Please help me figure out how much cheese, how many yoghurts to give to my non milk drinking ds....

[ilovespinach]

For the last couple of weeks ds2 (15 months) has refused to drink milk. I've tried a bottle and sippy cup but to no avail....So, fair enough, if he doesn't want it.....

I'm just wondering how many yoghurts etc I have to give him so that he gets his daily calcium requirement......

For example, today he had some milk on his Weetabix, 5 small childrens yoghurts (yes I know this is alot but he will only self feed so about half of it goes on his bib), some cheese on his pasta and some milk in his eggy bread. I would say that this is fairly typical - he has some milk on cereal or in pancakes in the morning, he eats loads of yoghurts, milk puddings and has something with cheese everyday. Is this enough? This is all new to me DS1 (3) is still happily guzzling milk before bedtime.

I'm not sure exactly how many gievs the recommended quota of calcium (although I'm aure it will say on the side of one of the pots etc) but if you compare the amounts in a pot of yoghurt to a pint of milk and work off that basis. Maybe offer the extra dairy snacks when you might otherwise have given something different.
If you're keen to get him back to dirnking milk, try the novelty angle and give it to him with cup and a straw. My toddler loves being a big boy and drinking through a straw!
Otherwise it sounds like you're doing the right thing by making meals consist of cheesy sauces. added milk etc. Good luck.

He'll be fine.Just let him have as and when he wants.Don't force issue. Ds self weaned at 11 months and never had milk again apart from occasionally in cheese/youghurt/cereal.

I never worried about trying to work out how much he had/needed.