Maddy is 22 months old and I think she drinks way too much milk. Since I just had a baby I'll be home with her and I'm going to try and fix this.
She is use to taking a cup at bedtime, and waking to have one STILL. I know both are huge no-no's, which is why she's been in her bed screaming for the past hour. No more nighttime milk.
I'm just curious how many cups of milk a day you pour for your toddlers?
pineapple / 12566 posts
My toddler drinks 8-10oz, but he also eats things like yogurt and cheese throughout the day.
pomegranate / 3329 posts
She loves greek yogurt, but hates cheese. She's so picky and hardly eats what we offer for meals and I think the milk has something to do with that.
grapefruit / 4582 posts
10-12 oz? She has 6 in the afternoon Before her nap and 4 around bedtime. She sometimes has it in the morning (depending on how early she wakes up)
pineapple / 12234 posts
Only about 6-8 oz, which is kind of low but she eats a lot of cheese and yogurt + tons of water.
cantaloupe / 6687 posts
She drinks about 10-12 oz a day...and she loves yogurt/cheese. She only gets milk in her sippy cup at mealtimes and offered again right before we head upstairs for naptime and bedtime routine. All the information from our pediatrician said to only offer milk with meals otherwise kids will not transition well to solids bc all of their calories are coming from milk.
I pour a full straw cup of milk in the morning (10 oz) and she gets it with her breakfast and it goes back in the fridge and gets offered again with her lunch...back to the fridge and she gets offered the cup again before we head up for naptime, etc. I refill the cup about halfway if she finishes it during the day...and it gets cleaned out after bedtime and repeat for the next day.
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
Olive is 22 months and drinks none, but she is still breastfed. i understand your dilemma because charlie was (and still is) a huge milk addict. he loves it!
he is 3 1/2 and drinks about 12oz a day in the morning and before his nap.
pomelo / 5321 posts
We give DS an 8oz cup with each meal. If he doesn't finish, I let him keep it until he does. I'd say he drinks at least 18oz per day. He doesn't always finish his last cup but when he does it's 24oz.
GOLD / wonderful grape / 20289 posts
3 cups a day. Breakfast, lunch, and bedtime. I didn't know bedtime was a no no.... We brush her teeth after.
pineapple / 12526 posts
C drinks anywhere from 8-16oz in a day, depending. She's 16 months.
pomegranate / 3329 posts
@artbee: taking the cup to bed is a no-no, and that's what she does 
Thank you all for your input. I put her to bed with ice water and she screamed/cried/howled for an hour before falling asleep. Heartbreaking. She woke up 4 and ask for more, I will wash her cup, fill it up and give it at meals!
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
@artbee: if you brush her teeth it's not as big a deal, but the bottle cab become a sleep crutch that's hard to wean esp as they get older. Also you have to get rid of it to night potty train.
We got rid of the night bottle easily, but then Charlie doesn't go to sleep a fraction as well as he used to.
GOLD / wonderful grape / 20289 posts
@StbHisMrs: Oh, I didn't realize that. Hopefully she will get used to the new routine quickly. It helps my LO if she asks for milk (which is always, she LOVES milk) to say when she's going to get to have it next. I'll say we don't drink milk with dinner, but you can have it at bedtime.
@Mrs. Bee: I'm thinking we need to get a new routine anyway since there will be a new baby and it will be hard to put LO to bed like I do now.... plus she gets her milk sippy and brushes her teeth in her glider, which will not be in her big girl room when we move her before the baby comes. I guess we'll start that when she switches rooms, give her milk at dinner instead. Do you offer anything before bed, like water?
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
My DD used to drink more, but she drinks about 8 ounces a day of whole milk.
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
15.5 months and drinks about 10 oz a day. On the weekend barely any bc I forget to give it to her and I feed her more.
pomegranate / 3329 posts
@artbee: i didn't mean to say that you're doing amything wrong, I'm doing plenty wrong! I can't even get her to brush her teeth without a world class melt down!!
Today was easier, we were gone all day but she only had 16 oz of milk (2 sippy's) and she went to bed perfectly!
GOLD / wonderful grape / 20289 posts
@StbHisMrs: It's taken months for us to get into good tooth brushing. And I'm not even sure I'd call it good...... Glad going to bed without milk is getting easier!
eggplant / 11824 posts
None, my LO *hates* milk and refuses to drink any kind. We've tried whole, 2%, 1%, almond, vanilla almond...no dice.
She drinks a lot of water and eats yogurt and cheese every day.
Oh, and she does still want formula, and gets 1 cup of toddler formula as soon as she wakes up and one before bed.
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