Any subsititute for baby w/ milk allergy (formula)??

I hadn't even thought about the antibiotics and leaky gut. I do give probiotics during antibiotics and for a week or so after but he gets yeasty alot anyway. Must be the flora population. Glad that was mentioned and will most certainly read more on that! Thanks for the links as well. Will check those out. I do have a goat farm not far at all from here, we used to get goats milk from them a couple years ago for about two years or so and it was pretty good. They do pasteurize it, they said it helped with the taste. My 4yr old could only drink goats milk after he self-weaned from BF'ing until just last year and every now and again we would try a little cows milk in with the goats milk and finally he had no ill effects from it, although I wonder if even though he seems fine after drinking it, no gas, doesn't complain his tummy hurts like he once did, but his eczema is horrible. I often wonder still. Anyway, Jonathon has been on antibiotics so often I lost track. From surgeries that required antibiotics afterwards as precautionary, to bacterial meningitis that he caught while in the hospital (6 different potent IV meds for 21 days for that!), sinus infections out the ying-yang, trach infections and he also has MRSA. So any antibiotics he gets are pretty strong, but we still have to take caution since his doctors worry that one day nothing will work. What really put a number on his immune was not only all the infections/surgeries etc, he has been on cortisteriods to reduce swelling in his lungs I think 6 times the past year. With the leaky gut syndrome (I think I heard it called that once), could that cause diaper rashes on and off (more on) that seem really hard to get a handle on? THANKS SOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi! There is a formula called Bright Beginnings that is soy-based, 30 cal/oz and it's made for older kids ages 1 and up who are tube fed or have eating issues. It's reasonably priced and you might be able to get insurance to cover it. Just do a search to find their website. They do home delivery, you can't find it in stores.

Have you tried Neocate, Peptamin Jr, and some of those other hypo formulas for older gtube kids? It's not very tasty but since he has a tube he can get it without worrying about the taste.

BTW my daughter is also a g-tube baby! So I just wanted to say hello. My dd is working on tube-weaning and gets most food by mouth now (75% on a good day, 0% on a bad day), but when I tube feed her, I no longer use formula. I bought a Magic Bullet blender and I pretty much just blend up whatever we eat for dinner and put it down the tube. That thing can puree almost anything if you add enough water! I just make sure to put it through a strainer first to get out any chunks but most of the time it doesn't catch anything in the strainer. I think real food is SO much healthier for them than formula, if he is able to tolerate it and digest it okay.