Milk and one year old

[Angel786]

Hi all, dd lost interest in milk at about 8 mths when she started solids properly. She'd still have around ten oz a day tho.

Since turning one she will barely drink milk at all. We're lucky if she has an oz a day. I'm not sure why, I suspect dh accidentally burnt her mouth by overheating it a which ago as that coincided with the lack of interest.

She has on odd days, has four oz of cold milk but most days won't touch it. We've tried using cups instead of bottles (as the hot milk was in a bottle).

We're giving her fromage frais for calcium but it's no replacement for milk.

Any ideas?

Cheese? You dont need much.'Green veg also has some calcium? as do legumes eg baked beans.

No the yogurts iggly like petit filous, I know they've got sugar etc but thought they'd be good for calcium.

Will try the veg, just wondered if it's beyond the pale to get her drinking milk again?

Sorry I meant give her cheese? Lots of calcium in small amounts of cheese. You can get yoghurts for babies if you're worried about sugar but they cost more.

You could try her with milk again - perhaps try a cup and a straw? Or mix in half a teaspoon of hot chocolate so it's sweeter?

Oh Petit Filous are PACKED with sugar. Spoons and spoons of it. Yet another highly effective marketing campaign of a junk food promoted as a health food :( . Many babies like plain yoghurt, or perhaps plain yoghurt mixed with a bit of fruit puree. Or regular "adult" yoghurt (ones with artificial sweetener of course) are sometimes cheaper than kids ones, and have less sugar. Worth checking the packaging. They all have the same amount of calcium :)

Thanks both.
I'll try cheese and also natural yogurt with some fruit.

Straws are a good idea too, she may see it as novel and more fun.

Yes, straws are a good idea. I was surprised how quickly my DS2 learnt to use one!

Shit, I meant adult yoghurts without artificial sweetener. Bloody hell.

as long as she gets some calcium I'll be happy! Thx organic.

I think they need about 350ml a day - you can easily get 100ml into a bowl of weetabix or porridge, so added to some yoghurt, cheese, custard, white sauces etc she can get enough without drinking any.

what about hot choc? My dd has never liked milk so she always had loads of warm milk with a teaspoon of instant hot choc and yes, I know that it contains sugar but having faddy eaters/selective eating disorders, it's better I got something into her than her eat nothing.

That said, humans are the only mammals that drink milk (and cow's mlk at that) after weaning. You don't need milk for calcium - just make sure her diet contains a good mix of everything, including the rda calcium.

Thanks all! Lots of ideas. Also, she has milk with cereal / porridge so as long as she gets calcium from other foods I'm less worried now.

thesecondcoming you couldn't be more right. It was the most stupid typo I've written recently - I meant withOUT artificial sweetener. Stupid. :(

Although the refined stuff is obviously not great either - hence why I suggest plain yoghurt, only sweetened with fruit puree if the baby won't take it natural (most will) so no refined sugar at all.

That's kind of true loopydoo but "in nature" human infants wouldn't be weaned off milk by 12 months (for example gorillas ebf for the first few months then continue to suckle their infants alongside solids until they are 3 or 4). So although small children don't need milk for calcium they are designed to have milk make up a part of their diet.