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During our vacation I took my LO off of cows milk to see if that is what was causing his excema (it was bad and all over him). Well it did clear up so now that means that he has milk allergies. We put him on Soy and it seems alright, I just dont like the fact that I am giving him technically soybeans to drink, it just seems weird to me. Plus he doesnt act like he likes it much and I cant get him to drink enough. What about goats milk? Should I try that? I have read that goats milk is the best milk to drink....WAY better than cows milk and it actually comes from an animal instead of a bean which makes me feel a bit better. What do yall think? Also I could put him on that enfamil next step soy formula. What would yall do?

I know a mom who swears by goat milk for her LO. She is a mom who thoroughly researches everything and is really into nutrition. And she thinks it is wonderful. FWIW.

Hope your LO's excema is better! Poor thing.

I read somewhere that goat's milk is closer to breast milk than cow's mild is, but I have no idea where I saw that. I wasn't really looking for info on that when I came across it. If you end up using the Next Step formula let me know. I have a bunch of coupon checks I'm not going to use that you can have. Just send me a PM if you want them.

I just found this....

http://askdrsears.com/html/3/T032400.asp

I would not use the goats milks formula without looking into the differences more but in my situation with my 14 mo old I think that I may try the goats milk.....I wonder what dr farmer would think? Do yall think that peds would be against the switch?

I may also add the enfamil next step (soy) also just to make sure he is getting all that he needs.....yall agree?

I agree with you... I've seen recipes for goats milk formula and other homemade infant formulas online and I would do a lot of research before I replaced either breast milk or commercial infant formula with something made at home, for an infant under a year. But I think that it would be OK to use goats milk as an alternative to cows milk for a 14 month old. I have no idea what a ped would say about it though.