Other sources of dairy for 1-year-olds?

Mrs.Greg · August 2012

So my Anna LOVES milk. My Fiona hates it. Not much of a surprise considering they are total opposites in almot every way. But I'm trying to figure out how much of other dairy products to give Fiona to compensate for her lack of milk drinking. They are both getting 3 bottles of formula each day (4 to 6 oz each) but I'd like to drop one of these bottles, like, soon. In addition to formula and some milk, they share 9 oz of yogurt for snack, each gets 1 large egg for breakfast and share a string cheese for lunch. They eat other things, obviously, these are just the dairy products. Anyone know how many oz of other dairy products equals a serving of dairy? And how many servings babies need? TIA!

leviandlandensmom · August 2012

Kids don't *need* dairy products - there are tons of other foods that are calcium and protein rich. Half of my crew is lactose intolerant so we do almond milk and lots of fruits and veggies for snacks.

MrsCali_Bride · August 2012

We do Greek yogurt twice a day. The brand is The Greek Gods. We use the honey strawberry flavor. 1 8 oz. serving gets them 15g of fat, 8g of protein and 30% of their daily value of calcium (probably more since it is set for adults, not young children). You can also try small chunks of cheese. Good luck!

Rynleigh · August 2012

I agree with trying the almond milk (but watch the sugar content - some brands really pack it full of sugars, and that's not only terrible on baby's teeth, but also a great way to start terrible habits of choosing sweet over healthy). Natural almond milk with no added sugar is pretty good, and usually fortified the same way normal milk is.

We also did string cheese, cottage cheese, and cream cheese, some yogurt (not a lot, again, sugar content - even honey is 31% glucose, 38% fructose, 7% maltose, and 1% sucrose... liquid sugar disguised as "health" food), and a lot of hiding milk in food (anytime we made oatmeal or cream of wheat, we used milk only without water, made popsicles by processing milk and strawberries in a blender then freezing it, etc).

macchiatto · August 2012

My boys were slow in adjusting to drinking as much milk, but we made up for it by making their oatmeal with milk (4 oz right there), making smoothies with milk and yogurt (they'd each get about 3 oz milk, 2 oz yogurt plus the fruit in a 10-oz smoothie) and doing 1-2 servings of yogurt and cheese a day, plus whatever milk they'd drink. And ditto the others that you can get calcium in other foods to help too.

MuseumMaven · August 2012

Everyone else has given great suggestions - yogurt is hugely popular in our house. Just a reminder, though, that eggs are not a dairy product and not a good source of calcium. They're great for a lot of other reasons, though!

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