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My almost 4yr old has pandas. Doctor has suggested we go dairy free to reduce inflammation. How in the heck do you do that with a picky toddler already that is only 31lbs. We also live in rural iowa so options are limited to what is in the city. I can’t be driving to the city multiple times a week or even more than twice a month when it’s a good 2hrs away. 
Like what do you sub for cheese, yogurt, etc.

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I’m not sure what its like in the states, but here in the UK most shops do a lot of dairy free / vegan stuff now. My daughter is dairy free as shes intolerant and I get her soya based yoghurts, lots of places do vegan cheese, she has oat milk or soya milk rather than cows milk, stuff like ice cream / chocolate I get the vegan ones. Butter we get vegan butter or olive spread instead. Do your shops over there sell things like that? Most shops will have a specific free from / vegan section here? Theres also a lot of stuff that doesnt have milk in, like I just check the ingredients and some things suprise you. Like biscuits, oreos dont have milk in so she has oreos. The lotus biscoff spread (i think you have in america?) doesnt have milk, so we use that as a treat or on toast rather than chcoolate spreads etc. It was hard for me when we first started her dairy free but its just our normal way of life now.

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I don’t know how far you are from a Costco or Walmart, but both carry dairy free and vegan options these days. There are lots of suggestions online.

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So I'm not familiar with our dairy free options, but they do have soy/coconut milk yogurt alternatives. There are some dairy free cheese options, but I've not actually looked for them before. I wish this was easier to answer. Sorry for not being much help. You got this, mama.

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