1 Year Old Refuses Milk

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1 Year Old Refuses Milk

by Samantha H
(etobicoke)

My daughter turned 1 about a week ago.We took her off of formula because she barely wants to drink it anyways, but shes lactose so she can only drink a certain type of milk.. Problem is she REFUSES to drink any sort of milk & I'm not too sure what I can do.

Is this okay because I was told its very important from age 1-2 that milk be a big part of their diet?

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1 Year Old Refuses Milk

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Jun 18, 2008

Other foods instead
by: Baby Help Line

Hi Samantha!

I understand your concern, however there are other ways to get your girl some calcium (which is the most important part milk) or to get her to accept some milk.

In many countries, D-vitamin is also added to cow's milk (and formula), but that can just as easily be added through a vitamin supplement or even better, time spent outside.

Can your girl tolerate any lactose at all, through for example cheese (which has almost no lactose at all, but certainly calcium)?

Or could she be interested in eating lactose free yogurt?

Maybe you could tempt her by making a smoothie and season the milk with some strawberrys and a tiny bit of cocoa powder? Use your imagination! This is actually a great way to make a young toddler continue with formula too. Read about ideas for formula (or breast milk) shakes in this thread.

You could also give her some calcium-fortified orange juice or broccoli. Since your girl is now one year old, you can also give her collard greens, which are high in calcium.

So you see, if you experiment a bit, I'm sure you can find ways to help your daughter get her calcium even if she refuses regular milk.

Good luck!

Paula

Jun 23, 2008

Lactose Intolerance
by: Colleenboys

Both of my boys have been Lactose Intolerant since birth. They drink Lactaid whole milk with Calcium. Usually children with a lactose intolerance can digest other forms of calcium such as yogurt, tuna, broccoli, pinto beans and when they are a bit older oranges. Cheese and ice cream have a high content of lactose like milk does so I substitute with Lactaid cheese and lactose free ice cream (Breyers). Sometimes it is really a process of elimination and it takes a few days to see how they react to specific foods. Good Luck.

Jun 23, 2008

Try this...
by: Anonymous

Try making strawberry flavored or chocolate flavored lactose free milk.. Yes, there's going to be sugar in there but if thats the only way shes going to drink milk, so be it! Also, pediasure might be something you might want to try.

Jan 20, 2011

baby refuses to drink milk from bottle
by: Anonymous

hii
im Aqsa from pakistan..my baby z one year old..he used to drink his milk daily from the bottle but now a days he z refuses to have his milk..so plsss tell me what should i do so that he can have his milk..or tell me some other ways for my baby boy..
thanks!!

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