Drinking question about the kids!

vitan · December 2012

So there's a limit to how much milk they can drink 18oz to 24oz and many are against juice. What about water? Is there a limit to water? I mean, what can they drink then? It seems like she's thirsty but I don't want to reach these limits. Perhaps I'm over thinking this.

ETA: I bump from my phone and apparently mobile doesn't like parentheses but the title says "drinking question...it's about the kids".

Nita2603 · December 2012

I do not limit Alastair's water intake. I fill up his water bottle, he has access to it all day, and if it is empty, I refill it. That has never happened, though.

He also gets breastmilk, and I do not limit him there either. He usually takes about three 10oz bottles in a day. He has had more in the past, but not much more.

And I am a bit confused. Why would you limit that?

jonnygurl76 · December 2012

There is no limit on water, they will drink to their thirst. We give 2 to 3 9oz cups of milk a day.

CMonkey515 · December 2012

Our pedi prefers that we don't give more that 24 ounces of milk. I guess becausethe calories and fat add up. I think that's the norm, but you could check with yours and see what they think. They can have as much water as they want. I just keep a water cup available at all times, and he drinks what he needs. I am not against juice per se. I just don't offer it because DS is happy enough with water, and I don't see the need to add in all of that sugar unnecessarily.

Mrs. Mo · December 2012

We have not been told to limit DD's milk intake. Not sure if it's because she's in the 15-20th percentile for weight? She loves milk. She has 8 oz first thing in the morning, 6 oz at each of her 2 snacks, 6-8 oz at lunch & another 6-8 oz at dinner. If we try to give her water, she just throws her sippy on the floor.

kagl08 · December 2012

Too much milk in children can cause an iron deficiency since milk messes with the way your body absorbs iron. Our pedi recommends limiting milk to 24 ozs a day. My kids get a total of 21 ozs a day max. Juice doesn't technically have to be limited, but I chose not to give my kids juice due to the sugar content.

Water is not limited and they can have as much as they want throughout the day.

cantalopes24 · December 2012

I don't limit her intake of anything healthy/nutritious. Her current cup of choice doesn't have ounces on it so I have no idea how much milk she drinks. I don't give her water through out the day, she will sometimes ask for it so I share my bottle with her and at dinner she gets an open top cup of it. If we're somewhere like a Christmas party Ill give her water because it gets hot. Drinking milk hasn't interfered with eating solids and she hasn't been constipated so I don't see a reason to limit her.

LCass · December 2012

SuperDeDuper:
I'm a slacker and have stopped keeping track of how much T drinks.

That makes us slackers? I haven't kept track of how much Lily drinks since she was a week old. We EBFed, but I didn't/don't even really know how many times a day she nursed (she's always been a snacker, so she would nurse for a few minutes at a time but frequently).

Anyway, she's still drinking as much bm as she wants/I can make (3-6 times a day, probably) and as much water as she wants (in her sippy cup at meals, snacks and whenever else she asks for it).

Chunstad · December 2012

LCass:
SuperDeDuper:
I'm a slacker and have stopped keeping track of how much T drinks.
That makes us slackers? I haven't kept track of how much Lily drinks since she was a week old. We EBFed, but I didn't/don't even really know how many times a day she nursed (she's always been a snacker, so she would nurse for a few minutes at a time but frequently).
Anyway, she's still drinking as much bm as she wants/I can make (3-6 times a day, probably) and as much water as she wants (in her sippy cup at meals, snacks and whenever else she asks for it).

I don't really keep track, either. I tried for a while. He has an open bottle of water at all times, and milk with meals. I also BF before bed and naps.

I'm debating on what to do when he wakes up, though. It's been quite a while since his last feeding (around midnight) so I either give him a snack or a sippy of milk. If I give him the milk, he'll chug the whole cup and then not want to eat breakfast. Would you give him the milk or a snack before breakfast? Or I guess I could just give him his breakfast ASAP when he wakes up...

FabulousMrs.P · December 2012

We always have a sippy cup full of water available to DD. I find if I do this, she will slowly drink a cup of water throughout the day. It helps majorly with keeping her from being constipated.

BeesMomma00 · December 2012

kagl08:
Too much milk in children can cause an iron deficiency since milk messes with the way your body absorbs iron. Our pedi recommends limiting milk to 24 ozs a day. My kids get a total of 21 ozs a day max. Juice doesn't technically have to be limited, but I chose not to give my kids milk due to the sugar content.
Water is not limited and they can have as much as they want throughout the day.

B is mildly anemic so our doctor has asked that we limit intake to 16oz a day. It's hard because she LOVES milk so she usually gets between 15 and 20.

Breastmilk is different though. I would never limit that.

vitan · December 2012

I've completely weaned so she only gets WCM, watered down juice and water. I just wasn't sure if there was a limit with the water like when they were younger and my pedi said to really give water if she's constipated so I was like, what the hell should she drink. I really try to keep track of the milk to only before she sleeps so she associates that with sleep but with her teething recently, she's been picky with her food. I may have given her closer or over the 24oz yesterday. I didn't want her to have an empty tummy.

kagl08 · December 2012

BeesMomma00:
kagl08:
Too much milk in children can cause an iron deficiency since milk messes with the way your body absorbs iron. Our pedi recommends limiting milk to 24 ozs a day. My kids get a total of 21 ozs a day max. Juice doesn't technically have to be limited, but I chose not to give my kids milk due to the sugar content.
Water is not limited and they can have as much as they want throughout the day.
B is mildly anemic so our doctor has asked that we limit intake to 16oz a day. It's hard because she LOVES milk so she usually gets between 15 and 20.
Breastmilk is different though. I would never limit that.

I agree, breastmilk is different, and I would never limit that. And rereading my words I realize I said I chose not to give milk because of the sugar content, but I meant juice. I don't give juice because of the sugar content. Sorry!

Mrs. Mo · December 2012

Chunstad:
I don't really keep track, either. I tried for a while. He has an open bottle of water at all times, and milk with meals. I also BF before bed and naps.
I'm debating on what to do when he wakes up, though. It's been quite a while since his last feeding (around midnight) so I either give him a snack or a sippy of milk. If I give him the milk, he'll chug the whole cup and then not want to eat breakfast. Would you give him the milk or a snack before breakfast? Or I guess I could just give him his breakfast ASAP when he wakes up...

I guess it all depends on the amount of time between waking up & breakfast. We wake up at 5:30am and give DD a sippy of milk. She doesn't have breakfast until she gets to daycare (my parents) at 7am. I give her the milk to hold her over until breakfast time.

Elsa1984 · December 2012

I don't give more than around 20 ounces of milk a day. It has a lot of sugar....and so does juice. She doesn't get juice. So after she is done with her 20oz of milk, she gets water the rest of the day. It takes her most of the day to finish the 20ish ounces though...

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