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When Zane was a baby around 4 months old he started spitting up large amounts of breast milk right after each and every feeding. He was eating really well, but throwing all of it up shortly after each feeding. I had asked a couple mama friends their opinions on the situation before I had made an appointment to see his Doctor.

I wanted to see if it was something I could clear up on its own before anything else. A few friends suggested that maybe he could be allergic to dairy. Since I was breast feeding everything I was eating he was too.

So as an experiment I cut out dairy cold turkey. No milk, no cheese, no yogurt, etc just to see how Zane reacted. Within a week of this he stopped throwing up after his nursing time, he was eating really well, his crying stopped a lot. I think mostly because his tummy was upset from all the dairy. I was convinced yup he was indeed allergic to it.

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Since then I myself have enjoyed Silk Almond Milk in replace of regular milk in just about everything, cereal, coffee, I also enjoy cooking and baking with almond milk. At first it was hard to cut dairy out of my diet, but now I actually prefer the taste of Almond milk. One of the benefits of almond milk is that it has 50% more calcium than regular milk.

My family and I use Silk Almond milk in a lot of our foods, I use it in all my baking where milk is added, we use it at breakfast time for cereal too! And I use it now in my coffee in replace of the creamer I once used.

For my easy smoothie prep I like to divide up all my fruit and other ingredients and place them in ziplock bags and put them in the freezer. Then I when I want a quick smoothie I can just grab one out of the freezer and it's ready.

Here's what goes into my bags;

Fruit (any desired kind) spinach, chia seeds, vanilla protein powder, Silk Almond Coconut milk.

I love that in comes in a few flavors, my kids love the chocolate flavor too! Now, I'm excited about the addition of Silk Almond Coconut Blend and Silk Almond Milk Protein + Fiber perfect for adding to my morning smoothies! Even my kids love a good smoothie with almond milk.

I'm excited about these new additions to the Silk family, giving me even more variety in a brand that I love! Do you love smoothies too? What do you put in yours?

Andrea Worley