We are struggling to get DD 14 months to drink from cups (open and/or sippy cups), and so she still has 4 bottles of milk a day. Im worried her fluid intake isn't enough, as shes been suffering from constipation lately. She was prem, 5 weeks, and has been a bit behind with weaning, but overall loves food.
I wonder how her liquid intake (water and milk) compares to children of a similar age?
200ml formula milk first thing
120ml whole milk mid morning
Same mid afternoon
200ml formula before bed
I heard 1 litre is the recommended amount - oops.
If we're lucky, she'll drink a few sips of water with her meals. It depends how she feels really, sometimes she'll drink quite a bit, other times she'll totally refuse water. I've taken to watering down her milk a bit to up her water intake. Also giving her formula still as just giving her cows milk makes the constipation worse.
Food wise, she has a large bowl of porridge plus multivitamin for breakfast, two course meals for lunch and dinner, and snacks depending on her nap times.
Feeling a bit of a rubbish parent that's she's not drinking from cups yet tbh.
Any advice or suggestions welcome thanks!
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UserThenLotsOfNumbers · 04/12/2017 14:58
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