https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 03 Jul 2026 16:27:42 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-younger-toddler-doesnt-drink-milkbreastmilkmilk-alternative#post-2292961 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 21:01:48 +0000 Mae 2292961@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@catomd00: Never tried one with her! I'm sort of a lazy "cook" for her. I want her to eat healthy but I don't like cooking so I just give her simple whole foods mostly. Meals are generally meat/egg + a sautéed veg + fresh fruit. I should try smoothies. I just hate washing the stupid blender. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-younger-toddler-doesnt-drink-milkbreastmilkmilk-alternative#post-2292955 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 20:57:59 +0000 catomd00 2292955@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Will she do smoothies? I make Popsicles with plain yogurt and chunks of fruit - bananas, strawberries and blueberries are a hit. They aren't less messy than yogurt but they're fun! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-younger-toddler-doesnt-drink-milkbreastmilkmilk-alternative#post-2292921 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 20:21:55 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 2292921@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: We don't make a huge conscious effort, but she does like cheese and yogurt a lot. She has at least one source of dairy daily. However, both Mr. O and I have dairy issues, so we're not adamant about getting it into her.<br /> Lots of other foods have calcium, Vit D, etc., so we're okay with that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-younger-toddler-doesnt-drink-milkbreastmilkmilk-alternative#post-2292917 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 20:20:15 +0000 Mae 2292917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Thenetexan: thats amazing. I think it's amazing if my LO drinks 5oz of water at once lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-younger-toddler-doesnt-drink-milkbreastmilkmilk-alternative#post-2292896 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 20:07:29 +0000 Thenetexan 2292896@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: yes, both my boys eat a ton! I used to worry about it with my first, but the ped said if he doesn't throw up then he isn't eating too much. they are both big sturdy kids, but still a healthy weight. Now I worry that I won't be able to afford them as teenagers! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-younger-toddler-doesnt-drink-milkbreastmilkmilk-alternative#post-2292884 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 19:58:18 +0000 ellewoods84 2292884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Soooo O does not like milk (still). She does nurse 1x a day, but I am almost certain it is mostly comfort nursing. I do continue to offer it to her for every meal and she maybe drinks 1 oz a day? Anyways, I don't really make a huge concentrated effort to make sure she's eating other sources of dairy. I do offer her yogurt, cheese, etc. Sometimes she eats it, sometimes she doesn't. I just make sure she gets a wide variety of foods and hope that is good enough. I can't force her to eat or drink, but I will continue to offer. I was thinking of perhaps offering almond milk, it is a bit sweeter and that way she could get some calcium, but was attempting to stick with whole milk for my little peanut to gain some extra lbs. If she continues to not like milk, I will try other types of milk and see if it helps! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-younger-toddler-doesnt-drink-milkbreastmilkmilk-alternative#post-2292862 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 19:36:18 +0000 Mae 2292862@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Thenetexan: 18 oz?! thats a huge smoothie! lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-younger-toddler-doesnt-drink-milkbreastmilkmilk-alternative#post-2292664 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 15:04:33 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2292664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She eats yogurt and cheese nearly daily. But if my second also doesn't like milk then I doubt I'll even make a huge effort for daily dairy. It's fine but it's not necessary and as long as they're on a multi vitamin it's really not a huge issue. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-younger-toddler-doesnt-drink-milkbreastmilkmilk-alternative#post-2292627 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 14:22:32 +0000 Thenetexan 2292627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My second did not take to WCM. He now gets a smoothie for breakfast. Greek yogurt, milk, spinach, banana and a frozen fruit that varies. He is 15 months old and takes down a full 18 ounces, so I feel pretty good that I checked the calcium box. He does also get some cheese later in the day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-younger-toddler-doesnt-drink-milkbreastmilkmilk-alternative#post-2292613 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 14:07:36 +0000 MrsSRS 2292613@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do a calcium/vitamin D gummy supplement and made sure DS got a spoonful of coconut oil on toast or stirred into oatmeal for breakfast to meet fat needs. Then no dairy needed! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-younger-toddler-doesnt-drink-milkbreastmilkmilk-alternative#post-2292612 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 14:03:05 +0000 Foodnerd81 2292612@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh or we got the stonyfield farms flavored pouches, which she loves, but they are a little pricy for every day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-younger-toddler-doesnt-drink-milkbreastmilkmilk-alternative#post-2292610 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 14:02:31 +0000 Foodnerd81 2292610@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: they have reusable pouches that you can put regular yogurt in, if your LO eats pouches without too much mess. Yogurt was definitely a messy meal for a long time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-younger-toddler-doesnt-drink-milkbreastmilkmilk-alternative#post-2292607 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 14:00:12 +0000 yoursilverlining 2292607@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: We used one of those spill-proof straw cups before just using a regular straw cup. Like these: <a href="http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=299164&#038;catid=182589&#038;aid=338666&#038;aparam=299164&#038;kpid=299164&#038;CAWELAID=120142990000072484&#038;CAGPSPN=pla&#038;kpid=299164" rel="nofollow">http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=299164&#038;catid=182589&#038;aid=338666&#038;aparam=299164&#038;kpid=299164&#038;CAWELAID=120142990000072484&#038;CAGPSPN=pla&#038;kpid=299164</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-younger-toddler-doesnt-drink-milkbreastmilkmilk-alternative#post-2292588 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 13:46:39 +0000 Mae 2292588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yoursilverlining: what do you give a smoothie in to a 16 mo that won't end up all over everything? </p> <p>@BabyTsMom: glad i helped :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-younger-toddler-doesnt-drink-milkbreastmilkmilk-alternative#post-2292573 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 13:40:42 +0000 BabyTsMom 2292573@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: thanks for asking this, because my earlier post on this got zero replies. Ha. You worded it much better. Anyway, kind of in the same boat but my LO doesn't like yogurt or cheese. He DOES like those Chobani pouches, though. I like them bc they seem to have less sugar than the other brands. (plus more protein since it's Greek yogurt). I have friends that don't give their kids milk at all, but they do get dairy from lots of cheese and yogurt.....<br /> Wish my kid would love either of those. I'm now considering supplementing but I think I might try soy milk first. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-younger-toddler-doesnt-drink-milkbreastmilkmilk-alternative#post-2292571 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 13:37:47 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 2292571@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO doesn't really like milk, which the ped says is fine, just to give her a few servings of yogurt and cheese each day. I give her Greek yogurt with puréed fruit each morning and she eats 2-3 serving of cheese each day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-younger-toddler-doesnt-drink-milkbreastmilkmilk-alternative#post-2292565 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 13:35:56 +0000 jhd 2292565@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: they are in the dairy section near the gogurts etc. the pouches are a little easier than the tubes right now since he's more used to pouches, but chobani also makes the tubes </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-younger-toddler-doesnt-drink-milkbreastmilkmilk-alternative#post-2292564 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 13:35:25 +0000 Adira 2292564@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Xander drinks hemp milk, but when we switched from breastmilk to hemp, he didn't drink a lot, so we started giving him almond yogurt every day (he gets it at daycare) to help compensate. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-younger-toddler-doesnt-drink-milkbreastmilkmilk-alternative#post-2292562 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 13:33:43 +0000 My Only Sunshine 2292562@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: Chobani makes the tubes too! GoGurt also makes a "Simply" one that has normal ingredients. I've also put regular yogurt into Popsicle molds with similar success.</p> <p>ETA: the tubes are in the regular yogurt section. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-younger-toddler-doesnt-drink-milkbreastmilkmilk-alternative#post-2292560 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 13:32:43 +0000 yoursilverlining 2292560@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For a long while after giving up formula, LO refused milk (until she was positively peer-pressured into becoming a milk addict at school!) and our pediatrician said he wasn’t concerned because LO eats dairy every day. </p> <p>Have you tried yogurt "smoothies"? We just throw yogurt and a bit of milk into the blender to thin up the yogurt so i's drinkable and LO thinks they are great.</p> <p>LO also loves cheese, and cheese sticks are an easy snack. They also have cheese sticks that are fortified with extra calcium. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-younger-toddler-doesnt-drink-milkbreastmilkmilk-alternative#post-2292553 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 13:27:38 +0000 Mae 2292553@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jhd: are they usually near the yogurt or near the pouches in kid section? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-younger-toddler-doesnt-drink-milkbreastmilkmilk-alternative#post-2292547 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 13:24:33 +0000 travellingbee 2292547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was told he probably gets plenty of the other stuff from food but he will still need vitamin D. Therefore he is supposed to get 1/2 hour of outdoor time without sunscreen each day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-younger-toddler-doesnt-drink-milkbreastmilkmilk-alternative#post-2292546 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 13:24:31 +0000 skipra 2292546@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: G is still nursing but otherwise doesn't drink more than a few sips of milk. I do try to give him yogurt and/or cheese most days. He really loves them so he will ask for them. I haven't looked or seen them in the stores but my mom has those yogurt tubes made by Chobani. The boys both love them </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-younger-toddler-doesnt-drink-milkbreastmilkmilk-alternative#post-2292544 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 13:22:41 +0000 jhd 2292544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: just jumping in to suggest chobani Greek yogurt pouches. They make baby ones and kid ones. Not as much sugar as other kid yogurts and more protein. Our little guy loves them. Because some days I just can't handle the mess of him feeding himself yogurt with a spoon! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-younger-toddler-doesnt-drink-milkbreastmilkmilk-alternative#post-2292541 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 13:20:19 +0000 JoJoGirl 2292541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: Yeah, ha ha. I don't know.. meh :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-younger-toddler-doesnt-drink-milkbreastmilkmilk-alternative#post-2292539 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 13:17:38 +0000 Mae 2292539@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@My Only Sunshine: what brands make better yogurt tubes?! Ive only seen the gogurt ones and I don't want to give her that much sugar. I just buy cups of yogurt now but it's such a messy endeavor lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-younger-toddler-doesnt-drink-milkbreastmilkmilk-alternative#post-2292536 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 13:16:19 +0000 Mae 2292536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: whaaaaat that is crazy! Our ped said she'd really like her to drink at least 8oz/day but I don't know if that is realistic long term. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-younger-toddler-doesnt-drink-milkbreastmilkmilk-alternative#post-2292527 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 13:09:50 +0000 My Only Sunshine 2292527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I freeze those yogurt tubes (like GoGurt brand ones but I get the more natural versions) and my daughter thinks they're Popsicles. She will always take one if I offer it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-younger-toddler-doesnt-drink-milkbreastmilkmilk-alternative#post-2292525 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 13:08:35 +0000 JoJoGirl 2292525@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: It really started to taper off after we switched from bottles to sippy cups. I think she liked the bottles more for the sucking than anything else (as a paci addict) and cups were never as appealing. Then we dropped to a cup of milk in the am and after nap (I think just cause that's what daycare did), and she probably drinks like 1-2oz of milk each time. Our ped said like 24 oz/milk a day which is LOLworthy. We sometimes give her yogurt in the morning, and she sometimes eats cheese with lunch or dinner, but honestly.. *I* don't eat dairy so I'm not so worried about her. She gets her nutrients from other places. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-younger-toddler-doesnt-drink-milkbreastmilkmilk-alternative#post-2292523 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 13:07:17 +0000 Foodnerd81 2292523@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO does drink milk, but not a ton. However we do yogurt almost everyday for breakfast and she has cheese nearly every day, so I really don't worry about it at all. Some days she will drink a lot (for her, like maybe 8 oz) and some days just a few sips. </p> <p>At her 2 year appt the ped said the milk really isn't important right now as long as she is eating well and a variety of things. </p>