Calcium-enriched foods, help me I'm clueless!

[Caroline-Charlies Mummy]

Hi everyone, back here again with more problems

OK, I don't know if you remember my struggles to get ds to eat yoghurt a few weeks back, b/c I am worried about his calcium intake. To cut a long story short, I finally found a brand (fruit flavoured, live, natural yogurt) that he likes. Happy Mummy

BUT - it has made him severely constipated. Seriously - he didn't poo for 3 days, and when I cut out the yoghurt, his nappies were not just Code Browns, there were more like industrial incidents .

So, I'm thinking no yoghurt. Apparently, my mother says I was the same as a child - she couldn't give me dairy products until I was about 10 years old. Arrrrrrgggggghhhhhh!!! What do I do? I don't dare try him on milk, then, do I?

How can I make sure he has enough calcium (and all the other goodies you get from dairy) in his diet?

[Harvey and Theos Mam]

Here is alink to how much calcium is in what foods.
http://www.healthyeatingclub.com/info/books-phds/books/foodfacts/html/data/data5c.html


Calcium recommendations per Age Group:

         Age Group                                    Dietary Recommendations
0-6 months                                    210 milligrams/day
6-12 months                                    270 milligrams/day
1-3 years                                                    500 milligrams/day
4-8 years                                              800 -1,200 milligrams/day
9-18 years                                     1,300 milligrams/day
Adults 19-50                                    1,000 milligrams/day
Adults 51+ years                                    1,200 - 1,500 milligrams/day
Pregnant and nursing women                    1,200 milligrams

[Deb_in_oz]

hi again

you could try soy yogurts and cheeses and check their calcium levels. broccoli and other green leafy type veggies have calcium too


i looked in "What to expect...toddler" and they include
also tofu, canned salmon and sardines
and say that on a dairy free diet it is "difficult (if not impossible) to get adequate calcium from diet alone." without milk they recommend possible calcium supplementation = vitamin, fortified OJ, fortified soy milk (with calcium, A and D)

HTH

[Caroline-Charlies Mummy]

Thanks guys.

Great link - who knew parsley had calcium in it