Can't get my son to eat Dairy!! Help!

[EvieT80]

Hi!,
I'm having a crisis at the moment, trying to get my 7 year old to eat dairy, except yoghurt. He used to eat everything and was obsessed with milk, had it every meal time but as he is getting older, he is eating fewer things. He won't even contemplate eggs or cheese (has dry pizza!) and now is refusing milk. I've been able to hide the cheese in some foods and of course, cook with eggs so that isn't too bad and it is totally in his mind as he enjoys the food he has, but now I am struggling with breakfasts....
He was having honey on waffles every day but I have said he can't have this every day anymore. Does anyone have any ideas for breakfasts he could have that are healthier? I'm going to do beans on toast but would like to get milk into him some way or another.
He doesn't eat spreads apart from Jam, so I would really appreciate some more ideas!!!
Thanks in advance x

Some other foods (like processed breakfast cereal) contain added B12, but from what I've read this B12 isn't the same as naturally occurring B12 and is harder for our bodies to use.

Supplements are fine and have the same effect on the human body as naturally occurring B12.

SuburbanRhonda From what I've read, the 'B12' in cereals, plant-based milks, etc. is an artificial compound very similar to B12 but not identical. Our bodies have to convert it into a usable form, losing some of the benefit in the process. Artificial B12 can be beneficial, but my understanding is that it's not as good. Also, as far as I can tell from reading, all artificial B12 is created using micro-organisms, so not strictly vegan anyway?

Eggs aren't dairy.

And dairy isn't a poison, either. Don't get overexcited...

@BlackInk

I’m happy to read the links you’ve found if you’d like to post them.

www.health.harvard.edu/vitamins-and-supplements/getting-enough-vitamin-b12

www.healthline.com/nutrition/methylcobalamin-vs-cyanocobalamin#bioavailability

Thanks.

I don’t know if you’ve read those articles yourself, but neither support what you’ve claimed in your posts.

Dairy for calcium is a bit of a strange one that was pretty much brought in by dairy industry ;)

I'm vegan...so it's 1 of my DC. We probably get more calcium than the DC that have dairy.

Dairy isn't that great.

Dairy can actually be bad. Read breast cancer links. Technically we are not cows...so do not NEED dairy

He is not a baby cow, he does not need it.