Is dairy withdrawal/detox uncomfortable?

It wasn't a problem for me. But I'm also not a toddler.

Hope he's feeling better soon!

I didn’t feel anything but better. And I went off dairy cold turkey. I’ve had problems with lightly cooked eggs for decades, but my diary issues started out of the blue 2 years ago.

He could just be missing his favorite foods, coming down with something, or just be a normal 2 year old. I’m glad he’s stopped throwing up!

When I go off dairy, I crave it something fierce for a few days.

Or if he can eat soy, cubed tofu. They make different flavours.

Give some chocolate non dairy drink. Or vanilla flavored.

The proteins are different and I've know several people with severe issues that tolerate goat/sheep milk well.  Unfortunately, I'm not one of them.  I'd probably wait a few weeks to try other milk products, since his issues were so severe.  You want to make sure you really know what may be causing a reaction.

And that fake cheese is the devil's work.  I wouldn't try that out just yet because the taste and texture of real cheese is still fresh in his mind.  People must like it because there is a lot of it out there in the stores, but (for me), I'd much rather go without than eat Daiya cheese!  

I've yet to find anything that really compares with real cheese.  Kite Hill makes both a cream cheese and a ricotta cheese made from almond milk.  The taste isn't the same, but you get that creamy texture that I think a lot of soy/legume products lack.  I made pizza last night with a smear of ricotta cheese over the crust and pizza sauce over that, then added the toppings.  It was good--different because the ingredients aren't glued down with cheese, but I still got some of the creaminess of a cheese.  

There are several brands of yogurt out there that are good alternatives.  I use the Wegman brand of almond milk yogurt, but you may have to try out some brands that are available in your area.  There is also a soy brand that was good, but I don't remember the brand.  I'm not as much of a fan of other soy brands or coconut based yogurts.  It's going to be expensive, but you are really just going to have to try things out to find out what your DS will eat.  Toss the rejected yogurts into a smoothie made with A2 milk to use it up.

As for ice cream, sorbets don't have any dairy (but sherbet does.)  Ben and Jerry make some pretty good non-dairy ice cream and that's what I usually buy if I need an ice cream fix.

I make my own condensed soup base for the few dishes that I use it for.  And I had great luck last week making a wild rice soup with A2 milk.

No negative affects for my dd. She’s allergic to casin so goat and sheep are t alternatives. Read those labels too as they are often blends with cows milk.

For cheese alternatives, try Violife. It’s the best of all we have tried. Dh says the cheddar is VERY good. He’d eat it on a regular basis, but non-dairy cheese is pricier, so we only buy it for dd. We get it at Whole Foods.

When I stopped eating dairy 5 years ago I did it cold turkey along with stopping meat. I didn't experience any withdrawal or detox that was uncomfortable. Instead as each day passed I felt better and better. 

I'm so glad to hear that the vomiting for your DS has stopped. I think the crankiness and irritability your son is displaying is probably because he misses his favorite foods. Because of his very young age it's not possible to reason with him why this is so much better for his health. Cravings are a problem for the first few days and cheese is the biggest craving that lasts the longest. There's a great book called "The Cheese Trap" by Neal D. Barnard, MD. that explains why this is so and how to get past it. For me it took a full 30 days to get over a craving for cheese-it was the last craving to die as far as meat and dairy were concerned. 

I know you didn't ask about cheese in particular but I wanted to let you know what my experience regarding giving up diary was like. Once I passed the 30 day mark I no longer craved any dairy and it's been easy to not have any since. I know it's a lot better for my body not to have any. 

I hope your son continues to improve. I'm glad your eliminating dairy for him was effective. Way to go!  Maybe you can replace some of his favorite foods with alternatives as some of the Peas suggested. My best advice is to ignore what the front of the packages say and read the ingredients list. Luckily there's been an explosion of alternative dairy products in the past 5 years so you have a lot more to choose from that was available when I quit dairy. I myself don't use any of them because I follow the whole foods, plant based diet-most of what we eat needs to be whole foods, with as little as we can being processed. But a lot of vegans do take advantage of the alternative dairy and meat products that are available out there. 

I’ve gone off dairy several times and never noticed any withdrawal.

I am happy he's doing better!

I went dairy free for breastfeeding a little over 2 years ago and I didn't have any withdrawal symptoms. Actually, I was dairy, soy, egg, and tree nut free with no issues.

My 2 year old and I eat Amy's rice mac and cheese from the freezer section.  I went dairy free right after she was born but I love this one so much I don't think I'll ever eat regular mac and cheese again.