how much milk?

mediaperuana · September 2014

how much milk are you ladies giving your LOs, and how often? we've been giving JJ milk with meals and snacks (full sippy with meals, half with snacks) and water the rest of the time, but lately he's been asking for milk more often and has less interest in the water. i consider it relatively healthy, but i still don't want to overdo it. thoughts? (i'd also like to avoid the screaming fit when i say "no," but that's just postponing the inevitable, i guess--he's always screaming about something these days!)

djm31012 · September 2014

My guess is you are at more than us. We are at about 12oz a day...we just do milk first thing in the morning and before bed.

ETA: DS does have other forms of dairy throughout the day though...

ericalee27 · September 2014

djm31012 said:

My guess is you are at more than us. We are at about 12oz a day...we just do milk first thing in the morning and before bed.

ETA: DS does have other forms of dairy throughout the day though...

We are similar, although I would be surprised if DS2 is drinking even 12 oz. He just has very little interest in milk. We offer about twice a day and if he drinks it great, if not, I'm not worried. The kid crushes yogurt and cheese.

fignewt74 · September 2014

Mine LOVES milk, unlike DS1. He probably drinks 16-24 oz per day, and I basically give it to him whenever he asks.

He calls it "mek" )

Tulips114 · September 2014

She gets milk with meals and water the rest of the day. She's on almond milk though, cows milk upset her tummy.

draeray · September 2014

DS gets one in the morning and one in the evenings which his sippy cups are about 10oz each. On weekends he will get one with lunch sometimes but most of the time it's water in between.

colinsfebmommy · September 2014

The answer is 0. My child despises milk. It is the only food or drink he will literally spit out.

tamarar5 · September 2014

E won't drink milk normally. When he does, he gets terrible diarrhea and acts like he's got stomach pains. It's exactly what happens to me when I drink milk so it's possible. But he eats yogurt and cheese like there's no tomorrow.

That said, E saw the pumped bottle of bm yesterday and totally went into melt down, so I gave him a tiny bit (to make the storage bag an even 6 oz.) And now be keeps trying to take my pumping bottles while I'm pumping. Is that weird?

Puck1182 · September 2014

I'm pretty sure as long as you don't go over 24 oz/day it's fine. DD still nurses 3-4 times a day and eats 1/2 - 1 cup I yogurt per day., so I'd guess we're at about 20 oz of dairy, of the human an cow variety combined, per day.

jesuisfatiguee · September 2014

DS drinks some almond milk here and there, but he also BFs at bedtime/throughout the night, so… Yeah, not a lot of milk.

jesuisfatiguee · September 2014

The dude guzzles water like it's going out of style, though.

tamarar5 · September 2014

jesuisfatiguee said:
The dude guzzles water like it's going out of style, though.

Yes, E is like this with every other beverage. He just doesn't like milk.

lc&jw · September 2014

We give milk first thing in the morning, before nap, and at bedtime. Each cup is 5-7 ounces. Total, they're getting about 18 ounces a day. They have water with all meals and snacks.

mediaperuana · September 2014

thanks for all the feedback! maybe i'll take a day and actually measure how much he gets--only at breakfast does he usually finish his whole cup, the rest of the day he drinks a bit and then i put it back in the fridge when he's done, so he may not be drinking as much as i think!

mediaperuana · September 2014

DC2London said:

I can't answer because your siggy pics killed me. :x

thanks!

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