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Title: Milk ?
Post by: ~Jency's*Momma~ on August 26, 2006, 21:04:25 pm
How much milk should a 14 month old get?
My son will drink like 6oz of juice out of a sippy but you put milk in it and he will only take at the most 1oz.
A bottle on the other hand he will take 8oz at one time.
So for the last 2 days I have been trying to just give him the sippy and no bottles.
He has only had a total of 8-10oz of milk in 2 days, if that much.
Title: Re: Milk ?
Post by: JennŠ on August 26, 2006, 22:34:25 pm
The stuff I just got frome the doc said 16oz a day for 12-15 months.  How's he for yogurt and cheese?
Title: Re: Milk ?
Post by: ~Jency's*Momma~ on August 27, 2006, 15:33:27 pm
I've been trying to up his other dairy products.  He gets about 4oz of yogurt a day and 1-2oz of cheese.
Yesturday he took about 6-8oz of milk out of the sippy for the whole day.
But the milk out of a sippy is a hit of miss type thing.  On a good day it will be 6-8oz but normally it's only about 4oz and on bad days it's about 1-2oz.
I really want him to be getting enough but I also want to stop using the bottle.
Title: Re: Milk ?
Post by: * Paula * on August 27, 2006, 20:34:25 pm
Adria,

Have a look at this link - this will give you the minimum amount of milk he should be getting in a day.

https://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=67569.0

How is Jency doing?

HTH

Paula x
Title: Re: Milk ?
Post by: ~Jency's*Momma~ on August 28, 2006, 17:57:57 pm
So would you continue to give the sippy and not offer the bottle even if they are not getting this amount of milk?
Title: Re: Milk ?
Post by: * Paula * on August 28, 2006, 18:44:20 pm
I would offer him his bottle in the morning and at night, and continue offering him his sippy with milk in throughout the day.  When you notice a big improvement in the amount that he is taking from the sippy, then you can start to switch over.
Title: Re: Milk ?
Post by: Lindy Loo on August 30, 2006, 09:24:18 am
Hi
My DS is 14 months and apart from with his cereal in the morning he only has milk once a day at bedtime and I still let him have a bottle as like yours he doesn't drink milk from a sippy.  Even then he'll only have between 3 and 9oz from the bottle. Not worried though as he eats yoghurt, cheese etc throughout the day.

(Actually, he doesn't like water from a sippy now either - he prefers bottles with the sports tops which are great or he trys to drink from a normal beaker which usually results in a very wet top !  ::)

Lin
Title: Re: Milk ?
Post by: ~Jency's*Momma~ on August 30, 2006, 14:38:09 pm
thanks all!
Ya, Jency loves to drink out of water bottles but they are so big.
I'm going to try and find a 8oz water bottle and see if he'll at least take a fwe onces at meal time of milk in it.
Good luck to you too!
Title: Re: Milk ?
Post by: CaedensMama on August 30, 2006, 15:26:47 pm
Adria - The other thing I have done on the days when he isn't getting alot out of the sippy (like Jency Caeden will do fine some days and rotten other days) - I'll use a cup with a straw and he'll do a couple ounces that way - he loves the straw - can't leave him alone with it unless you want a mess, but he does drink good with it!
I have heard too the 16-20 oz total inc other dairy products, as long as he's getting close I think you are all right!