How much formula/milk should a 1 year old get a day?

Question

How much water? Food? Etc. I know they are all different and will eat whatever they need but I want averages, etc. How much formula/milk do they need to stay healthy, etc?

Answer 1

My pediatrician said its not so much about the calories as it is about making sure they are getting enough CALCIUM. So, she said a minimum of 18 ounces a day.

Answer 2

My sister switched my niece to lowfat milk just after she turned one. She's 13 months now. We introduced milk at dinnertime in a sipper cup so she'd start to get used to it before we stopped giving her formula. (Because the doctor and the day school both insisted we should switch to just milk) Talk to your doctor,or the doctor's nurse if you are unsure you are giving your little one enough nutrition. Just make sure you are giving a balanced diet, fruits and veggies and a little of whatever else you eat. Of course our doctor also told my sister to give the baby whole milk because the milk fats are a stimulant in brain activity but we eat a lot of cheese and youghurt too so we figure lowfat is probably fine. If you are nervous or want to know specifics for gaining weight, but not too much, you have to ask a pediatrician. And the average is going to be different if you have a lactose intolerant child, or if U used soy formula and you continue using soy milk. The exchange of fats and such may make the average to be less or more fluids for your child/children.


On Average, my niece gets 25 ounces of milk and 22 ounces of water: read on and you can see where I get those numbers.
she gets one bottle for a midmorning nap, one sipper cup of milk for a morning snack....at baby day school, one more sippy cup with lunch, then a bottle of milk for the afternoon nap and one for bedtime.
The bottles are 6 ounces each and the cups aren't more than 3 or 4ounces each. which comes out to a bit less than 25 ounces per day, by bottle or in a cup.
Yes, she also drinks one baby bottle of water, 8 ounces in the afternoon, then we give her water with meals at home, 2 times a day about 6 ounces each time plus when she's travelling to the store or home from day school we offer her a sippy cup or just give her a few drinks from the filtered water we buy in plastic bottles.
That's an average 22 ounces more of water.

Answer 3

My son started whole milk at 11 months. He'll be13 months in 2 days. Our Pedi said he needs 16 ounces a day of whole milk. He eats regular food. He'll have 2 pancakes and half a banana or a fruit and a bowl of oatmeal. I'm so shocked at how much he eats. He eats more than 3 and 4 year olds. We just chop up everything we eat into small pieces. He likes chicken the most. He doesn't eat alot of red meat yet. They need 5 fruits/veggies a day. I buy the sweet peas and green beans in individual cups at Walmart (the walmart brand) and that works out good at lunch time, he'll have one of those with 4 chicken nuggets, and a serving of fruit.

Answer 4

My son at 1 had about 2 bottles of 1% milk at that age, a sippy cup half full of juice, and half a sippy cup of water. Also, he would eat three meals a day. I would give him fruit and cereal in the mornings, something hot usually for lunch, and then he would eat supper with the family just cut up in smaller pieces.

Answer 5

This sounds more like something you should ask you kids pediatrition, but my neice and nephew stoped getting formula when they were a year old, they can have cows milk at that age.