How much milk should a 17 month old have each day?
my ped said up to 1 year 24 oz of formula.
after 1 year no more than 16 oz of milk. The first year all nutrition is from formula.. after 1 year they should be getting most nutrition from solid food.. if they drink too much milk they wont eat.
I'm pretty sure, 16 oz but should probably call & ask doctor to make sure.
I asked our ped at my daugthesr 15 month appt and he said anywhere from 9 or 10 oz up to 24 oz a day.
It varies per the child. Rather wildly, in fact. Not just body type and growth pattern (Big kids -projected at over 6' tall- who are fast growers are going to need a LOT more than a petite child -projected at 5' and some- who is a slow grower) which create very different nutritional needs, but also activity level, and enviornent (weather/temp) that they live in, as well as other physical or medical factors.
The 24 oz of formula recommendation below makes me smile a little. My son was drinking aox 20oz of formula PER feeding. Obviously... the previous poster and I had VERY different babies!!!
In my family it's pretty normal for 1/2 gallon of milk per child per day.
Pretty much the only rule of thumb to follow is NOT to restrict fats in children. Research keeps extending and extending how long it takes the body to myelinate the nerves (coating them with little "bubbles" of fat that speed along neural impulses exponentially. To get an idea of what that does... The root cause of MS is the myelin sheath being damaged. It's also why young children feel pain differently than older children and adults... a lot of impulses get lost travelling on their way to the brain).
Low fat diets are healthy for ADULTS, but very very unhealthy for children. Children need high fat diets for proper neural development (brain growth and creating the myelin sheath). Which means whole milk. When my son was little they thought it was "done" at age 2. By the time he was 2, they'd push it to 3, maybe 4... and now they're looking at ages 5 & 6. So whole milk. And whole milk products. Low fat subsitutes are just full of carbohydrates (sugars) which kids don't need extra of. They DO need the fat.
Anyhow... I know the first bit isn't so helpful (the all babies are different, bit) but I hope the 2nd part was!
