How much cow milk does your BF toddler drink? - Page 2

[EdnaMarie]

Hardly any but she eats yoghurt like a crazy baby. She would eat 10 - 12 oz easily, though we don't have it that often. She doesn't like to drink much milk. I think she knows it's a replacement for nursing.

[handsandfeet]

Wow, I'm surprised at all the none answers. Maybe it's b/c I work, but 16 month old DS has gotten used to and now loves cow milk. He gets about 6 oz right before his nap and another 6 oz in early evening time. My supply dropped when I stopped pumping so I feel good that he's getting another source of milk. We call it "leche," and mine is "milk." He also eats about 4 oz of yogurt and a good amount of cheese in the day. But he is a good eater of solids so gets a well rounded diet.

[es1967]

We BF till 3 yrs and DS had very little cows milk. He did eat yogurt and cheese but very rarely drank milk. Now and then he will want some of the milk I use for my cappucino.

[Smokering]

Hmm, not a lot. Maybe a centimetre in the bottom of a glass, once a week or so. She has kefir a few times a week though, and yoghurt occasionally, and HEAPS of butter and cheese. (She's 2.5, still BF).

[Blessed_Mom]

My LO is 14 mo old. What form and what multivitamin can I give her? This sounds off-topic (apologies) but there are so many moms here who are talking about giving their LOs' multivitamins that I thought to ask....

[marisa724]

Originally Posted by handsandfeet

Wow, I'm surprised at all the none answers. Maybe it's b/c I work, but 16 month old DS has gotten used to and now loves cow milk. He gets about 6 oz right before his nap and another 6 oz in early evening time. My supply dropped when I stopped pumping so I feel good that he's getting another source of milk. We call it "leche," and mine is "milk." He also eats about 4 oz of yogurt and a good amount of cheese in the day. But he is a good eater of solids so gets a well rounded diet.

We did not push it because both boys reacted to milk proteins when they were younger infants (I was completely dairy and soy free for about 8 months until they 'got over it'). I did not give either of them dairy until after a year, and then we started with cheese and yogurt (proteins are broken down more than in straight cow's milk). By about 18m they did try drinking milk, but I was cautious about it. Even now (at 2y3m) my DS2 will get a little rashy around his mouth/cheeks if he has too much dairy (like 2+ servings in a day).

It's not really *necessary* for toddlers to be getting so much dairy, but it tends to be *easier* since they do have specific needs and alternatives like rice milk/almond milk aren't as fatty. If you are relying on one of those alternatives and you're not breastfeeding as much/at all, you'd need to make sure that the rest of his diet had higher fat foods as appropriate (good stuff like avocado, nuts - if not allergic, adding flaxseed oil to a smoothie, etc.).

[Jayray]

I started giving 14 mo DS some because he saw me drinking it and was interested. He REALLY likes it. I'm only drinking it because I'm pregnant and I know my supply is way down, so I feel comfortable giving it to him. He also has a big appetite. He's probably drinking about 2 cups per day--a little less. He would drink more, but I don't let him!!!

[Ceinwen]

Neither of my kids will drink milk. They'll have other dairy - yoghurt, cheese, etc. but they both dislike actually drinking milk.

[Teenytoona]

DD is nearly 30 months and she drinks milk about half the time. Some days she will have none, but if she hasn't had any in a while or just has a taste for it, she'll ask for some. She probably drinks 4-6 oz when she wants it. She still nurses about 2 times a day, but hasn't had any expressed milk since she started refusing it at 11 months. I WOHM, and we did use milk a bit early on, but not as a staple... Now cheese on the other hand is a whole different story.

[Mama Khi]

None. We don't consume dairy. I am not comfortable giving her milk from another species when mama milk is available. She has had a little bit of coconut milk in a cup and liked it okay.

[aikigypsy]

My 2.8 year-old had none until very recently, when she started having some with cereal occasionally. She just refuses to drink it, and she doesn't even BF much any more (2-3x/day). She does like yogurt and cheese a lot, though.

[spmamma]

DD didn't drink cow's milk at all until after she weaned (25 months). I put a splash of it in her cereal in the morning and that was it. She did eat cheese and yogurt, though.

[*jeanine*]

None. But we do cheese and yogurt etc.

[gagin37]

no milk but mine, ds is 23m. dh is the only one here that drinks any cow's milk. I use organic soy or sometimes almond to cook with, and we do eat cheese and ds gets yogurt. But he still nurses a lot!

[Caterina]

DD started drinking cow's milk around 16 mo here and there, and now has about 5 - 10 oz a day, either in 2 or 3 sittings. She asks for it, and has a bottle before bed which has really eased my sore-nipples-from the hour long nursing session. Our bedtime nursing session immediately went down to about 20-30 min. Ahh. I'd like to do raw too, but feel like local, organic, un-homogenized is as good as we can do right now.

[globe-trotter]

none here either.

[RaeDyCo]

DS1 nursed until 20 months and I introduced cows milk just after 1 year when I returned to work.

I made sure he had no more than 8-12 oz per day because I was worried about him replacing food with milk, iron absorption issues, constipation, etc. He would eat cheese / yogurt also. Even though he was at daycare, they were not to offer him any dairy except for what I sent also.

DS1 is now 3 and he likes cows milk, prefers water though, but I still limit the amount, not necessarily daily but weekly.

[shnitzel]

None. I just don't see a point since I am with her at home and nurse her whenever she wants. She loves drinking water and I would rather she drink that or breastmilk than anything else.

[Nimbus]

DD is 25 months and has between 9 and 18 oz of cow's milk a day. She's had one 9 oz bottle 3 days a week when I'm at work for about 6 months now. I just wasn't producing enough while pumping anymore. When it fits into our budget, it's organic raw milk, otherwise, just organic. She's still nursing several times a day and sometimes once in the middle of the night. She loooooves her bottles and it does give my husband the chance to cuddle with her in a way she otherwise wouldn't sit still for.