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Making home made infant formula for babies sensitive to dairy formula

Ingredients for making healthy infant formula

Q: I cannot breast feed, and my baby is allergic or sensitive to dairy infant formula, and I heard soy formula is dangerous. What’s the next best option?

A: Please read this page in FULL and you will find out some great suggestions including videos and recipes!

1) Join Yahoo Health Group of knowledgeable moms and search their forum about homemade raw milk formula: Yahoo Health Group NewWAPHB offers SUPPORT for Homemade Baby Formula.

2) Read about Whole Food Baby Formula: RealMilk.com Whole Foods Baby Formula which has FAQs and resources.

3) Watch a video by The Healthy Home Economist - Video on how to make your own raw milk infant formula (Note: using raw milk from goats or cows which are grassfed often is the solution for babies sensitive to commercial dairy infant formula. Read more details and recipes below.)

Is your baby really allergic or sensitive to milk dairy? 
Probably not. Have you tried RAW MILK? (unpasteurized and fresh from grassfed cows, goats, or sheep)

Raw milk, as compared to pasteurized milk, is very well tolerated by babies sensitive to dairy. Many babies are allergic to PASTEURIZED milk, but not raw milk. This is because pasteurization kills off all the great enzymes and beneficial bacteria making the milk very hard to digest. In addition, commercial dairy cows and commercial organic cows are fed CORN and grains, not grass. The corn and grains pass into the milk and make the dairy highly allergic for many babies.

This was the case for my baby who got horrible gas pains, colic, and skin rashes after having any trace of pasteurized dairy such as organic commercial infant formula (or my breastmilk after I consumed pasteurized dairy).

Your baby’s “allergy” to dairy may be a blessing in disguise since commercial formulas are not healthy and loaded with corn syrup and processed junk ingredients.  You can make your own healthy organic whole food version of a hypo-allergenic infant formula which is infinitely more nutritious than any store-bought commercial formula.

How to make infant formula using natural ingredients and raw milk
Video 1: (original filming 2010)

How to make infant formula using natural ingredients and raw milk
Video 2: (updated and more detailed video July 2011)


WHERE TO BUY INGREDIENTS?
The easiest way is to purchase them all together as a “KIT: Ingredients for Homemade Baby Formula“. Buying the “Kit” includes the ingredients recommended by the Weston A. Price Foundation. The other option is to buy each ingredient individually by following the product links within the recipes on this post.

 

 

Goat Milk Infant Formula Recipe

Makes 36 ounces
Prep Time: 10-15 min per day

  • 2 cups whole fresh goat milk (or cow milk if tolerated) ideally “raw” unprocessed from goats (or cows) who grazed on grass/pasture and not grains. Where can I get this if its not in my health food store?
  • 1 and 7/8 cups filtered water (=2 cups minus 2 Tbsp)
  • 1/4 cup liquid whey (easily make it yourself and stores for months, or buy from a farm). Note: Do NOT use whey protein powder which is the WRONG ingredients, nor should you use whey from making cheese–it will cause the formula to curdle. Use only homemade whey made from yoghurt, kefir or separated raw milk. This whey is a clear yellow liquid that looks like this (VIDEO of how to easily make liquid whey from plain organic yogurt).
  • 4 tablespoons lactose (milk sugar found in breast milk)
  • 2 Tbsp good quality goat cream (or cow cream) not ultrapasteurized. (Use more if you are using milk from Holstein cows as they have lower fat milk.) This is a CRITICAL ingredient as babies need a lot of fat in order to thrive and to heal their GI.
  • 1/4 teaspoon infant probiotic (i.e. HLC Neonate – good flora for gut) OR dairy-free Ther-Biotic Infant Formula
  • 1 teaspoon regular Cod Liver Oil (Omega-3 DHA, EPA, Vit A & D. Note: Dose to contain between 2,600-5,000 IU Vitamin A per day for infants over 3 months)
  • 1 teaspoon expeller-expressed Sunflower Oil (for Vitamin E and omega-6)
  • 1 teaspoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil(omega-9)
  • 2 teaspoons organic Coconut Oil (MCTs, anti-viral/anti-bacterial & immune)
  • 2 teaspoons gelatin (improves digestibility)
  • 1/4 teaspoon acerola powder (food based vitamin C)
  • 2 teaspoons organic raw chicken liver (for goat formula only, not cow formula. Adjust dose for infants under 3 months due to Vitamin A content in liver). *See my substitute below if you cannot get good liver. First freeze liver for 14 days to use it raw (freezing will kill parasites if any exist), OR you can simmer/steam it, finely grated and added to the batch of formula. (provides Vitamin B-12 missing in goat milk).
  • 2 teaspoons Frontier brand nutritional yeast flakes* (see my substitute below) Provides folic acid and B-vitamins.
  • *Note#1: I often use Multivitamins Liquid CWS by Pharmax (5-8 drops per day) instead of the liver and yeast flakes. This is MY variation, not the original recommendations by the scientists who created this formula. The liquid vitamin contains B-6, B12, Folic Acid, Vitamin A, D, and E. Yet, using the foods is ideal since if your baby tolerates them (foods tend to provide better nutritional absorption of the vitamins they contain and in a more natural form)
  • *Note#2: If you want to add just B-vitamin drops into the goat milk with no added other multivitamins, use Total B Liquid by American Dietary Labs
  • Each drop of Total B Liquid by American Dietary Labs contains 16.6 mcg of folic acid, so you will need to put in 4 -5 drops into each batch of 36 oz.
    Vitamin Dosing: You will need to dose the Folic Acid according the DRI/RDA based on your baby’s age and daily formula intake:
    • Infants 0-6 months= 65 mcg/day Folic Acid
    • Infants 7-12 mo= 80 mcg/day Folic Acid

Directions: Add gelatin to water and heat gently until gelatin is dissolved. Place all ingredients into a very clean blender and mix. (You can also mix using a glass or stainless steel bowl). Either store in a big glass bottle or pour directly in individual baby bottles for the day. Keeps 24 hours in refrigerator. Can be frozen for travel or emergencies.

To serve, shake up glass jar and pour 4 to 8 ounces into a very clean glass baby bottle, and heat with baby bottle warmer to body temperature, shake bottle well and feed baby. (Never, never heat formula in a microwave oven!) Note: If you are using the Lact-Aid, mix all ingredients well in a blender.

Raw Cow Milk-Based Infant Formula

Makes 36 ounces
Prep Time: 10-15 min per day

Raw milk, as compared to pasteurized milk, is very well tolerated by babies sensitive to dairy. Many babies are allergic to PASTEURIZED milk, but not raw milk. This is because pasteurization kills off all the great enzymes and beneficial bacteria making the milk hard to digest. This was the case for my baby who got horrible gas pains, colic, and skin rashes after having any trace of pasteurized dairy.

This milk-based formula takes account of the fact that human milk is richer in whey, lactose, vitamin C, niacin, and long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids compared to cow’s milk but leaner in casein (milk protein). The addition of gelatin to cow’s milk formula will make it more digestible for the infant. Use only truly expeller-expressed oils in the formula recipes, otherwise they may lack vitamin E.

The ideal milk for baby, if he cannot be breastfed, is clean, whole raw milk from old-fashioned cows, certified free of disease, that feed on green pasture. For sources of good quality milk, seewww.realmilk.com or contact a local chapter of the Weston A. Price Foundation.

If the only choice available to you is commercial milk, choose whole milk, preferably organic and unhomogenized, and culture it with a piima or kefir culture to restore enzymes (available from G.E.M. Cultures 707-964-2922).

  • 2 cups whole raw milk (from pasture-fed cows)
  • 1 and 7/8 cups filtered water (=2 cups minus 2 Tbsp)
  • 1/4 cup liquid whey (easily make it yourself and stores for months, or buy from a farm). Note: Do NOT use whey protein powder which is the WRONG ingredients, nor should you use whey from making cheese–it will cause the formula to curdle. Use only homemade whey made from yoghurt, kefir or separated raw milk. This whey is a clear yellow liquid that looks like this (VIDEO of how to make liquid whey from plain organic yogurt).
  • 4 tablespoons lactose (milk sugar found in breast milk)
  • 1/4 teaspoon infant probiotic (i.e. HLC Neonate)
  • 2 or more tablespoons good quality cream (not ultrapasteurized), more if you are using milk from Holstein cows
  • 1 teaspoon regular Cod Liver Oil or 1/2 teaspoon High-Vitamin Cod Liver Oil. (Note: Dose to contain between 2,600-5,000 IU Vitamin A per day for infants over 3 months.
  • 1 teaspoon expeller-expressed Sunflower Oil (for Vitamin E and omega-6)
  • 1 teaspoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil (omega-9)
  • 2 teaspoons organic Coconut Oil (MCTs, anti-viral/anti-bacterial & immune)
  • 2 teaspoons Frontier brand nutritional yeast flakes (see my substitute below) Provides folic acid and B-vitamins.
  • 2 teaspoons gelatin (improves digestibility)
  • 1/4 teaspoon acerola powder (food based vitamin C)
  • *Note: I often use Multivitamins Liquid CWS by Pharmax (5-8 drops per day) instead of the yeast flakes. This is MY variation, not the original recommendations by the scientists who created this formula. The liquid vitamin contains B-6, B12, Folic Acid, Vitamin A, D, and E. Yet, using the foods is ideal since if your baby tolerates them (foods tend to provide better nutritional absorption of the vitamins they contain and in a more natural form)
  • *Note#2: If you want to add just B-vitamin drops into the goat milk with no added other multivitamins, use Total B Liquid by American Dietary Labs
  • Each drop of Total B Liquid by American Dietary Labs contains 16.6 mcg of folic acid, so you will need to put in 4 -5 drops into each batch of 36 oz.
  • Vitamin Dosing: You will need to dose the Folic Acid according the DRI/RDA based on your baby’s age and daily formula intake:
    • Infants 0-6 months= 65 mcg/day Folic Acid
    • Infants 7-12 mo= 80 mcg/day Folic Acid

Directions: Add gelatin to water and heat gently until gelatin is dissolved. Place all ingredients into a very clean blender and mix. (You can also mix using a glass or stainless steel bowl). Either store in a big glass bottle or pour directly in individual baby bottles for the day. Keeps 24 hours in refrigerator. Can be frozen for travel or emergencies. Note, see “Bulk Preparation” and “Time Saver” tip under Goat Milk Recipe.

Dairy-Free Soy-Free Hypoallergenic Infant Formula (aka Liver-Based Formula)
Makes about 36 ounces

The liver-based formula also mimics the nutrient profile of mother’s milk. It is extremely important to include Coconut Oil in this formula as it is the only ingredient that provides the special medium-chain saturated fats found in mother’s milk. As with the milk-based formula, all oils should be truly expeller-expressed (and organic when available).

Directions: Simmer liver gently in broth until the meat is cooked through. Liquefy using a handheld blender or in a food processor. When the liver broth has cooled, stir in remaining ingredients. Store in a very clean glass or stainless steel container. To serve, stir formula well and pour 6 to 8 ounces in a very clean glass bottle. Attach a clean nipple and set in a pan of simmering water until formula is warm but not hot to the touch, shake well and feed to baby. (Never heat formula in a microwave oven!)

 

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