At 18 months (give or take a few) how much milk was your DC drinking?

And when? TIA!

Re: At 18 months (give or take a few) how much milk was your DC drinking?

Kieran drinks around 25-30 ounces a day. All day long! Lol, he's a milk fiend! He always has a sippy full of milk (9 ounces) with breakfast, which he usually finishes. He gets a sippy with his other 2 meals, but doesn't always finish the whole thing. Then, he usually has another full sippy at bedtime.

Re: At 18 months (give or take a few) how much milk was your DC drinking?

After 12 months all the Ped wanted the girls on was 16 ozs per day.

Re: At 18 months (give or take a few) how much milk was your DC drinking?

ped warned that over 18oz could put him in danger for iron based anemia.. which was fine with DS because he seems to always have hated milk/formula. I think he might have had 8oz today total plus yogurt.



http://www.nichd.nih.gov/milk/prob/calcium_need.cfm if their only source of calcium is milk, they really only need no more than 1.5 cups = 12 oz.

eta: I offer milk, in the morning, in the afternoon after his nap, and an hour before bedtime. He gets a bath and brushes his teeth and then goes to bed.

Message edited 8/30/2011 1:12:19 AM.

Re: At 18 months (give or take a few) how much milk was your DC drinking?

Not much. DD isn't really a milk kid. I add ovaltine to make it more like a healthy chocolate milk.

She was drinking maybe 4 ounces in the morning and maybe 4 at night. Thats a high estimate.

Re: At 18 months (give or take a few) how much milk was your DC drinking?

None. They refused it from a sippy and the ped says as long as they eat yogurt/cheese/ice cream they're fine. I tried EVERYTHING and they just wouldn't do it. One will actually sometimes drink a Horizon box but that's about it.

Re: At 18 months (give or take a few) how much milk was your DC drinking?

DD is 18 months and has around 14 ounces a day (6oz in the AM and 8 before bed). That doesnt include yogurt and cheese though (she loves both). We are going to try to get rid of the bottle for milk soon, so my Ped said since she eats dairy, if we take the bottle away and she stops drinking milk, it's fine.

Re: At 18 months (give or take a few) how much milk was your DC drinking?

About 12 oz in the morning and maybe 10-12 at night. It's a lot but she loves it so I can't take it away from her

Re: At 18 months (give or take a few) how much milk was your DC drinking?

At 15 months dd is drinking up to about 18 oz a day. The cups are 9 ozs but I don't fill them up all the way.

Re: At 18 months (give or take a few) how much milk was your DC drinking?

Posted by headoverheels

About 12 oz in the morning and maybe 10-12 at night. It's a lot but she loves it so I can't take it away from her

Re: At 18 months (give or take a few) how much milk was your DC drinking?

My DS is 16 months and drinks 24 oz, 12oz before nap and 12oz before bed.

Re: At 18 months (give or take a few) how much milk was your DC drinking?

It varied. My DD at that point was mostly drinking when she ate meals, some days she would drink throughout the day too. Some days she would guzzle her whole sippy in one shot, other times it would last her a while. By that age I wasn't keeping track of how much (or when) she was drinking anymore as milk was not her primary form of nutrition. It just didn't matter to keep track of that or not.