DD1 is still having bottles of milk a day, and I told myself I will stop it when she is 2. Which is in a few months time. She's only just started holding the damn things by herself without us having to feed her, so I'm not going to take them away now.. LOL
hj, it is recommended that babies that age have 3 serves of calcium a day. A yoghurt, and a couple of slices of cheese would be about 2 -3 serves. There are some other high calcium foods listed here - Vegetarian Network Victoria - Complete Nutrient Summary.
I totally agree that milk is not necessary - it's just a matter of getting the calcium from other sources.
I don't know how much is 'enough', but I suspect that whatever most of us have is probably too much. For toddlers also I think it's good to look at intake of various nutrients etc over the week, rather than on a daily basis. Taht averages out the nothing-but-water-and-biscuits days
ETA - wow, really that much!? That'd be a whole lunch for DS.
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