Too much milk?

[prrrmeow]

My 3 year old loves milk. Drinks it all day long. He was breastfed until 2 and now drinks full fat milk. He'll have a cup with breakfast (even if breakfast is a bowl of cereal which already has milk) and then he'll drink milk throughout the day. He drinks water no problem but I'm only realising now maybe I should be encouraging him on the water instead of milk as always the go-to drink. After a cup at breakfast he'll easily go on to drink another 3 cups throughout the day or more! That's 200ml at a time.

Tbh it's probably an average of 2-3 cups a day but this past week it's been a looot which I've not bothered about as he's been sick and only just well again so I let him drink all he wanted.

Is there such a thing as too much milk? He also loves yoghurt and cheese which he's consuming on top of all the milk! My pregnancy craving was milk maybe I've passed the obsession on to him!

What else is he eating? I don't think you can get milk poisoning as such from having to much. I mean cows milk isn't unhealthy per se, so that isn't a concern. I would say though think about what else he is eating? I guess the thing is, unlike baby milk, cows milk won't be enhanced at all, so I suppose if he is drinking loads and not eating much, you could end up with him getting good protein, but being overweight with the fat, and undernourished without other vitamins and minerals from say fruit and veg. I imagine he have to be drinking loads of milk and barely eating or eating lots of other unhealthy food, for that to actually happen though.

He eats well. Eats porridge, eggs, yoghurts, cheese, brown bread, nut butters, lots of different fruit. He's not the biggest fan of veg but certainly eats lots of veg in pastas, curries, bolognese, soups and so on. Eats 3 meals a day and healthy snacks so I'm not worried about that.

I just wondered if I should be saying 2 cups a day plus yoghurt and cheese is enough dairy/calcium. I noticed that he drinks water through the day as there's always a bottle of fresh water with a straw just out in his room or in the living room so I see him drinking from that through the day, but if he asks for a drink he asks for milk and I always give it to him.