Need Help with Milk

Hey there,

My son is just making the transition from breast / formula to milk. he seems to hate cow's milk, but ADORES goats milk. Might be worth a shot - good luck!

Well besides the fact that a 10.5 month old shouldn't drink cows milk.... If she doesn't want it, why does she have to have it? If she is getting dairy in other ways I don't see why it's a problem.

My son has never really drank milk. His pediatrician said to eat lots of high calcium foods. You can also find juices that have calcium in them. My son seems to be just fine without the milk.

I had/have the same problem with my 25 month old son. For a while he would not drink any milk now he drinks it sometimes. I have had 2 peds give me 2 different answers on the milk issue. One told me to flavor it. The other said as long as he is getting his dairy in another form that that is okay. If you go to WIC they will insist on the milk but I listen to my ped than WIC.

Hi C.
First of all I understand the worry but don't panic. Childrens tastes change. As long as there are no nutrition issues that her doctor is worried about then let her get her dairy another way. Offer her other healthy choices like water and juice.On the flip side,she may have developed a lactose intolerence that is mild enough not to cause the usual symptoms that tip doctors off to the problem. She may just get a little "icky" feeling and she can't tell you.You could try no dairy for a week and see if she will start to eat or drink other things. If she doesn't feel icky any time she puts things in her mouth to eat or drink then she may start to notice this and change her attitude towards food. If this experiment works then I would make sure to talk to her doc about it. If the diet change worries you, call the doc before you try it and see what he/she thinks of the idea.Just remember that what ever happens, it will get solved because you have already taken the first steps to fix the problem. Way to go mom! Sincerly B. PS I really like to hear updates please let me know.

I wouldn't worry about it if she is getting calcium from other sources. My son who is 3 1/2 wouldn't drink milk until he was probably about 2 - 2 1/2 yrs old. He would drink soy milk however and he has always loved yogurt, cottage cheese, string cheese, and calcium fortified orange juice. Sometimes I would make a yogurt smoothie and add some fruit and milk. He actually still loves that snack! Hope that helps. :-)

Hi,
My son went through this too I tried everything. The one thing that worked the best was if I warmed the milk up a little bit. When I spoke to my PED about it he was not that concerned. If the child was still eating other dairy. It is probably just a phase. You could also try pedi-sure if you feel he is lacking what he was getting from the milk. It has a lot of calories, high in calcium etc.

Best of luck to you!

find other fats for her... Our society is led to belive that milk is so healthy.. I don't think it is all that healthy...

Try Olives, Avacados, etc. anything with healthy fats will help her little brain grow and grow..

My daughter liked goats milk... now neither of my kids like milk.
I never liked milk either..

Cheese, Yogurt, etc are good alternatives...

it isn't the end of the world tho.. think of all the kids allergic to milk.. they are just as healthy.. :) :)

I'd say it is a blessing.. Milk is made for baby cows not humans.

My youngest daughter has never liked cow's milk. She was fine with breast milk, but completely uninterested in any other form of milk, including soy and rice milks. She's now almost 2, and the only kind of dairy product I can get her drink is one of those fruit smoothies they have in the dairy aisle that seem like a good idea until you look at the label and see it has 40 grams of sugar (beyond a whole day's quota of sugar!). Anyway, my pediatrician was totally unconcerned. He said that so long as she's getting 3 servings a day in some other form (as your child seems to be), there was nothing to worry about. In fact, he said he is generally more concerned about children drinking too much milk as opposed to too little (not because of too much calcium, but because of obesity issues on the rise in children).

So, I don't think you have anything to worry about!

By the way, there are other food that are high in calcium, including broccoli.

J.

Cheese & yogurt are both excellent sources of calcium, so she is probably getting enough if she is eating those. One thing that I have noticed with my two boys, is that when they stongly reject a certain food, I just withhold it for a few months, then try again. Sometimes by then they have forgotten that they didn't like it. (It seems like toddlers go "on strike" over a food for a while, then sure enough, a few months later change their mind and the food is OK to eat again.) The closer to 2 yrs. old, they become attached to favorite foods, too. Anyway,at least in my experience, this is totally normal for a child of her age.

Best of luck,
G.:)

My three year old is the same...he drank milk from a bottle until at one year old I took the bottle away. From then on he refused to drink milk from a cup (and I refused to give him his bottle back just so he'd drink it). Anyway, two years later, my ped tells me that because he loves cheese and yogurt so much that he does get enough dairy and not to worry. She still has me try giving him milk (and he will occasionally drink choc. milk now - but still not much).

Best of luck to you...I think she'll be fine since she eats so much other dairy. :0)