Before I say anything, let me say that what I have to say is NOT
intended to try to convince anyone to use or reccommend goat milk
formulas.  I do not even "reccommend" them myself in that I never bring
up the subject.  However, if someone asks specifically about it, I will
tell them how and why I used it and what my experience with it was.
Often, the people I share this with have been intending to give
undiluted goat's milk to a young baby.

However, I object to the condescending tone taken by many on this list
toward anyone who uses or reccommends a formula based on fresh goat
milk.  The term "uneducated" has been repeated many times.  I do not
think that this is either true or fair.

I have not seen anything given as hard evidence that using goat milk
formulas is more harmful than using many of the commercial brands.  We
do, however, have abundant evidence that many children do very poorly on
commercial formulas.

As for the commercial formulas being infinitely better because they are
scientifically produced, consider this: none of the formulas based on
anything but cow's milk contain lactose (and now there is even one that
is based on cow's milk with the lactose removed). Is this because all of
these scientists are truly unaware that lactose intolerance is very rare
in infants? NO! It is because they know that the general public thinks
lactose intolerance is common in infancy and that, by promoting
"lactose-free" formulas, they will make more money.  Is this really more
scientific than someone scrutinizing the components of goat milk and
adding what they can to make it more like breasmilk?

I do not have much scientific evidence about the use of goat milk
either, but I do have personal experience.  I have the health of the
children I have used it with, especially the one who was severely ill,
pale and undersized when I got her and improved dramatically when I
added some FRESH goat milk to her diet.  I know that is not enough to
base a reccommendation on, but I think it at least deserves a tiny bit
of consideration.

Aloha,
Darillyn