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how much milk?

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What is the recommended daily milk intake for 2 years old? Also, when did you LO cut down from whole milk to say 2%?
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Re: how much milk?

  • XCrissCrossXXCrissCrossX member
    We switched to 1% at 2 years (pedi said we could do skim in we wanted). And I don't think milk is required, so no recommended minimum. Mostly make sure LO isn't using it as a meal replacement.
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  • TriciaandSeanTriciaandSean member
    We switched to 2% at 2.  The whole family drinks the same milk.  We offer milk at breakfast, lunch and dinner.  My son probably drinks about 6-12 ounces a day.  He drinks a lot of water too.  No other beverages.
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  • ladylisaltladylisalt member

    imageTriciaandSean:
    We switched to 2% at 2.  The whole family drinks the same milk.  We offer milk at breakfast, lunch and dinner.  My son probably drinks about 6-12 ounces a day.  He drinks a lot of water too.  No other beverages.

     

    Thank you. We do milk and water too. Sometimes he sips smoothies that we made. Never seems to really like juice. Fine with me. Have you offered juice?

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  • BabyBoyNYCBabyBoyNYC member
    i switched to 2% a little before his 2nd bday (maybe like a month before) but he has never had straight milk i've always mixed it with soy or almond. he probably gets 1 to 2 sippy cups a day but he doesn't care for it as much as he used to
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  • luvmyducksluvmyducks member
    Not sure about amount but our Pedi had is go to 2 percent at 18m.
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  • AimeeL85AimeeL85 member

    imageTriciaandSean:
    We switched to 2% at 2.  The whole family drinks the same milk.  We offer milk at breakfast, lunch and dinner.  My son probably drinks about 6-12 ounces a day.  He drinks a lot of water too.  No other beverages.

    This exactly.

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  • eb1113eb1113 member

    We switched to 2% at 2 years.  Pedi said we could go down to skim, but we chose not to right now.

    She gets 22-26 ounces of milk a day.   I *think* my pedi told me it the recommended amount was 16-24 ounces. 

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  • Angela814Angela814 member
    I don't pay attention to how much milk my kids drink. I'd guess both my 7 yo and 3 yo are drinking around 12oz/day - a small cup at each meal. We drink skim and have for a while now. When DD2 turned 2, we switched to 2% and then at some point just started buying skim instead of 2% for kids and skim for us.
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