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How much milk does you toddler drink?

EuroChickEuroChick
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Just curious.  DD takes a bottle of whole milk when she wakes up and then one before bed, in total it is about 16-17 ounces.  The guidelines vary so much by country.

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  • shannmshannm member
    This is what we try to do too.  Most pedis here are saying 16-20 oz.  I really try to give him water once he reaches that 16 oz but he LOVES his milk.
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  • EuroChickEuroChick
    She gets water the rest of the day and a little bit of juice on very special occasions.
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  • pinksweetpea2pinksweetpea2 member
    My pedi recommends 12-18 oz.  Right now Lily only drinks 6-8 (if that), but I still nurse her twice a day. 

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  • hderne05hderne05 member
    DS drinks 12-16 oz, but he eats a lot of cheese and yogurt during the day, so I don't worry to much about his calcium intake (he is a cheese monster).
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  • NYCredNYCred
    about 12-16oz. she gets sippy cups of milk first thing in the morning and with dinner.  the rest of the day she has water.
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  • Myheart1297Myheart1297
    DS still gets 3 - 8oz bottles a day, so 24oz total. He also drinks water through out the day but isn't a fan of juice at all.
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  • jen_k2jen_k2
    Around 18oz. DS drinks about 6oz out of his sippy w/each of his 3 meals and has water in between & w/snacks.
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  • brideatbeachbrideatbeach member
    DD drinks about 17-18ozs throughout the day!
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  • DoughGirlDoughGirl
    MY DS is a milk fiend. Since we started whole milk, he's drinking a gallon every 5-6 days. Pedi told us he should be drinking 24 oz daily or 16-18 oz plus yogurt and cheese. He loves both of those as well.
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  • blushadoblushado
    none...she refuses milk...if I'm lucky I can sneak it into her cereal or oatmeal, otherwise she gets lots of cheese and other calcium-rich/-fortified foods. 
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  • niceneeseniceneese
    well apparently I must have missed the memo about 18-20 oz per day. Our pedi never said anything about it I think DS drinks 25 oz per day, it's 5 - 5oz bottles.
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  • IckyThumpIckyThump
    DS usually drinks 16oz but can drink as much as 20oz depending on the day.
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  • pinksweetpea2pinksweetpea2 member

    imageniceneese:
    well apparently I must have missed the memo about 18-20 oz per day. Our pedi never said anything about it I think DS drinks 25 oz per day, it's 5 - 5oz bottles.

    I would talk to your pedi.  The reason ours suggests limiting it to 18 oz is because cows milk absorbs iron and a lot of kids are ending up anemic because they are consuming too much cows milk.

     


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  • EuroChickEuroChick
    imagepinksweetpea2:

    imageniceneese:
    well apparently I must have missed the memo about 18-20 oz per day. Our pedi never said anything about it I think DS drinks 25 oz per day, it's 5 - 5oz bottles.

    I would talk to your pedi.  The reason ours suggests limiting it to 18 oz is because cows milk absorbs iron and a lot of kids are ending up anemic because they are consuming too much cows milk.

    That is really interesting I hadn't thought about that but should have as my midwife said something about it when I was pregnant.  DD eats cheese and yogurt everyday but most of it is cow based.  How is the iron from that absorbed?

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  • kelbriankelbrian

    imagepinksweetpea2:
    My pedi recommends 12-18 oz.  Right now Lily only drinks 6-8 (if that), but I still nurse her twice a day. 

    Pretty much this. She drinks eight ounces at bedtime, and I nurse her in the morning. I try to get her to drink more throughout the day, but if she doesn't, she just gets some yogurt or cheese.  

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  • thomas&lynnthomas&lynn member
    She has taken up to almost 30ozs in one day but we had to kinda stop that as she wasn't eating enough solids. We cap it out at about 20-25 but lately she's finally eating more solids and stopping herself at around 20ozs.
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  • MattsWifey<3MattsWifey<3

    way too much =( she probably drinks 32oz a day.

    she still drinks 12-16oz at night. she wakes to eat. can't get her to kick that. 

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  • MattsWifey<3MattsWifey<3
    Oh and yes, we have DD scheduled to get her iron tested and currently gets iron drops to help.
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  • faBriezyfaBriezy member
    My guess is around 18-20oz. He gets 14oz between his morning and bedtime bottles and then I offer sippies at lunch and dinner and he drinks about 1/2 his sippy at each meal.
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  • KT&JohnKT&John member
    Our pedi rec'd 16oz. DD loves her milk and takes 16-20oz a day.
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