Child on soy milk??

[TinkerbellMama]

Okay Whole foods shows a store in Winter Park. I dunno if ones closer.

My parents live near the Winter Park Whole Foods. It's a good half hour drive from WDW without traffic. We are a completely dairy-free family and I would suggest you buy the individual serving-size soymilks for the parks and pack them in your luggage. That way you aren't scrambling to get some when you arrive. The alternative is if your family members can pick some up for you prior to your arrival. For night use obviously you can buy the larger containers since you'll have fridge access. But I would not risk taking "opened" soymilk into the parks, especially in warmer weather. Good luck!

 

[beth_cam]

My kids drink Almond milk. Both get tummy aches, constipation, increased reflux, rashes with cow's milk. Soy gives my daughter the same upset tummy/constipation as cow's milk and my son was allergic to soy. he seems to have outgrown it but it was not a pretty sight when I tried to give him soy formula so it wasnt a surprise that his allergy testing showed positive. Anyway doctor said not to bother trying goats milk so my DD started on rice milk. after trying all the rice milks for my son with any kind of flavoring (he is strongly opposed to chocolate drinks) we ended up with almond milk. So to make it easier for me they both just drink it. My son only drinks Blue Diamond's Almond breeze regular or vanilla and likes it with strawberry flavoring. Occasionally he has had Nesquick Strawberry readymaid from the grocery since I keep trying milk to see if they are outgrowing things (thankfully they are getting better and better with it) NO OTHER MILK BEVERAGE crosses his mouth he is so picky.

All that to tell you that I'm pretty familiar with looking for alternative milks in stores and carting it around with me. The packaging being similar thought I could maybe help you with finding / packing them. All of the grocery stores around me have atleast one mostly 2 (some more) different brands of both soy and rice and those will all be in various flavors on the shelf. We have 2 Publix grocery stores and one has a much bigger selection of them than the other. The one with less has the Non- frige ones (and juice box size) with the organic foods section. The other one is in an odd place in the middle of the store I think on the aisle with the canned fruits. Kroger is with the health foods but all the other stores I find it in the oddest places. It may be with the health foods but they have such a small health food section that you hardly see it. Food lion stocks like a total of 8 boxes of special milks. Easy to miss it. So anyway, the first time I found it in each store I had to find an employee and ask they usually didnt know what in the world I was talking about and had to ask someone else. They mostly come in quarts which I find great for traveling, i end up sticking them here and there throughout the car. I'm not sure what all has been already posted. I try to buy when I'm near a smaller healthfood grocery. NOT the whole foods market, small healthfood store like you see in a mall or something, or other chain large healthfood store. They seem to have higher prices than the grocers. this small store I buy from has prices as much as $1 less per quart and I can buy by the case(12 quarts or 8 half gallons) to save more.

 

[mnhockeymom]

My DD is 5 and drinks soy milk. She was allergic to all milk protein (hives) but outgrew it when she was about 3. She still won't drink cow's milk - thinks it is yucky. Anyway, we have gone with her 3 times now and I buy the Silk Soy Vanilla (she is VERY picky and will only drink Silk Vanilla or Very Vanilla) in the aseptic packs. I bring 4 of the quart size which last her a week. I double bag them in the gallon size zip-loc bags and put them in our checked luggage. No leaks yet. The first 2 times we stayed at CBR and POFQ and I packed a soft sided collapsable cooler which we filled with ice in the morning and at night to keep them cool once the carton was opened. Last time we stayed at the Contemporary and had a fridge - boy was that nice! On vacation she pretty much just has milk in the morning and at night so I don't have to bring it into the parks. She is a huge water drinker and has that with her meals - once in a while she has lemonade but she doesn't like soda or juice.

I had no idea they might have it in the sit down restaurants - next time we go I will have to ask! Thanks to those that mentioned this. We also might do a cruise and I suppose we will have to haul the cooler along again.... I doubt they have soy milk on the DCL?

Kris