Quantity of Food & Whole Cows Milk

Re: Quantity of Food & Whole Cows Milk

• ashiscute member

  January 2014

  Nicb13 said:

  How old is 49 weeks?! Lol, sorry, I'm not used to seeing age references in weeks that high

  1. There is another post similar to this from yesterday if you search a little. I believe that kids will stop eating when they are full. They don't tend to eat out of habit, but out of hunger. He will let you know when he is done and this could just be a phase and next week, he might refuse all foods. So for now, offer healthy options and let him eat what he wants.

  2. I think you are doing the right thing mixing in a little WCM with his formula. That really is a good way to go about it because you can't force it but you do want him to get used to the taste. Just keep trying. People will tell you that WCM isn't critical but a lot of Pedi's recommend it starting at a year so just keep trying. As long as your LO has a healthy, balanced diet, try not to stress the milk too much.

   

  All of this.  It took my DS a couple weeks easy to start actually drinking whole milk.  I just offered it twice a day.  

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• emberlee3 member

  January 2014

  Offer a variety of nutritious foods and let LO decide how much to eat. Don't sweat the milk thing, just keep offering. FWIW, my daughter drinks only water, and she is perfectly healthy.

  DS born 8/8/09 and DD born 6/12/12.
  

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• fusionbride member

  January 2014

  For food, I'd give unlimited balanced healthy foods and let your LO decide how much to eat.  Once you let him control the amounts, you may realize he eats a ton in the morning but not that much in the afternoon.  So maybe try adding something like scrambled eggs, peanut butter on WW toast, avocado, or oatmeal or cheerios or something to that breakfast menu.  I doubt he'd really eat for hours and hours nonstop.  If he gets full at breakfast he may eat slower or less at lunch and self regulate over the course of a day.  If he ends up being overweight at his next pedi appointment, I'd discuss the idea of limiting food with your pedi. But for now, I'd just let LO control it.

  
  

  For milk, my LO protested the transition a little bit, too.  I'd do WCM and cup transition all in one swoop and get it all done with.  I'd start doing one or two cups a day of 75% formula, 25% WCM.  It might help to serve it room temp if you think the temp is an issue.  And just continue to offer it, gradually increasing the percentage of WCM.  

  
  
  

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• Aurora_Borealis member

  January 2014

  1. DD is almost 2 and some days will eat as much as an adult. This has been the case for the last year. I never thought that our food budget would take such a hit so soon. I asked her Dr about it at her 12 months appointment and was reassured that toddlers don't eat out of habit and only eat when they are genuinely hungry. As long as you're feeding healthy foods (which it sounds like you are), it's fine.
  
  2. WCM isn't necessary - your child can get healthy fats from certain fish, whole milk yogurt or other foods if it turns out he doesn't like WCM. DD drinks about 8 oz of milk a day because she likes it. If she didn't I wouldn't stress about it since DH & I pretty much *hate* milk (and really wish our parents hadn't forced us to drink it as children).
  

  

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• divajackie67 member

  January 2014

  1. I pay attention to full signs. My son is full when he starts sharing with me or the dogs, playing with the food, or tossing it on the floor. I also noticed the deep sigh when he is there. For a long time we would not fill up his plate. We would give him food 1 piece at a time for a fear of choking because he tends to shove everything in his mouth and I was scared of choking. I thought he was never full because when I offer something to him he takes it and puts it in his mouth. Then he is so kind and takes it out of his mouth and then offers it to mommy covered in spit. That's when I realized he was full and just kind of taking what we were giving.  

  
  

  I fill up his plate with a bit more then he can actually eat. Then when I see the signs I know he's full and clean up the plate. 

  
  

  One more comment. I too tend to eat lower carb because I have weight issues. I do not feed my son low carb. If I make a low carb dinner he gets it with a slice of WW toast. Carbs are used for energy and in my opinion we adults may eat too many compared to the amount of exercise that we are doing. However kids are growing and are on the move at all times which is why I feel like carbs are needed for them. They are also filling. Just a thought! I am in no way skinny or a nutritionist so this is literally just an opinion.

  
  

  2. My son doesn't really like WCM. I could get to 50/50 with formula and he'd drink it, but once I went to 75/25 he would reject it. Kids don't need WCM they need good fat. Avocados, Olive Oil, Nut butters all provide a great amount of fat for brain development. My son does love Coconut Milk which has good fats. He also likes Almond milk (doesn't have enough fat). He gets a 3 on a weekly basis. Dad loves WCM, I love Almond milk, and my son likes coconut so we always have a 3 in our house.

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