow's milk for calcium reasons then I don't think you are going to get that from hemp milk...
I am sure you can try things like heaps of different cheeses, yoghurt, quark, and adding cow's milk to cooking - what about milk shakes ? - my toddler loves banana milkshakes...we do 'egg nogs' too in our household (no egg allergies)...we use a spoonful of plain vanilla icecream and half a banana for a cup of milk - in this weather you could even try making milk iceblocks...
If the child is still being breastfed, then that usually meets their 'milk' requirements through the second year, and if they have been accustomed to formula, then there's nothing wrong with giving formula through the second year, other than the cost...
Toddlers are notoriously fussy eaters, and tend to have 'food fads' - you know, when they just want to eat one thing - my middle child went through a cheese phase that lasted about 3 months...he could get into the refrigerator and I'd find a huge block of cheese, with the wrapper still on, with nibble marks all around the edges where he'd tried to help himself
Leylak: You said in your first post that your little one didn't like cows milk. We have also had this problem with our 2 year old after we stopped bfeeding so I have had to resort to buying the blimmin' expensive follow-on formula milk from Aptamil called "Junior" .
We had some success, however, with flavouring cow's milk either with blitzed up fruit (banana goes down well with him, for example) or a couple of spoonfuls of the chocolate or vanilla flavour stuff from Nestle.
Getting all excited and calling it "magic big boy juice" seemed to work from a reverse-psychology point of view, too.
It's probably not the perfect solution you are looking for but it might offer an alternative to you busting a gut looking for hemp milk.
I believe that children's bodies are in many ways self-regulating when it comes to food. So if your child does not want milk at the moment, there is no point in forcing it on him, this usually leads to power-struggle. If milk intake really matters to you, then try giving him other dairy products (cheese or yogurt, as per Swisspea's advice) or resort to a ruse (as suggested by Sandgrounder).
I would personally not bother about rice/oat/hemp/almond or whatever milk. These drinks are made to make the lives of people with food intolerances or on special diets a bit more tolerable, but in my view a perfectly healthy 2-year-old should learn to eat and love normal food.
We have had some calcium issues too, despite the fact my child is still being breastfed. She loves the little mozarella sticks they sell in Migros, cooled, it also helps her with teething and then quark with mashed bananas. I did offer regular milk, it took us good 3-4 months, before she decided she likes it, do not push it or show that you really would like your child drinking it since they always do exactly the opposite .
What worked was tiny bit of cocoa powder, and never put it in a sippy or bottle, since she wants to do things grownups do and imitate us. So she was slowly getting accustomed and one day (I think she was 1 and 3/4), we had a playdate who drank his milk and ever since then she drinks her milk and loves it. We do not have to even put anything else in it. I just give her a tiny pitcher of it and her mini expresso porcelain cup and she serves herself, drinks quite a bit of it. We just lived with the mess of it for a brief time.
I do love the idea of banana or ice cream milk shakes, I think we will do it this summer. Haggen daas seems to have the least additives, so I will use that one.
I was under the impression that milk proteins bind with the calcium to make it indigestible in milk anyway. No idea whether it's true or not, but whoever told me that also told me there's more absorbable calcium in standard tap water.
This doesn't aid you in finding hemp milk...
Yup Yup, that's what we're doing, giving him that Junior stuff, chipping away at out life saving liter by liter...though yeah, hemp milk probably wouldn't be so cheap either.
Thanks for all the suggestions though!
you can't trust doctors! They are completely integrated into THE SYSTEM. You should NEVER get vaccinations! NEVER just go to you tube and look it up. Vaccinations are government control schemes to pay out to big pharma.
Also, soy is gentically modified, and has too much estrogen for men.
Also, for any type of juice, buy organic vegetables, and use a juicer.
You can't trust the big companies. All they care about is profit. It is insane.
And I am a capitalist too. Sensibly.
Hemp Milk? Is this similar?
Bhang lassi
Bhang lassi is a special lassi that contains bhang , a liquid derivative of cannabis , which has effects similar to other eaten forms of marijuana) . It is legal in many parts of India and mainly used for religious purposes, particularly during Holi , when pakoras containing bhang are also sometimes eaten. Rajasthan is known to have licensed bhang shops, and in many places one can buy bhang products and drink bhang lassis.
Don't give it to babies, unless you want them to sleep for 12 hours
Could you not try goats or sheep milk, both are sold in coop, so I would assume the other supermarkets also sell them. Our son drinks either of them (he's 9, so not a toddler) as cows milk can cause him to have quite nasty migraines.