Milk & 2 yr old

BabyC925 · November 2012

How often/how much milk does your 2 yr old get?

I usually just do about a 1/2 cup in the morning and a cup at night and water through out the day...should he be getting more?

Of course he gets it through dairy that he eats just wondering?

1026pumpkin · November 2012

Lol- we were just at the pedi yesterday and asked this exact question! He said 16 oz/day is best, 20 is ok if he really wants more milk- more than that would be too much. He also said to switch to 2% now. Water on demand is fine. If your kid is a big drinker (like mine), I know they recommend offering food first so they don't fill up on milk, and offer the milk 2nd. We don't use juice, but he said if we did offer it, to have it be 100% juice and no more than 6oz/day.

MrsWindyCity · November 2012

Not much. Right around 2, for some reason, he started not drinking it as much. He used to have probably 2 cups/16 oz. and now I'm not sure. On the weekends, I'd say he probably gets 8 oz. During the week, I really don't know how much he gets at DCP. He only drinks water. I'm not concerned. He eats cheese, yogurt, etc.

superaunt · November 2012

she was and still is drinking about 20 ounces a day. whole milk. she'd drink more if i allowed.

sschwege · November 2012

We do about 14ish oz of 2% milk a day and then she gets at least one serving of dairy from other sources. She would drink it all day if we let her, but I don't want it to affect her appetite, plus I think it's good for kids to be used to drinking just plain old water

Arnegard · November 2012

1 sippy at wake up, nap and bedtime. So what is that 8 ounces 3x a day.

sunnydays99 · November 2012

DS gets milk with his 3 meals approx 6 oz each time. Throughout the rest of the day he gets water. He also eats a lot of dairy.

TriciaandSean · November 2012

My son just doesn't like to drink. He is given milk at breakfast, lunch and dinner and water in between. On a really really good day we can get 12-15 ounces of milk and on average 6-10 ounces.

On a school day he may drink about 8 ounces of water, but normally just 2-4 ounces.

He eats a ton of fruit so he stays hydrated.

mbgreenwalt · November 2012

She gets about 16ozs of 1% milk/day (1 cup in the am and 1 in the pm). She has water the rest of the time and a few times a week she gets a 4oz Fruitables juice box.