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I Can't Get My 16 Month Old to Drink Milk
Asked by J.B. from Charlotte
on October 7, 2008
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I can not get my 16 month old to drink milk. The doctor wants him to drink 2 8oz glasses of milk everyday. He is on a sippy cup. I have done everything I can think of ...
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- my nephew hated milk too. There are other things to get him the calcium and vitamins he needs from milk, that he may love. Yogurt, ice cream, and a good multi=vitami...
- Why does he have to drink so much milk? Calcium can be found elsewhere. And protein. I dont think there is anything in milk that cant be consumed in other ways. Do...
- My 15 month old daughter is the same way. I even tried giving her formula again and she wouldn't drink that. Her doctor said she just might not like milk. He didn't se...
Help, Trying to Wean to Sippy Cup with Soy Milk
Asked by K.H. from Dayton
on July 29, 2008
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My one year old daughter is allergic to milk, and we have been trying to wean her on soy milk for a month. She will take juice and water out of a sippy cup but not mil...
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- I had some of the same issues with mine. I had a special type of cup that we only used for lactaid(we had milk issues too) and I still served it warm. My daughters too...
- I can't see who all has replied yet and what they said. :) I just wanted to say that it takes time for them to start using a sippy. My son is 14 months old and he...
- I hate to suggest this, but maybe a different type of sippy. Maybe one with a straw? Nuby makes a no spill one that my son loved. He wouldn't take a sippy style one fo...
1 Year Old Milk Transitioning
Asked by K.E. from Jacksonville
on December 5, 2008
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I have a question and thought you ladies may be able to help! We just started our daughter on full milk (we have been gradually introducing it with formula) about a we...
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- If she is eating other dairy products like cheese, yogurt, etc. then I would not be too concerned. Also be sure she is in sunlight for 15 minutes ady for natural absor...
- I have a 4 & 2 y.o. daughter and I remember both of them drinking less milk & eating more food around a year old. If she's eating good, I wouldn't worry too much. I'...
- Hi K. Don't worry about the amount of milk she drinks. Just worry about how much liquid she takes in. Yes it is true that the serving size for milk is what you post...
Won't Drink Milk from a Cup
Asked by A. from Milwaukee
on September 30, 2008
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My 13-month old daughter will not drink milk from a sippy cup...only a bottle. Her doctor said she doesn't need to drink much milk as long as she's getting dairy from...
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- She just holding out for the bottle. As long as she gets milk in the bottle, she won't from a cup. Throw away all the bottles and in a few days she'll want milk bad ...
- It took our 12-13 month old a full month of repeatedly trying before he would take milk from a sippy. But we never gave him the bottle again. Our doctor had suggeste...
- Our daughter wouldn't either. I figured it was just an association thing and since she is crazy about yogurt and cottage cheese we just let her go that route. If it'...
Hormones in Cow's Milk
Asked by M.B. from Raleigh
on August 13, 2006
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Hello fellow mamas,
My two small children have recently been significantly increasing their milk intake, and this has prompted me to seriously look into the issue...
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- Good day M., My son is almost 2 years old and we use only organic milk. I don't know of any hard evidence, but we noticed that when we do "down grade" to traditonal...
- Good Morning M., Organic milk is definately the way to go or even soy milk. My son and I enjoy vanilla soy milk. I cook alot with soy milk too. After clearing our h...
- M., The September issue of Alternative Medicine has an article about early puberty. It said to "avoid all hormone-laden food" and chose raw or organic milk, hormon...
How Can I Get My 1 Year Old to Drink Milk?
Asked by J.B. from Omaha
on August 7, 2008
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My daughter just turned 1 last week. She is down to one bottle. The problem is she will not drink milk. Sippy cups are not the issue - she will drink a whole sippy ...
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- Wait a minute here. Do you really want to addict your child to sugar at such a young age? Don't add sugar (chocolate, strawberry mix, etc) to the milk. If you do, y...
- J., I was just reading something in a womens magazine that was talking about this issue. They said to add strawberry chocolate bannana ect to the milk. Kids are mor...
- have you tried warming the milk a bit. we put it in the microwave for 15 sec...then shooke the cup real well to get rid of any "hot spots" Worked for our son. After...
12 Mo. Old Is Now off the bottle....yikes!
Asked by K.M. from Waco
on April 24, 2007
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My doctor said it was time to get my 12 mo. old off the bottle and formula. I had really slacked in this area. He said the best thing to do is just take it completely...
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- Have you tried mixing the formula & milk for a few weeks, and then gradually add more milk and less formula? I would try that first, keeping the bottle, and then once ...
- there are some transitional formulas by nestle. You might consider giving one of those a try.
- When I was weaning my son, now 16 month old, off the milk I would mix a little bit at a time with the formula. This was just to finish off the formula. He was drinking...
Daughter Won't Drink Milk
Asked by B.W. from Pittsburgh
on August 6, 2009
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My daughter just turned a year and i have nursed exclusively. I am down to only nighttime feedings and I'm really trying to quit that, but she won't drink milk. I've t...
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- My son stop drinking milk at 1 1/2. Doctor recommened put a little choc or strawberyy powder in the milk for flavor it worked and he drinks it, Get the nestle powderes...
- My son was EXACTLY the same way!! I tried everything (tried soy milk, chocolate, mixing with my milk). He loved yogurt and I found drinkable banana YoBaby yogurt (come...
- Hi B., you've had a lot of great advice here so hopefully you're feeling better about things! When my oldest was a baby, I was anti-dairy at the time (I've since switc...
So, What's the Deal with Cow's Milk??
Asked by L.S. from Chicago
on March 18, 2009
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I still breastfeed my son at 15 months - only 2 times a day. He eats really well and loves yogurt over all things so I think he's getting a lot of calcium. I have hear...
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- We are the only mammal that drinks the milk of another. It's not natural. We are the only mammal that continues to drink milk after weaning, also not natural. I agree ...
- A lot of kiddos are actually allergic or intolerant to cow's milk (although pediatricians push for it). Our daughter always had eczema and we had no idea why until we ...
- L.: lots of info online about cows milk... but NO human beings do not NEED to drink cows milk.. they need liquids for hydration and food for nutrition. P., R...
Need Help Getting 3 1/2 Year Old Son to Give up Bottle
Asked by S.L. from Washington DC
on July 2, 2008
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My son is almost 3 1/2 years old and will be starting preschool this fall. He drinks whole milk from the bottle once in the morning, once in the afternoon before his ...
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- Well, I have a one year old, and he's not really having a problem with the bottle transition (pacifire-another story:),but I think if I had that issue, I would encoura...
- First of all, when he goes to preschool, the other kids will be drinking from regular cups, not sippy cups or bottles. So I would not send a bottle to preschool, he wi...
- Wow, all of a sudden I feel really lucky.....my older son (now 12!!!) gave up the bottle on his own at 12 months. He never showed any interest in holding his own bott...
