Nestle Nesquick - Toddlers

Sure, why not? I think parents are going overboard these days trying to avoid the 'Junk" and it HAS to be fresh, organic, blah blah blah... I grew up on canned veggies, I ate processed foods, I didn't drink milk, I ate candy, I didnt wear sunscreen every day, and my mom smoked while pregnant with me (which is wrong, but she did) and I was never sick as a child, had perfect teeth, and am now a well adjusted, healthy adult.

I would start with a little bit in her milk and see if she will drink it, if not, add a little more. Once you figure out how she likes it, do it that way for a week or so, then slowly start decreasing the amout, and eventyally she will be back to plain milk. my daughter wants chocolate milk sometimes, but she mostly wants to see the color change, and could care less about the flavor.

I see you have quite a few responses already, but feel compelled to add my two cents worth. I grew up on Nestle's and Ovaltine in my milk and my Grandchildren are doing the same. Why not?! A little to add some flavor won't hurt her in any way. As a special treat, my Grandmother would add marachino cherry juice to my milk.

Adding chocolate to milk I definately do to have my kids drink milk on command. Ovaltine I heard was good but I've never tried it. I use nesquick and have even found a sugar free version that tastes about the same and is more healthy. My kids now drink regular milk with no problem too. It's like they got used to the taste. Good luck with your new milk mixture!!

Milk, honestly, isn't that great for your child anyway, so I wouldn't worry about it. The only thing that people are concerned about with drinking milk is the Calcium and the Vitamin D. You can get that from milk substitutes like Rice Milk, Oat milk, Soy Milk, Hemp Milk, Almond or Hazelnot milk, to mention the few that I know of. The reason that I say milk isn't good for you is that our bodies are a lot smaller than that of a calf and we weren't meant to digest it. That is why so many people have milk allergies (lactose intolerance) or milk sensitivities (conditions like eczema, etc). She may not want it, because her body is letting her know it isn't good for her and it doesn't want it or maybe she has an allergy to it and she doesn't feel good or "right" after drinking it, but of course she wouldn't be able to cognitively recognize this and certainly couldn't tell you. Not to mention, milk produces phlegm in our bodies, soemthing you really don't want to give when she is sick. I wouldn't give her the sugar filled Nestle Nesquick unless you want her to start loving sugar and get diabetes when she is older. The milk industry has been very successful at lobbying and feeding us a pack of lies. Don't feel guilty about not giving your child milk - it really, really isn't good for her. Goat's milk is better and sheep's milk is even closer to our anatomy and more easily digested. Check it out online, you'll find out if you do any honest search. - Also juices to a minimum - no more than 4 oz. a day. I'm a knowledgable mom to three grown children and two younger children through adoption. Only recently have I researched this milk issue and it is amazing how much I've learned about milk and how bad it is for us humans - especially when you think about the added hormones (notice children are in puberty earlier these days?. Then you have the "let's just think about scenario". How many other mammals have you ever seen, drinking an entirely different mammals milk. If you actually have seen it (as in the case of an animal- say a dog-"adopting" a cat let's say)- then I ask, did that continue into adulthood. So how many adult mammmals have you seen drinking other adult mammals milk? -Never!!! We we're meant to dring another mammals milk!!! Each baby's animal (and we humans) was made to drink his own mother's milk. Period!!!

Add Nesquick was the only way I could get my now 4 year old to drink milk. I went to his pediatrician and asked him what I could do about it. he told me that as long as he was getting the milk it was no problem that he drank it with the Nesquick. Also because the Nesquick has the calcium that it would be bad to add to the milk.

I hope this helps you.

Do remember that chocolate naturally has caffiene in it. I haven't checked the various brands lately myself, but I believe it's the Nestle brand that someone said has a low caffiene version. That's what I would check on the labels before purchasing anything to add to their milk.

hey T.,
...absolutly!!! my daughter was finicky when it came to milk also, her pediatrician advised me to do just that, that my concerns over the higher sugar intake should be put to rest when considering the many positives that the suggested milk intake brings to the table, my daughters favorites were and still are, of course now she loves the plain ol' milk too... horizon brand, both the vanilla and the strawberry milk boxes. conveinient; dont need to be refridgerated (they taste just as good at room temp), no mixing required, easily handled by the little one. starbucks sells them at an outrageously ridiculous mark-up, but then i buy their lattes at twice the price almost daily so i will occassionally stock up on 5 or 6 of them from time to time, but your best bet is whole foods. they sell them buy the case load, i believe 18 units per, for only $18.63 lowest i've seen them for, to around $22-23.00 or so. the vanilla milk boxes literally taste like the best vanilla ice cream you've ever had just melted. i hope you find a recipe she enjoys, and or a way to at least get her drinking the stuff. good luck to you, all our best,
aline

I have added NesQuik to my son's milk for a long time. Just a dash in his sippy cup or he gears up on a sugar rush. They make it in strawberry and banana too!

my kids' pediatrician said adding chocolate to milk was fine if it meant that they'd drink their milk. i added chocolate flavored ovaltine. less sugar and more vitamins than nestle quick and it mixed in better. the kids drank their milk. after 2 years they now prefer their milk plain w/o ovaltine.

My daughter wouldn't drink milk so I added hershey's chocolate syrup and she drinks it right up. Granted it does add sugar but I would rather have her drink her milk than not.

try Ovaltine - Less sugar and more vitamins. My son was not a plain milk drinker, but he loved his ovaltine!

Chocolate, strawberry... whatever gets the milk in! I would use Ovaltine tho instead of Nestle, less sugar more vitamins. And start using a little less each time once your little one gets used to drinking milk regularly.

Personally I wouldn't do it, it doesn't have the greatest ingredients. My son isn't a milk fan either. He loves yogurt, so I just see that he has good quality yogurt or kefir every day and I also make him a vitamin protein shake that is chocolate flavored with organic milk a few times a week. Have you tried kefir? It tastes like a liquid yogurt to me, trader joes has a strawberry my son likes and other kids I know love it too. It has the calcium and good bacteria that yogurt has.
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We have done Ovaltine instead of Nesquick. Give it a shot

Sometimes I add a small amount of honey and heat up the milk. He especially loves it that way. As a special treat I sometimes (every few months) give him some chocolate milk when we are out running errands.

But really, just keep offering the plain whole milk and she may change her mind. Mine didn't like milk much until recently (now 22 mos). He will now ask for it.

I would advise against it. Please check out these articles about building strong bones from the Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine www.pcrm.org. I feel they are the best group for nutrition info.

http://www.pcrm.org/health/prevmed/building_bones.html

http://www.pcrm.org/health/veginfo/dairy.html

http://www.pcrm.org/news/release050307.html

I make a super-yummy green smoothie for my son and I almost every day and he loves it. It's full of calcium, magnesium, vitamin C, potassium, fiber and antioxidants.

Green Smoothie
3 leaves dino (lacinato) kale or 2 leaves green kale (no stems)
2 peeled ripe kiwi fruit
1/2 banana
4 ice cubes
about 3/4 cup organic vanilla almond milk, or other non-dairy milk
a couple tablespoons agave nectar or unrefined sugar (add this to taste (it may not be necessary depending on the sweetness of the kiwi)
1 tablespoon flax or hemp oil (optional)

Blend until smooth and creamy. Makes enough for 1 grown-up and 1 toddler. Serve to toddler in a wide-mouth sippy cup with the valve removed. I like the Safe Sippy Cup http://www.thesafesippy.com/. It's spout is wide enough to allow a thick liquid to flow through. Smoothies always clog up in our other sippy cups.

I do! I have also used Carnation Instant breakfast. I never add much, just enough for flavor. Sometimes its hard to get them to drink milk so you have to spice it up a bit. I just try not to do this daily, otherwise they wont drink it plain. Good luck!

My daughter was never mush of a white milk drinker, but add a little color and she really likes it! I put a tny bit of chocolate just so it has the color and away it goes!! Good Luck!

I know you got a millions responses but mine wasn't in there. I add a tiny bit of molasses- yummy and a great source of iron.

I would strongly advise not to encourage sugar as regular part of a child's diet. They will develop a taste for it and feel a Need for it as they get older. Processed foods and drinks that are "enriched" with vitamins are a poorly absorable form. If you are worried about nutrients, find some good supplements.
Even our foods do not contain the nutrients they once did.
Go ahead, give her cheese and yogurt. Make her mini smoothies by adding a couple straberries and banana with milk. I wouldn't stress over the milk. Water is much healthier and most kids never learn to drink it regularly.
Be creative and enjoy natural foods this earth grows and teach your little one to enjoy healthy foods.

Best of Luck!

I have cared for children who would only drink chocolate or strawberry milk. It is alot of sugar and artifical colors, etc. We are not allowed to give them that but kept serving whole or low fat milk depending on thier age and at some point they do start drinking thier milk.
F.

Hello T.,
My daughter is almost 2yrs and we put Nestles Chocolate in her milk. She loves it and will actually drink more milk with it. She will also drink just regular plain milk also. If it doesn't make her to hyper due to the suger which mine it doesn't go for it. It a treat. Some people may disagree with it but I say it doesn't hurt them as long as you make sure you brush their teeth on regular basis!

My daughter drank Nestle Strawberry quick for two years. It is all she would ever drink. She never liked juice and her strawberry milk was fine.

Hi T.~

We use Carnation Instant Breakfast. It adds some protein, along with vitamins and minerals. It has a little less sugar than regular chocolate milk. My kids love it! Hope that helps! :)

JMHO it's a parental discretion thing. Personally I didn't want to do that when my kids were 15MO and not drinking much milk, and as they got older they started drinking it more on their own without any added stuff. So I'm not sure how much of the milk drinking (or lack thereof) is an age thing and/or needing a little more time to get adjusted to the taste, and how much of it was just that I was lucky to have kids who for the most part developed a taste for mostly healthy stuff.

I always add Ovaltine. I don't use anywhere near what they recommend. Just a little goes a long way as far as my kids are concerned. I aslo buy the orange juice with calcium and vitamin D. My kids LOVE orange juice. Our pediatrician says it's fine if they don't drink milk as long as they get their calcium elsewhere.

I never have, but my friend adds Ovaltine. She says it has a bunch of vitamins in it and her kids love it and think it is a treat. (They wouldn't drink milk otherwise.)

I agree with the other posters. My little one loves Ovaltine and Carnation Instant Breakfast, both of which have more nutrition (protein, calcium, etc) and less sugar than Nesquick.....

try ovaltine instead, it's more healthier. U can also try pediasure type drinks, they have different flavors and it's really good for them too. I get them for my kids and they love them. I buy the generic brand though, cause it can be pricey

I add Carnation Instant Breakfast. She wants warm cocoa, it's CIB. She wants some chocolate milk, it's CIB. At least she's getting some vitamins.
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Hi T.
I wouldn't give a child that Nesquick. TOO much sugar (and other junk in it) and it's truly a myth that a child needs to obtain "calcium" via milk... You can get more "usuable" calcium from GREEN vegetables.
However, If you still think a child needs milk in order to obtain calcium and want to sweeten it, then perhaps try to do so with something a little more natural like RAW cacao powder, at least it's raw (which means there are still good viable antioxidants in it)that haven't been processed out and it's from a natural source.

Best of luck to you..

Other than Cynthia V's over the top response, I agree with most of the mom's. A little nesquik or ovaltine is fine. We all drank it when we were little. The key is moderation. Hope she likes it.

My girls have always loved Ovaltine, although we use much less than the directions say. Good luck!

In my nutrition class in college I learned that chocolate inhibits the body's ability to absorb calcium from milk. I don't think that is such a good idea.
Just keep introducing it to her, try a straw or different cups. Kids can be picky, but repetition is key.
Also, children who have a well balanced diet don't neccesarily "need" milk. Even my doc said so - and we rarely agree. hee hee.

Hi T.,

Lots of responses! My thoughts:

1. Chocolate is kind of an adult flavor. I'd go with vanilla or strawberry flavor.

2. I agree with the 2 posters who suggested Molasses or Honey. Warm milk with honey is delicious!

3. We used organic strawberry smoothie to sweeten up the milk for our son. It worked like a charm and I felt good knowing it was something natural making it sweeter.

All that being said, add it if it works! I agree that kids don't necessarily need milk for the calcium but milk has a lot of other benefits and has worked well in our bodies for years so keep encouraging her to enjoy it. BTW: One day we just stopped adding the smoothie and we've never looked back... No battles...

Good luck!
T

How about a natural sweetener like honey, maple syrup, or agave? Maybe put it in the blender with some fruit? If she's eating plenty of yogurt and cheese etc I would not worry too much.

We like ovaltine better. nesquick tastes way to sugary. Check the calcium content of the yogurt, cheese, etc., and see if she's getting enough that way. My niece refuses to drink milk at all and her doc said that as long as shes getting enough calcium thru other sources she'd be okay.
good luck!

When my son was little I would mix Pediasure and milk and he loved it. Now he is older (4 1/2) he likes all kinds of milk-white, chocolate, and strawberry. I prefer Nesquick strawberry powder because it actually has less sugar than strawberry syrup. It also has added calcium in it. If you look at the serving size it says to add 2 tablespoons per 8 ounces of milk (the average sippy cup). I put about half of that and my son doesn't know that it is supposed to be stronger. He gets the flavor with less added sugar.

I agree with the other posters thatshe doesn't need milk but as she gets older what else willyou want to give her? I try to avoid giving my daughter juice so she really only drinks milk or water with the occassional juice as a treat. s they get older they no longer need the fat calories they do as an infint so you will want to switch to low or non fat. However if you really want chocolate milk then use Ovaltine. It is loaded with vitamins. However I agree with the person and the pediasure. I often gave that to my daughter. Sometime giving a cute name works too. My daughter would call white milk polar bear milk. Just remember once you start sweetening things they will start to want to he sugar so try to avoid it. Nestles is all sugar with no added value.

OMG! Don't get her started on that. She will develop a sweet tooth and probably never want to drink even regular milk. I suggest just to give it time, a little at a time and she will soon acquire a taste for it.

Hi T.- Please read up on kids and sugar, artificial colors, flavors and preservatives. I am really surprised at how many people think nothing of regularly adding that stuff to their kids diet. She doesn't have to drink milk to get calcium. Cheese, yogurt, smoothies, some orange juice and certain vegetables have lots of calcium and are good for your body in may ways. My girls aren't big milk drinkers but they love cereal and we put milk on that. Don't stress on the milk thing, it's more important that she has a healthy, well rounded diet with small amounts of sugar and other junk than that she drink a certain amount of milk. That sweet taste should be a treat not an everyday thing. Good luck!

We would add some, too, to get our children to drink milk. We then decreased the amount every few days in hopes they would drink regular milk.