Nina will be 2 next month and wondering what the recommended daily usage is for milk intake at this age. At the moment, she will have anywhere between 3 and 5 bottles of milk a day (this includes her bedtime one). So about 900mls at the very most. I know she loves her milk, but is this too much? She's on cows milk BTW, and doesn't like eating cheese, but does eat yoghurt.
jodi o=im not 100% sure what the requirement are but i think at 12 months they need 600ml of dairy, that coming from milk, yogurt chesse etc..
sophie has
milk on her weetbix probably 100ml
100ml after breaky
200ml before sleep
yogurt or custard for deesert
100ml after tea!
so with all that she gets around 600ml of dairy,dont forget some vegies etc contain calcium!!
HTH
They need 3 serves of dairy a day if this is their only calcium source (which it most likely is not). This includes all dairy, and obviously with a balanced diet they will get calcium from other sources so 3 serves of dairy are not necessary. There is no minimum amount of milk - they don't need any if they get calcium elsewhere, but I wouldn't give more than 3 cups a day as it will probably interfere with solids intake if they have more than that. HTH.
Jodi
DD is only 13 months and has milk on her cereal and 1 cup of milk at night.
This as far as i know it enough with her calcium requirements (+ 2 other serves)
Jodi jack doesn't eat cheese and has maybe a tub of yoghurt every 3 days, he will have anything from 100ml bottle at night to occasionally 3 x 200mls during day
is Nina eating 3 good meals a day?? as long as she isn't substituting milk for food I dont think it can hurt well thats what we got told with Jack
Thanks for that. I should have added that even when she has 5 bottles of milk (which is only vary rarely), her food intake doesn't change. She's an eating machine!
ETA: rach - she eats 3 meals a day, plus morning and afternoon tea.
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