my daughter turned 1 recently and i want her to drink whole milk but she won't take it. she's still breastfeeding and eating solids. doesn't she need the calcium for her bones and her health? how much should she get anyways? help advices please!
2007-09-27 16:12:18 · 7 answers · asked by d1mpl3z 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
she's been on the sippy cup since 6 months but she'll only drink juice. any thing else she throws the sippy cup aside.
2007-09-27 16:21:57 · update #1
my son just turned one on the first, and he was breastfeeding still because i couldn't get him to drink milk or formula at all! he'd spit it out and ignore his sippy cup.
the best advice i got was to mix pedisure (i used strawberry) in with the formula do half and half then less and less pedisure.. it took about 2 weeks untill i could give him just straight formula. and now he comes running for it! he loves his formula! and he drinks milk every now and then too. (he's on enfamil's next step toddler formula)
2007-09-27 16:23:35 · answer #1 · answered by Lapin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am going through the same thing are you are right now. My daughter is 13 months, still breastfeeding (though I am weaning her and she is down to twice a day), drinks from a sippy cup, and refuses to drink milk. She loves yoghurt and cheese, but I am finding it very difficult to feed her milk.
Do not give her other types of milk. Babies need whole milk because the fat content is close to what human milk fat content is (4.1%). And babies need to drink milk as opposed to other dairy products because milk is enriched with so many more vitamins and minerals that cheese and yoghurt just don't have.
I have found that, though wasteful, if I give her milk at every feeding she will drink a few sips before spitting it out. I have noticed that each time she drinks a little bit more. Warm up the milk (in a saucepan, not the microwave because it breaks down the milk proteins), and try giving it to her after she eats, that way she is thirsty and more likely to drink it.
GOOD LUCK!!!!
2007-09-28 07:17:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you are ready (and she is ready) to wean off breast milk (usually by 18-24 months) the repeated introduction to whole milk will be more natural. Keep in mind your milk probably tastes better. Everything you eat gets flavor particles into the milk. Cows milk just isn't that interesting.
Don't buy a gallon at first, start with the 1/4 gallons, or half gallons. Use sippy cups referring to them as "big girl cups." It won't make much sense to her right now, but within a few months she will want things more like what mommy (and other "big" girls have). Use consistency and lots of repetition. Don't fill her cups, put a little in there at a time, then you drink something of similar color (skim or 1%) so there is the added "peer" pressure. (Later in life it is icky, but for now you can use it to your full advantage).
Babies drink 18- 32 oz of milk per day. However, they get calcium through food, water, and yogurt. It isn't necessary to worry. If she doens't like milk, feed her other calcium enriched beverages (such as orange juice, flavored or regular soy milk, or formula for older babies) and enriched foods, like yogurt, cottage cheese, chedder cheese slices, etc.
2007-09-27 23:33:41 · answer #3 · answered by Coffee Mom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM
I found by warming the milk it helped and once your daughter gets a little older she will start drinking the milk cold. I know that this sounds crazy, but i had the same problem with my little boy, he would suck the milk outta the sippy cup and spit it out. Its just something new for them and just keep trying, eventually she will take it. Also try juices high in calcium and foods high in calcium, this will help her get the calcium she needs until you can get her to drink the milk.
2007-09-28 06:30:43 · answer #4 · answered by buggerfifty6 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if she's still breastfeeding than she doesn't need any other milk. When you wean her, she'll probably start drinking regular milk. And, since she's already 1, wean her straight to a cup or a sippy cup. Most 1 yr olds drink 24 to 32 ounces a day of milk.
2007-09-27 23:17:37 · answer #5 · answered by nanny411 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
she still breatfeeding she geting calcium and more and when she drink whole milk she should drink about 3.... 8 oz a day but my baby didnt start drinking milk until she stop breatfeeding 18 month old
2007-09-27 23:24:06 · answer #6 · answered by lbel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try buying bottles with almost the same feeling as if she is being breastfed. maybe buy colorful ones with characters to distract her from noticing the change in taste. if she is not drinking whole milk, try skim or 2 percent, if she is taking it then gradually go on to whole milk.
2007-09-27 23:21:45 · answer #7 · answered by jabs0125 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋