Hi there, I have a 15 month old son who is breastfed. He eats really well and is now down to only one breastfeed before bedtime however he has never accepted a bottle of formula and doesn’t enjoy drinking cows milk. He will happily drink water from a sippy cup or 360 cup but if I give him cows milk he will take a sip and then just stop. Even if he’s really thirsty he will wait to be given water in the cup instead.
So my question is how much dairy alternatives do I need to give to get him his RDA of calcium. He currently will take around 100ml/4oz ish of cow milk in his porridge for breakfast, at least 1 fromage frais or yoghurt and will most days have a babybel cheese for lunch or a snack or sometimes some cheddar instead. Then he will have a breastfeed before bed. He might also have a bit of milk in food such as mash potato or a pasta bake/macaroni cheese but that isn’t daily obviously. I am trying to wean him off the breast completely in the coming months as I am expecting baby number 2 come the summer and don’t want to be tandem feeding.
Is there anything else I could or should be trying to give him?
Thanks