my son wont drink milk!!

[bamster]

help! my 22 month old son wont drink cows milk at all.have tried it warm,cold, as a milkshake. am worried hes not getting enough calcium. any ideas

there are lots of other foods that are rich in calcium (and I've heard they contain a form of calcium that is easier to digest than that found in cows milk) but I can't remember what they are!

I think dark green veg and almonds are 2 of them but i'm sure someone else will post who knows

the obvious ones are cheese, yoghurt. fromage frais, dairylea (!) Make custard, rice puddding etc

my ds2 won't drink mild#k and won't eat cheese

Will he eat yogurt and cheese?

Broccoli is one I think. I have a book I will look in for you. My dd was the same but had patches of drinking, I just hid cheese and cream in ALL her food and bumped up the yogurt and icea cream!!

bamster - only 1 out of my 4 children drank milk. I really do not think it is an issue. Calcium can be got from other sources. Milk is definately over rated IMO.

My daughter went through a phase like this, she is still not a big milk drinker but has improved. What about make cheese sauce to poor over his dinner.

interesting article

thanks for that mears - I've often wondered if my ds was getting enough calcium from other sources - BTW its often in breakfast cereal as well (just looked at my pack of Cheerios) and citrus Five Alive

Hard cheese is a great source of calcium. My ds1 hasn't drunk milk at all since I stopped bf at 13 months - just wouldn't have it. But loves rice pudding, porridge, custard and so on. I never drunk milk as a child either!

OK Here you go. My school nurse gave us these guidelines in a leaflet:
7-10 yr olds need about 550mg calcium (24 points)
11-18 yr old girls 800 mg (35 points)
11-18 yr old girls 1000 mg (35 points)
Younger children about 450 mg (20 points)

1 point - c.23 mg of calcium

FOODS CONTAINING CALCIUM
glass of milk* (190 ml = 1/3 pt) - 10 pts

• whole, semi-skimmed or skimmed 1 pot of yoghurt (150g) - 10 pts piece of hard cheese, eg Cheddar (30g) - 10 pts Large cheese spread triangle (25g) - 6.5 pts 1 small pot cottage cheese (112g) - 3.5 pts Cream cheese in sandwich (30g) - 1.25 pts 1 pot fromage frais (100g) - 3.25 pt 2 lg slices white or brown bread - 3.25 pts swiss style muesli (50g) - 2.5 pts cooked spring greens (95g) - 3 pts cabbage (95g) - 1.25 pts cooked broccoli (85g) - 1.5 pts 1 lg orange (210g) - 3 pts 7 dried apricots (56g) - 2.25 pts small can of baked beans (150g) - 3.5 pts 3 tbsp boiled lentils (120g) - 1.25 pts 2 tbsp red kidney beans (70g) - 2.25 pts 1 egg - 1.5 pts bag of plain peanuts (50g) - 1.25 pts 1 tbsp sesame seeds (12g) - 3.5 pts 1 canned sardine in sauce, bones incl. (25g) - 5 pts Shelled prawns (60g) - 4 pts

Just keep a track of what he eats for a day, and you'll probably be pleasantly surprised. I tend to make sure they have a yoghurt twice a day, plus milk on cereal for breakfast, and a piece of cheese with their sandwiches at teatime, and they're already getting plenty of calcium.

HTH

thankyou all for all your advice and ideas. he,s a nitemare for normal eating too, but i guess it wont last forever. thanx again