Robyn got me thinking about milk

stever · February 2011

Mikey has mastered the sippy and is fine with drinking both water and milk, but he often doesn't drink the 2 cups or whatever a day is recommended. He usually drinks a couple of ounces in the morning and gets a few more with his cereal, then he gets a yogurt and a few more ounces throughout the rest of the day. Some days he's a trooper and drinks a ton, but I worry that he's not consistently getting enough.

The news that Aaron's pedi says mac n' cheese counts since M loves the cheese tortellini I give him for most lunches, but he's gone off having cheese as a snack and really doesn't like cottage cheese.

So is he getting enough? I would try to make up the difference with vitamin but he refuses it in every form

fauxshelley · February 2011

I know J's not getting enough. He suddenly hates it and refuses to drink it. I have thought about adding chocolate syrup to it, but am not that desperate...... yet.

stever · February 2011

fauxshelley:
I know J's not getting enough. He suddenly hates it and refuses to drink it. I have thought about adding chocolate syrup to it, but am not that desperate...... yet.

Yeah, I refuse to give him flavored milk.

And hi Shelley! Big Smile

pa_kris · February 2011

I plan on asking our pedi about this next week at K's 18 mo. appt. She drinks water and water w/ a splash of juice out of a sippy cup, but refuses to drink milk out of a sippy cup. She has a yogurt every day and cheese (cheese stick, grilled cheese, mac&cheese, or pizza) most days. I'm concerned as to whether this is enough dairy. I've even offered her strawberry and chocolate milk in a sippy cup, but she has refused these too.

Daisiesinmygarden · February 2011

It's mostly about calcium, right and Vit. D? There are other excellent sources calcium than milk, like soy milk, spinach and molasses. If Maddie doesn't take to or tolerate goat's milk - she'll be getting her calcium from other sources.

Maybe talk to your Pedi about getting him a children's supplement with calcium/vit D supplement to be safe.

*eta* just noticed that he refuses vitamins. Have you tried the gummy vitamins? Maddie loves them (but I do cut them into bits because I am paranoid)

NewMrs07 · February 2011

I put A's Polyvisol vitamins in his milk at night. He still drinks his milk from the bottle so that way I know he's taking the vitamins since he finishes the bottle. At daycare (twice a week) they told me he prefers to drink milk from a sippy, probably b/c the other kids do. But I tried that at home and he refused. So I think he just likes mommy to give him milk in a bottle and is OK with the sippy at daycare. Isn't that funny? I don't care too much, he'll get off the bottle eventually. That's one battle I don't feel like fighting right now, whatever gets him to drink milk is fine by me.

I have a friend that only gives her daughter strawberry-flavored organic milk. She says she won't drink any regular milk (she was breast-fed until recently). The problem with flavored milk is it only comes in 2% I believe. So her daughter is way low on the growth curve. The pedi told my friend to add butter and cheese to everything her daughter eats so she gains weight!

Piranha54 · February 2011

Now that Ellie is completely on regular milk, we actually have to be careful that she's not getting too much in a day because we were told no more than 16 oz a day now that she's 12 months. A couple of 4-6 oz sippys of milk, some yogurt, a slice of cheese or whatever and boom, we're there.

stever · February 2011

Piranha54:
Now that Ellie is completely on regular milk, we actually have to be careful that she's not getting too much in a day because we were told no more than 16 oz a day now that she's 12 months. A couple of 4-6 oz sippys of milk, some yogurt, a slice of cheese or whatever and boom, we're there.

Jealous!

Peppernut · February 2011

Piranha54:
Now that Ellie is completely on regular milk, we actually have to be careful that she's not getting too much in a day because we were told no more than 16 oz a day now that she's 12 months. A couple of 4-6 oz sippys of milk, some yogurt, a slice of cheese or whatever and boom, we're there.

Yeah, this! Margaux would drink milk all day long if we let her.

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