When Coco turned one, the conversations in my DM’s almost entirely changed to questions about her changing diet and what I planned on feeding her moving forward.

“What supplements are safe and how long should I breastfeed?”

There were questions about juice, formula and milk. A lot of moms really wanted the 411 on everything nutritious to give their babies as breastfeeding slows down to keep them strong and healthy.

At 15 months, breastfeeding is still going strong but since I stopped pumping, I needed to find something for her to sip on with sitters and I really wanted to find her something substantial, clean and convenient.

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Around one, a lot of women have retired from breastfeeding or formula and traded it in for cow's milk, but I’ve found that many toddler’s tummies weren’t happy with it. I wanted to find something that would help Coco and provide your tots complete nutrition while also being gentle on their little digestive tracts.

The stars aligned and I was introduced to ELSE, a fully organic plant-based complete nutrition mix for toddlers!!

They hadn’t launched yet, wanted testers and I needed something for Coco so I gave it a shot. Hallelujah, she LOVES it! I mean really loves it. We’ve been using it for months!

She had tried another formula when she was younger and wasn’t particularly thrilled, like toss the bottle across the room not at all thrilled.

Finding a formula this clean that she would drink is heavenly! I thought she’d be apprehensive but nope, she guzzles it right down!

We add it to water just like you would formula, nothing fancy. But I’ve also added it to our Tropical Gut Refresh Smoothie and to coconut milk yogurt with some berries on top. We chatted about partnering up and I was thrilled. I even got them to give us a discount code because I know every bit helps.

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ELSE lives up to my rigorous standards.

It’s:

Organic
Vegan, Plant-Based
Dairy-Free
Gluten-Free
Soy-Free
Corn Syrup-Free
FDA Approved
Minimal Processing

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“But Chanelle you’re not vegan so why a vegan nutrition shake?”

Well since you asked... There’s an estimated 18-25% of Northern European Americans, 75% of African Americans and 90% of Asian Americans that are LACTOSE INTOLERANT.

It’s incredibly prevalent, about 70% of people in the world have lactose intolerance!

In Black children symptoms of lactose intolerance often appear at 2 years old and some earlier. What happens is the body is unable to digest and absorb lactose (the sugar found in milk) in the small intestine. The lactose then passes into the large intestine, where it is fermented by gut bacteria. This process produces carbon dioxide and hydrogen. It also creates certain byproducts that have a laxative effect. This can impact nutrient absorption and the gut negatively!!

Poor gut health can lead to food sensitivities, skin issues like eczema, mood disorders and weak immune systems.

Even without being lactose intolerant or having a dairy allergy, cow’s milk lacks the adequate amounts of iron, vitamin C and other nutrients that babies need for optimal growth.