My 14 months child doesn't drink enough milk since he became 5 months?

Question

I used to breasfeed him ,but when he was 5 months he started to refuse to take my breast, I tried the bottle he refused it too, nowadays he drinks only 180cc cold milk during the day and that when he gets thursty because i'm trying to give him cold milk instead of water.I wonder why he doesn't like milk, and i wish u can help me to solve the problem, can u give me any ideas how to make ur child like to drink milk?

Answer 1

You should not with hold water from him just so he will drink milk, we need to be constantly hydrated. There are so many other resources out there in which to get our daily amount of calcium. Flavored milks are a good option , but I would try ovaltine or something with plenty of vitamins instead of just plain chocolate flavoring. I am a pre-preschool teacher and in the state I live in , we are not allowed to give our toddlers chocolate until the age of 2 at the daycare, because it is not so easy to digest for little tikes. good luck, our taste buds change so often as we grow, he may change his mind in time

Answer 2

Have you tried formula instead of milk? When my daughter was 1 1/2 and we took her off the bottle she refused to drink milk! The doctors said all we could do was make sure she was getting the vitamins and calcium froom other sources, like cheese, yogurt, and even multivitamins. Good luck! Just remember that you're doing the best you can, you can't force you baby to drink what he doesn't want to drink.

Answer 3

Try making banana smoothies
My mum did that when I was little because I don't like milk as a girl. Or egg noggies or chocolate flavour home ec teacher said it was better to drink flavour milk then not drink any milk at all

Answer 4

my daughter has only drank 7oz since she was 7 months the health visitor told me not to worry give her yogurts cheese white bread dried apricots all great sources of calcium you can't make them drink it if they don't want it xx