How important is milk in the diet of a 2 year old toddler?
September 11th, 2009 | by Michael |
Matchbox420 asked:
My daughter is going to be 2 years and we are in the grip of his mother's milk out. He has yet to accept the whole formula., Fresh milk, UHT milk etc.. Let me know if we can skip the milk from his diet and supplement them with other things. The other thing is that the important thing in a diet of a child of 2 years?
LON
My daughter is going to be 2 years and we are in the grip of his mother's milk out. He has yet to accept the whole formula., Fresh milk, UHT milk etc.. Let me know if we can skip the milk from his diet and supplement them with other things. The other thing is that the important thing in a diet of a child of 2 years?
LON
8 Responses to “How important is milk in the diet of a 2 year old toddler?”
By Lucas Allen is due in April! on Sep 14, 2009 | Reply
milk is super important!! she needs at least a couple glasses a day.
By njstar on Sep 15, 2009 | Reply
I would first stay away from formula if you can just because of her age its best to just try to get to regular milk. Have you tried doing half and half. Half ****** milk and half whole milk. This is how we got my nephew on to regular cow’s milk. Milk in any toddlers diet is very important of course. Talk to the pediatrician if you are seriously worried and they can suggest others methods to go about the transition.
By Gone fishin' on Sep 16, 2009 | Reply
Whole milk is important for her diet until she learns to eat all the food groups.
By Bebe on Sep 16, 2009 | Reply
Of course she can supplement it with other things with high calcium. It is very very important that children get enough calcium. At that young age their bodies and bones are growing like crazy and they need to keep their bones strong. You can supplement milk with other calcium sources. Such as, yougurt, cheese, even collard greens, oranges, and pees have calcium.
By rehric00 on Sep 17, 2009 | Reply
its extremely important. a child’s brain is still developing at age 2 and needs milk. also bone formation and all that good stuff. but the major thing is the brain function.
By cococremejuju on Sep 19, 2009 | Reply
No she needs milk, give it to her, and if she doesn’t drink it, then mix it until she drinks it. There are other supplements, but Milk is the best.
By Janis, Chad's wife on Sep 20, 2009 | Reply
You could but I would definitely speak to her pediatrician about which foods you should use to supplement. I would definitely encourage you to use phrases with her like, “Honey, you’re a big girl now and you need to take the big girl milk”. She needs to be drinking 2-3 glasses if not more of 2% milk a day, once she is 2. If she’s still under two they say whole milk is best. Congrats on keeping her with the breastmilk that long. It is a very healthy way to feed your child!
By very proud mummy :) on Sep 22, 2009 | Reply
Hi im currently still breastfeeding my 21 month old daughter and she also gets whole milk as well milk is important at it contains good calcium if she doesn’t like it do what i done i gave her a cup of milk with a little strawberry milkshake flavour in it my daughter loved it then i gradually reduced the amount of strawberry flavour until she was drinking normal whole milk and now i have no problems