DS gets a Foogo of milk upon wake-up in the AM. It's only 9:30am and he's already finished it. His Foogo holds 10oz.
I just refilled and put the cup into the fridge for later. He will absolutely finish another full Foogo of milk before bedtime. That brings his milk intake on days we're home, to as much as 20oz.
I'm not sure how much he drinks Mon-Thurs when he's with my friend. Probably one full Foogo. Which would also bring his average to 20oz per day Mon-Thurs.
I do push water, and keep a cup of water within reach all day long. But he definitely drinks less water than milk.
I don't limit milk and never have but if you're concerned I would only offer milk after or with meals (sorry, I don't know how old he is if this applies).
I am struggling with this since we recently started milk. DD would drink it all day long. If I replace it with water, then she isn't eating enough solids to compensate and is hangry in the MOTN. So I haven't been able to let go of formula yet completely. I do about 50-50 milk to formula.
She woke up at 8 am and by 9:30, she had already went in and out of the high chair twice and ate some banana the first time, toast the second time. Refused her cereal. Has had 1 bottle so far, will probably take another and nap in a bit when we leave.
She would also eat cheese all day long if I let her. Girl loves her dairy.
As long as he eats ok I don't think it's a big deal. We did end up limiting the amount of milk our oldest drank because he never wanted to eat. If he is eating breakfast before he drinks his cup of milk I personally wouldn't change anything.
DS also loves milk and would drink it all day long if he could. I offer a straw cup at meals, and put what's left in the fridge when he gets down from the table. Some meals he drinks 2oz, some meals 8oz. I will refill his milk cup at meals if he asks. He gets water all other times. He probably drinks 8-18oz of milk a day, it varies a lot.
Our pedi said at 2yo he can drink "whatever milk the rest of the family drinks." So we all drink 2%.
Post by turtlegirl on Dec 27, 2014 10:16:19 GMT -5
My kids are 4 and 2.5 and probably average 15-20oz a day. Sometimes they drink 8oz or more at each meal, but other days they just ask for water at lunch. It really varies and I don't keep track at all.
Post by gibbinator on Dec 27, 2014 10:40:39 GMT -5
Yes. Ds1 has a lot of constipation problems and dairy (milk in particular) makes it worse. He gets about an oz on daycare days so he doesn't feel left out when all the other kids get some, but when home he doesn't have any anymore. We give him watered down juice during the day. He'll only consent to drink water at night for some reason that I'm sure makes sense to toddler logic He has yogurt in the morning and often a small bowl of shredded cheese after daycare.
I am sure this is *wrong* but no limit here. Probably averages 20 ounces a day. Still on wcm here. She adores it and I have a hard time getting calories in her. When I have tried to restrict she doesn't replace.
same, except for my daughter who is allergic. My kids are all skinny for their height. They can have either water or milk.
Post by Jalapeñomel on Dec 27, 2014 11:15:46 GMT -5
My kid drinks a ton of milk. I split it with almond milk. I've tried water, and he's not interested in it. He eats plenty of regular foods, so I ess I'm not worried about it anymore.
Post by mainelyfoolish on Dec 27, 2014 11:21:32 GMT -5
My kids get served a glass of milk at meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner) and they have to drink it at the kitchen table. Any other time of day, they get water. I give them camelbak cups of water they are allowed to carry with them throughout the house. If I didn't limit milk, my kids would drink it all day, every day, and not eat anything else.
DS1 gets 4ish ounces once every day or two. We're not big milk drinkers, and if he has milk with a meal he eats less real food, so we only serve water with meals.
Not really, he gets it at meals, some says he has less than 8 oz, other he has 20. He drinks out of an open cup at daycare so I don't think he drinks as much there,
We do with our underweight kid. She would drink milk all day long if we let her, to the exclusion of everything else. So no milk before meals is our rule.
Kind of. DD (5) is a very picky eater and would happily subsist on milk alone. I've found that I had to fill her cup only halfway at meal times or else she would just drink the milk and skip the meal. I don't record how much milk she has had during the day and limit it to a certain number of oz though.
With DD I did limit in streaks. There were times she'd drink all day and not want to eat and then I'd take it away for awhile. If she wasn't in that phase I never did. She's generally a good solid eater though so most times I never cared. Now at 3.5, ever since I took the sippy away, she's kind of regulated herself. She much prefers water or watered down juice in her big girl cup.
We do limit, but only because DD loooooves milk, but gets constipated from too much dairy. She gets it at meals, but only about half a sippy full each time.
Yes because it makes him constipated. Idk how much he drinks at daycare but at home he has one cup with meals and has to have water after than because otherwise he would just drink milk and not eat.
Post by Velar Fricative on Dec 27, 2014 12:47:34 GMT -5
We've just started giving her less per sippy because she isn't a great eater these days and I thought perhaps it was because of her love of milk. Hasn't made a difference so far but it's only been a couple of days.
I've started to. He was at 24-26oz/day, but now we're shooting for under 20. Too much can cause iron problems, so we've started watching it a bit more carefully.
Post by yellowbrkrd on Dec 27, 2014 13:32:43 GMT -5
I never thought to limit it. His pedi has never said anything so I just let him have what he wants. Some days he only drinks 10 oz and other days it's well over 20oz.
We try to limit to no more than 20oz a day, she gets constipated if she has much more than that. Plus too much can also make you anemic and since she is not a great eater I do worry about that a little. The past month or so she has been requesting water more, so she has been averaging about 16 oz of milk a day. She is still on WCM for calories since she is so little and we also add a scoop or two of instant breakfast powder as well since she is an awful eater. We usually do a straw cup full when she first wakes up and one around 7pm before bedtime (8:30). During the day she usually wants water.
Yes, especially with dd1, but we had to do it with all of them. There was one day when dd1 was maybe 2 that we realized she had consumed a full half gallon of milk. That's 64oz. She still ate some, but that much dairy is not good for the digestion.
So pedi said to limit her to 24oz. To do that and avoid nuclear meltdown, we watered down her milk.