dd won't drink milk

[milsna]

Hi, I bf my daughter until she was 10 months - she then showed no interest to feed so started to give her a beaker - with a little water in then eventually the baby juice you can get - very diluted

she is now 13 months and will not drink any kind of milk! I just don't know how to get it into her, she has breakfast with cows milk in but I can't incorporate milk in every meal!

When I give her the beaker she goes to drink it and if its milk she throws it back at me! lol... I have tried mixing in ice cream and banana (as advised by hv) and she didn't like that either!!

any advice please?

I never liked milk as a child and I have never given it as a drink to mine, well not until they asked me for it! They rarely do. I did breastfeed for longer than 10 months tho.
There are lots of other sources of calcium etc. Does she eat cheese and yoghurt? If so then she is getting plenty. Sesame seeds and kiwi fruit also have loads of calcium, as do sardines.
IMO cows' milk is over-rated as a food for human children.

Youngest manky has never liked milk, I no longer offer it as a drink. He is now 3 and has never had a cup of milk. I too breast fed for more than 10 mths, just make sure he gets calcium in other ways!

Along with milk and cheese you could also give dilute Tropicana Calcium, this has as much calcium as milk. Our DD, has this at breakfast as she won't touch milk, but she will have it in hot chocolate!

What about warming the milk? My first one wouldnt touch cows milk, as I guess it was cold, and less sweet than my own milk. He went onto growing milk for a while, as I DO think it is a very good source of calcium, and somethign which you should encourage your children to take. My second wolfs it down, no issues whatsoever. It depends on the child. Or giving her differnt milk, even soy or goats?

Thank you for your replies

She only has 1 tooth with others cutting through so is limited on what she can eat really

She does have plenty of yoghurts and cheese in her meals - so this would be ok then!

I just worry about her - as its always the thing you are told to do, my first dd drank milk til the cows came home! lol ... and still does which is why I was a little concerned with dd2

Thanks ladies

I did try warming it - I also tried watering it down but she still didn't like it.

I have also tried different brands of formula milk as it could have been the taste

I will keep persevering though.

The only drink she will take now is Juice - apple or orange watered down but I would obv prefer her to drink water or milk - she just won't!

Will she eat yogurt, custard, cheese, cheese sauce? 'cream' of tomato soup made with milk maybe?

My DD quit drinking milk as a toddler(a bit older than yours though). I never used to like dairy foods either, milk made me feel sick so I knew I couldn't force her. She isn't keen on custard or cheese sauce but loves yogurt and cheese.

Apart from that, you probably should focus on a good balanced diet rather than getting too worried about milk as such. Humans are pretty unusual in being able to tolerate the stuff at all after infancy, so we ought to be able to get by without it.

thank you, yes she does like custard... and I have just been off cooking pasta and a cheese sauce for her lunch and she has dosed off to sleep! lol

Thank you for your help ladies

Good, sounds fine but I would try and 'wean' her off the juice, it's not good for their teeth...
Just water it down gradually till there's no juice in it at all.

Yes I will do that thank you!

I always make it very watery anyway - but I admit I hate her having juice all the time! My first dd didn't have juice for ages as she had prefered water and milk, she is 6 years old now and I have not really allowed her fizzy drinks - Now she is allowed on occasion but she would prefer not to !