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6 month old not drinking milk?? Advice would be brilliant please

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Allie06 · 02/02/2020 18:07

My 6 month old has a severe milk allergy and is on puramino milk that I know tastes disgusting. Since weaning she enjoys eating plenty of solids but refusing milk.. Getting 12 oz in her a day. 2x 6oz bottles. Throughout the day she refuses it again and I only get her to have it when she's half asleep. I've tried this in the day and it hasn't worked haha. So my questions are as follows..
Can I give her juice throughout the day instead of milk?
I've tried water from the bottle but she won't drink it...
So what other fluid intake can I give her.. Concerns me that she won't be getting enough fluid..
I have vitamin drops and she has calcium in the alpro yogurts.
Also....

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LeGrandBleu · 02/02/2020 19:09

No! Don't hook her on sugary drinks and damage her teeth at the same time. Juice has no nutritional value and will give her a preference for sweetness.

Give her soups! In France, it is one of the first baby food, along purees. Soups can be given in a bottle, start with light and clear soup like a broth and then you move to thicker and thicker one, and use scissor to make the bottle hole bigger. Or give soups with a spoon.
By giving soups , you will offer her all the nutritional values of veggies and give her a taste for it.

In alternative, give her a very fair camomile tea (without sugar!!) or fennel seeds tea. Both ok for babies and toddler.

modgepodge · 02/02/2020 22:21

Agree, stay away from juice. Will she take water from either a sippy cup or a normal open plastic beaker (with help)? Takes practice but worth a try.

Give lots of ‘wet’ foods (soup as mentioned above - though I’m sure I’ve read you shouldn’t cut the teat of a bottle or put anything other than water/milk in it due to the risk of choking, but I could be wrong), cucumber, melon etc.

I’d be surprised if she’s taking in enough calories from solids at only 6m though, I think you do need to persevere with the milk too.

peachgreen · 02/02/2020 22:27

Try a 360 cup with water.

peachgreen · 02/02/2020 22:28

Also watery fruits like watermelon, cucumber, tomatoes etc.

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