>Certainly, if supplementation is necessary, formula is preferable to cows
>milk.  And my own experience (not supplementing but introducing cows milk at
>12 months) is that many children are allergic to dairy. Early introduction
>can certainly result in increasing the risk of allergic reaction.  And let
>me tell you, it is NOT fun to have to keep all dairy out of our children's
>diet!!!
>
>Liz

Of course, introducing cow's milk formula exposes the baby to the same
cow's milk proteins--in respect to allergic response, they are the same.

The only cow's milk formula which may be (at least theoretically) less
allergenic would be the cow's milk-protein hydrolyzed infant formulas.

I agree that commercial (evaporated cow's milk) formulas are somewhat
preferable to plain evaporated milk (in a homemade formula).  In fact, I
recommend the hydrolyzed cow's milk formulas when parents are going to give
something other than breast milk if they themselves have allergies (atopic
disease), because theoretically it should pose less of a risk.

Arly

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