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Tips for getting 3yo allergy sufferer to drink enough milk?

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Auntierosemary · 17/01/2014 22:54

My daughter is 3 and allergic to dairy so needs to get nearly all her calcium from milk (oat milk). Dietician has said she needs 600mls of milk a day (or 500mls plus two soya yoghurts). Trouble is, we can't get her to drink that much. She used to guzzle it when we gave her a bottle so we let her have a bottle til recently. She is now happy to do without bottle, but just won't drink much milk from anything else.
Have tried cup with curly straw, metal drinks bottle, sippy cups, mugs etc.
anyone else have this issue, or even better, a solution?

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fizzly · 17/01/2014 22:58

Foods high in calcium

Had a similar situation with DS. Eats cauldron marinated tofu as a snack, sugar snap peas, I would put sardines mashed into pasta sauces. Kale crisps are good.

ilovepowerhoop · 17/01/2014 22:59

even children who take cows milk dont need that much milk. 300mls or the equivalent is recommended from 1 year. They need 350mg of calcium from age 1-3 but it doesnt all have to come from milk as there are other non-dairy sources.

www.allergyuk.org/common-food-intolerances/dairy-intolerance

DoItTooJulia · 17/01/2014 23:02

Make smoothies, frozen yoghurt, make pancakes with the oat milk, give it her with a bowl of museli, make Yorkshire puddings, give her a cookie to dunk in it?

Auntierosemary · 18/01/2014 08:00

Great ideas, thanks everyone. Kale crisps sound good Fizzly - where do you get them from? Can't believe how much calcium there is in tofu so will try that as snack too - thanks for that link powerhoop.
Used to make pancakes a lot but forgot about that, thanks for reminder and ideas doittoojulia!
Cheers

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hwhite6 · 18/01/2014 10:02

If you're still worried, you can get these chewies. Tesco currently doing 3for2 offer & £4 anyway, not £5.10 from H&B (but that's first link I found!)
www.hollandandbarrett.com/pages/product_detail.asp?pid=5220&prodid=6239

Carla1234 · 19/01/2014 06:12

My DD also doesn't have pure dairy.

Hovis best of both bread contains 50% of calcium in just two slices - DD often has three slices or beans on toast for breakfast.

She drinks rice milk and I also try for a bowl of cereal dairy or maybe one or two regular glasses of milk, warmed up first.

Could also try very milky tea made with decaf? Calcium supplements?

Carla x

Auntierosemary · 20/01/2014 20:45

Wow carla I never knew that about hovis best of both - we eat that bread already because it is one of few that doesn't have emulsifiers derived from cow's milk. That has made my day, thanks x

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fizzly · 20/01/2014 21:39

[http://www.kitchentreaty.com/how-to-make-kale-chips/ kale crisps]]

fizzly · 20/01/2014 21:39

kale crisps

Auntierosemary · 21/01/2014 21:47

Thanks

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