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Why would you need to consult a doctor about not giving your kid dairy?

I'm not sure 'a doctor' is necessarily the right person to consult, but lack of it can induce lactose intolerance, and it's a good source of calcium which children have greater need of than adults (so a dairy-free diet that's been great for you for 20y isn't necessarily great for your child), and perhaps other vitamins, IANA expert.

And since GP said infants, if we're including (human) breast milk as 'dairy' then it probably is reasonable to ask doctor about it - IANA parent either but I think the standard powder or whatever substitutes are still (non-human) dairy products?

Infants should not really be drinking anything else besides breast milk or special milk in general. Like not even water... So I could see how militant vegan people could endanger their babys. But not because plant based milk is inherently bad.

Is breast milk considered dairy? I've never met a vegan who has issues with breastfeeding

Remember that product safety labelling is for the 5% of population that are either idiots or insane.

Just because in your socio-economic circles, no one is a militant enough vegan to feed a nursing baby Oatly or whatever, doesn't mean people out there don't need some guidance.

I mean there's vegans out there putting their carnivore pets like cats on vegan diets, so you can see someone thinking "hey it's just another milk replacement.. it's healthy!" feeding it to an infant is certainly not a 0.001% edge case.

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