[carolinablonde]

There's something about this that doesn't quite make sense. Soy formula is not bad for a baby that small - many babies that can't tolerate lactose are put on soy formula and do just fine - in fact, they do better than they did on the cow's milk-based formula.

Though I question whether a 6-week old baby is ready for apple juice, they simply must not have been feeding the baby enough of anything.

[rogue yam]

There's something about this that doesn't quite make sense. Soy formula is not bad for a baby that small - many babies that can't tolerate lactose are put on soy formula and do just fine - in fact, they do better than they did on the cow's milk-based formula.

The article says "soy milk" not "soy formula". Two different things.

[N3WBI3]

Soy formula is has supplements which add vitamins. Its more calorie dense than soy milk, and (unlike juice), its not a freaking dieretic!

[CharlesWayneCT]

It said they were giving him soy milk, not soy formula.

I think a baby wouldn’t be able to properly digest soy milk, just like they can’t really digest cow’s milk.

This isn’t really a “vegan” thing. At 6 weeks the baby isn’t going to be eating any meat anyway — we didn’t feed our child any meat-like stuff for a year (we did breast-feed, and did the normal peas, rice, etc).

Apple juice is OK for babies, I wouldn’t at 6 weeks, but it’s no substitute for formula.

Their mistake seems to have been not using a baby formula. That’s not a “vegan” thing, that’s a leftie “evil formula company” thing in all likelyhood.

[TheBattman]

It wasn’t soy-based formula, it was simply “soy milk” that is sold in the dairy isle... definitely not intended for newborn babies!