How Much Whole Milk Should I Give My 1 Year Old

At this age, I gave my boys a cup with milk at every meal except snack and that was juice.

He shouldn't need a bottle with cereal at night, unless that is when you feed him supper.

Also, he is old enough to be weaned from the bottle.

He should be eating breakfast, lunch, and dinner, with a mid morning snack and a mid afternoon snack all of this is solid food with milk at meals and juice at snack.

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When my daughter turned 1 her pediatrician said she should get 12-16 oz of milk per day. She's 2 now and her pediatrician still says 12-16 oz. So, basically she gets milk with breakfast, lunch, & dinner, and water in between.

Happy 1st birthday! I think its 32 oz a day..but call WIC to be sure.

As Michelle K said, my daughter's pedi said too much milk could cause anemia....but that she did need some milk; she told me to give her about 24 oz a day. She also told me that my daughter needed whole milk for the fat content...and not 2%. The fat helps in brain development.

He actually doesn't "need" milk. My son's doctor actually told me I was giving him too much milk so I started doing some research and learned milk isn't all it's cracked up to be.

A good book to read on it is "What's In Your Milk?" by Dr Samuel Epstein He is head of the Cancer Prevention Coalition out of University of IL.

As for at night... it is not a good idea to give a bottle at bed time. I am not sure if that is what you mean by night or not. A bottle at night should only have water in it. Anything else, especially milk, could cause tooth decay and should be avoided.

C.
www.purelybalanced.com

i would keep doing what you been doing