Weaning and making sure Toddler has enough

[Sammiejane]

MJ is 15 months old and is now down to one BF a day (night time) unless she is sick and then she gets more if she needs/wants.
we dropped 2 feeds in 3 weeks and i am worried that she is not getting enough fluids.

We have tried cows milk, goats milk, soy, and rice milk. we have tried it hot and cold and we have tried it sweetened with a little honey.
She wont drink anything else other than water or 1/4 strenght juice...
she has wet nappies o not worried about it from that angle.
But she seems to have lost weight, and she was never a chubby baby anyway...

MJ has yoghurt every night (plain sweetened with a tiny bit of jam) and will occasionally eat some cheese. Cows or soy milk on cereal in the morning she will have
She eats fish and green veg, but i am worried that she may not be egetting enough calcium.

Please can someone put my mind at ease. Or give me some other suggestions

Thanks

[rufalina]

Does she eat bread or toast? you could try some cheese spread on that? or mix some ricotta into her veges. That would add a bit of calcium.

[Sammiejane]

Thanks Rufalina...
Is there a recommended amount of milk she should be having?
I think that her evening BF has increased a bit

[feeb]

Ohh i am interested in this as i am working 1 day a week and DS did not drink any cows milk or much water at all while i was away. (had a BF before i went and a BF when i got home)

DS loves corn thins with phillidelpha cheese on it and i give him some slices of cheese also, and yougurt

when i am not at work DS has 4 BF a day

[Sammiejane]

Feeb, thats exactly what it was like when i started work... only i expressed and MJ had EBM when i was gone (but very little of it as she hated the bottle.)

There are other alternatives to dairy as a source of calcium... such as salmon, green leafy veg, brocoli and other things lie almonds (you can add almond meal to cereals...
Actually writing this i am less concerned as she tick so many of the boxes - however as she is not having a big drink of anything during the day - like milk, thats where my worry stems from i thunk...

[prama]

sj - they need abt 600ml per day. this includes milk, cheese, yoghurt etc dairy products.

my friend had this same problem so introduced cow's milk plus her ds's normal milk. (he was on formula)
does mj take a sippy cup? maybe give her some ebm, with a little cows milk. slowly reduce the amt of ebm and increase the amt of cow's milk till she has all cows milk?

re weight.. lakshman hasnt put on a lot either.. he's been sick and when we took him to his gp, he said it's ok. esp at this age, they are so mobile, they are burning off what they consume....

[Sammiejane]

Prama, thats a good idea, now that we have dropped 2 feeds and having been away, there is a bit of a stock pile of EBM so that may work.
Yes she takes a sippy cup - the only problem is that she doesnt really take much EBM, but worth a try - i will mention to Mum as she has her for the next 2 days and has all the EBM.

Good thinking!

[prama]

poopy has 2 different sippy cups, one for water and the other for milk. he knows which is for which, and takes the one he feels like drinking. when he wants milk he will reach out for the milk one. when we are out, we fill up the milk one and take water as well. and he will go for milk when it's his milk drinking time.
was just thinking maybe have 2 for mj, in case she doesnt want her milk, she doesnt completely stop associating the sippy cup for water. dont want her to think her water cup is now a milk cup and not want it anymore...

[Sammiejane]

great idea thanks