The Real Food Dairy Ladder

A wholefood-based, step-by-step guide to introducing or re-introducing dairy confidently.

Skip the processed junk. Build your baby’s dairy tolerance with real foods.

🌿 Introducing Your New Step-by-Step Real Food Dairy Ladder

Including the 7-step Goats Milk Ladder! Great for baby’s who have had a moderate or severe reaction to cows dairy.

Based on ancestral nutrition and gut-first science, this gentle method walks you through 10 simple steps - waiting 3–5 days at each stage - so you can monitor tolerance and build resilience.

What’s Inside:

  1. Ready-Check & Reaction Guide
    • When to start (after starting solids, what to do if your baby is having gut issues like eczema or reflux)
    • Comprehensive list of mild, moderate, and severe reactions to watch for

  2. The 10-Step Ladder (with 2-3 optional steps)

    • The complete, comprehensive guide - how much, how often and in what way to give each step

  3. The 7-step Goats Milk Ladder alternative (with 1-2 optional steps)

    • For baby’s who react to step 1 of the Dairy ladder or have had a moderate/severe reaction to cows dairy or get stuck at an early step in the cows milk ladder.

    • Goats Dairy has a different structure, it is usually better tolerated

  4. Gut-Friendly Recipes
    • Pancakes, zucchini slice, savory muffins, shepherd’s pie - tailored to each ladder step

    • Grain free and allergen friendly with alternative options available

  5. Reaction Monitoring Log print out
    • 5-day fill-in-the-blank tracker with space for symptoms, stools, skin, sleep, and notes

  6. Frequently asked questions

    • What to do if you are breastfeeding and your baby is reactive to CMP through breastmilk

  7. Sourcing high quality products guide

Is this you…

You’ve been recommended the “classic” dairy ladder - the one that starts with ultra-processed biscuits, muffins and chocolate buttons… after suspecting a dairy allergy or sensitivity?

Most traditional ladders:

  • Recommend ultra-processed foods full of sugar and/or additives

  • Skip key whole-food options that are naturally gentler on baby’s gut

  • Follow an order that doesn’t match how we digest or how baby guts mature

  • Include recipes that contain wheat, sugar or synthetic ingredients

There’s a kinder, smarter way.

Why The Real Food Dairy Ladder Works:

  • Progressive Exposure: One food at a time, waiting 3–5 days minimum to truly assess tolerance.

  • Gut-First Focus: Starts with low-lactose, low dairy protein, fermented, or cooked (denatured) dairy that supports digestion.

  • Real Food, Real Nutrients: No junk - leverages nutrient-dense options.

  • Built-In Safety: Reaction guide flags mild versus severe symptoms, so you know exactly when to pause and seek help.

  • The goats-milk alternative for extra sensitive babies: There is always somewhere to start

Who It’s For:

  • Mums introducing dairy for the first time - especially after eczema, colic, or reflux

  • Babies with suspected or confirmed CMPI or A

  • Baby’s with sensitivities who need a gentler approach

  • Parents who want to replace processed ladder foods with whole-food alternatives

  • Mums who have tried the traditional dairy ladder without success and are looking for a gentle alternative

  • You've tried the dairy ladder but your baby reacted to the first step so you need a goats milk alternative

Natasha T

“My baby had a moderate reaction to Dairy the first time I tried to introduce cheese, that’s when I was advised to use the iMAP ladder but the first time I looked at it I thought ‘this doesn’t seem like the best way’. It didn’t align with the way my family eats (wholefoods). Then I found Lily’s Dairy ladder and it was just perfect! It took some time at step 1 and 2 to move on but now my daughter is fine with all dairy! Thanks so much.”

💰 Grab Your Real Food Dairy Ladder Today

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One-off investment: $8.99 AUD
• PDF guide + printable logs
• Recipe library for every step
• Lifetime access

❤️ Developed by a qualified nutritionist and mother

Because you deserve a method that honors your baby’s gut and nourishes them with real, ancestral foods - without the sugar-and-additive trap.