How much milk is LO drinking?

JsMama11 · August 2012

I know the guideline is 16-24oz but what is your LO really drinking? I give J a 6oz sippy of milk with each of his meals but he never drinks it all, especially with dinner. I don't like constantly pushing it on him and I'm wondering if he really needs this much each day.

M&M227 · August 2012

Her cup is 7oz and I give it to her 3 times per day and she drinks all of it most of the time. She loves her milk. She also drinks a lot of water (probably at least 10oz a day) and eats really well at each meal. Our pedi told us to watch out that she wasn't drinking too much milk and not eating.

lauracoro · August 2012

Dd drinks 28oz sometimes 30. 28 was recommended by her peditrician. If I gave her more she would drink it. She lives her liquids. She drinks about 15 oz I water a day as well and if it's hot and we are outside the water will be more than 20 oz.

magnoliablossom00 · August 2012

She loves milk. She drinks 28oz per day.

gymnst1013 · August 2012

Usually zero. Is that bad? He is still nursing a lot so I usually just give him water through the day.

JuneBugsMommy · August 2012

DS drinks about 18 ounces a day. When he first started WCM he was drinking closer to 27 ounces so he's cut down a lot.

As long as your LO is eating yogurt and cheese I wouldn't worry about actual milk intake.

Turtle143 · August 2012

Probably 16 to 24 these days.

rainstar752 · August 2012

She fits right in the 16-20 oz per day. She has 4 sippies with ~5oz each in them throughout the day, but she doesn't always finish them.

bt3701 · August 2012

On the weekends, probably 4oz or less. I offer it with meals, but she drinks very little. She only wants water! At daycare they do tell me she drinks it, but they don't have an exact amount (they give the kids sippys with each meal/snack). Her doctor wasn't concerned with amount of milk intake. He said aim to get about 3 servings of dairy a day to get enough calcium, but it could be milk, cheese, yogurt, etc.

I should add that I do still BF morning and nights, and send one bottle to day care. At thins point, the bottle is only about 1-2oz BM and 2-3 oz whole milk. I'm hoping to have her done with the bottle and any BM during the day in the next month or so.

MommaA117 · August 2012

gymnst1013:
Usually zero. Is that bad? He is still nursing a lot so I usually just give him water through the day.

this. She will only drink milk from a bottle and were not upping bottles just so she will drink milk.

mom6311 · August 2012

Zero.

She will not drink milk. We stopped using bottles, and she won't take it from a sippy. Dr. is totally fine with it as long as she's getting 3-4 servings of dairy a day to get her calcium, which she is. Dr. reassures me that some kids just don't like milk and that's totally fine. She also suggests to just keep trying and she may enjoy it one day.

amanda1680 · August 2012

Not very much. I would estimate maybe 8 oz a day, tops. She still BFs 3x/day, though, and eats cheese/yogurt/cottage cheese like it's her job.

MrsEmilyS · August 2012

We are on soy milk and she drinks at least 16oz a day, which is what my pedi wanted. I nurse her once on top of that. I just dropped the night feeding so I'm not sure how much she is getting from me but I'm guessing at least 6oz.

amypogg6 · August 2012

Em only drinks about 14 ounces a day. She drinks soooo much water. I'm going to have to start giving her milk at lunchtime to get more in her.

pmpkn219 · August 2012

Anywhere from 5-15 oz, that I can measure. He still nurses 3x/day minimum (weekends can be much more).

I offer him a sippy of milk at 3 meals and 1-2 snacks/day when he's home. He also has a cup of water and he cna have that between meals too. He drinks between 1 and 3 oz of milk, 3 times a day.The days he hits double digits of WCM are daycare days.

He loves cheese and alternates loving and hating yogurt, so I don't stress- but it's annoying how variable it is!

LauraOTR · August 2012

Pedi recommended 18oz max, but GI doctor said to offer closer to 24oz to get some more calories into him. We aim for at least 18, but will offer more even if he's had 18...most days he gets 18-20, but occasionally, he'll only get about 15. I do make sure he eats at least one serving of cheese and one of yogurt each day, though.

AlyciaandRich · August 2012

Around 12 oz 6 with lunch and dinner in a straw cup. He's still nursing 3x a day but I think we will start adding milk with breakfast soon as he hasn't really been interested in nursing in the am he just wants his breakfast

DaisyJanie · August 2012

Nurses 2x a day, which I would bet is about 8 oz total. That's all the milk he drinks, but he does love cheese. I'm not worried about it any more, I figure if he is missing out on something he'll make it up in other foods.

amberpro · August 2012

C still gets a bottle every morning. He throws a WWIII style fit if he doesn't get it, and I haven't been ready to deal with that yet. I offer a straw cup of milk at night. sometimes he drinks the entire thing, sometimes he sips at it. I also offer milk at dinner and throughout the day, but he'll rarely make it through an entire cup.

So altogether... always 9oz in the morning, sometimes 6oz at night, maybe 4-5 throughout the day. I try to make up the rest of the dairy he needs in cheese and yogurt.

JuneBug0611 · August 2012

DD has 8-12 ounces of mixed WCM and breastmilk at DC, then another 4-5 ounces at home before bed, and then she nurses at night (so, another 4 ounces or so then). So I'd estimate she's usually in the 18-20 ounce range (including both breastmilk and WCM).

She doesn't drink much straight WCM. Even when the proportion of WCM to breastmilk is 3:1, she'll drink the whole bottle or cup, but she will only take a couple of ounces of straight WCM.

She does have yogurt every day, so she gets an extra serving of dairy that way.

CarlaAndJames · August 2012

I'm honestly not even sure. She drinks probably 3oz or so with each meal, and then usually asks for milk a few other times during the day and we give her 3-4oz. So maybe 12-16oz? She eats a ton of cheese and yogurt too, so I'm not stressing about it.

And gym & MommaA, your babies aren't drinking zero milk, just zero COW's milk Of course nursing counts!

ACM1616 · August 2012

Mags drinks about 24 ounces a day. One 6oz bottle in the morning, one 6oz bottle at bedtime, and 2 other bottles after her two naps, of about 3-6oz's each. She also has yogurt and cheese every day, and lots of green veggies which also have calcium.

SarahKate31 · August 2012

DS still gets a bottle before bed and that is 6oz of milk. He probably drinks another 4-6oz throughout the day so 10-12oz total. Sometimes at daycare he drinks more. But he just won't chug milk from a sippy the way he does with a bottle. I am just hoping over time he will drink more in a sitting.

egpitt22 · August 2012

mom6311:
Zero. She will not drink milk. We stopped using bottles, and she won't take it from a sippy. Dr. is totally fine with it as long as she's getting 3-4 servings of dairy a day to get her calcium, which she is. Dr. reassures me that some kids just don't like milk and that's totally fine. She also suggests to just keep trying and she may enjoy it one day.

All of this. I try to not worry about it, but I do wish he'd just cave & have some already! But he seriously looks like someone is poisoning him every time he takes a sip.

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