thanks everybody

for sharing your stories & recommendations (sorry for late reply--just got back from a trip).  Both of our kids were lactose intolerant, but we had been led to believe that dairy is good so we added cheese & ice cream to their diet since they can eat those in moderation.  Seems we would have been better at the start to not give any dairy!  What do you think about yogurt?  I was making yogurt from milk so they can eat with fresh fruits since probiotics is good for the tummy, but it is dairy after all.

SqueakyClean, thanks for posting those links and the ice cream recipe.  I was going to go dig up the ones about milk so I can convince my sister that milk is not good for people--that was one reason I dropped milk months ago.  Now for the ice cream and cheese, pizza, waffles...