Toddler gone off dairy

charlie04

When my baby was 5mts she would refuse point blank to drink her formula kick scream closed her mounth tight very strong for a 5mt. We struggled on till she was about 6mts making up bottles and be lucky to fight getting an oz or two into her and then the health nurse said as long as she was eating plenty which she was had great appetite it was ok to take her off milk. We tried watered down cows milk on and off but same story refused it and even now she is 15mts we still try on and off and just wont touch it. We took it to be ok because she was eating everything we made for her definitely health appetite and she drinks loads water. Her favourites was cheese and yoghurts so didn't mind so much about the milk. But for the passed 3 weeks she won't eat any dairy I am starting to think it could be related to the milk issue and am worried about calcium intake. Any advice be great

January

To be honest I'd be consulting your doctor on this one. If she point blank refuses dairy could it be giving her an upset tummy and copping on that "oh the last time I had THAT (yoghurt, cheese, etc) it made me sore, no way am I eating that".

It could be that, or she just doesn't like the taste of it. Try mixing some cheese into pasta (melted cheese in pasta and sauce maybe?) does she take butter on toast or bread?

Grawns

My 17 month old has refused cows milk and formula from day 1 ( introduced at 12 months as exclusively breastfed til then.) She will still eat yogurt ( only certain brands) and cheese though but I am forever trying to calculate how much calcium she is getting.

They need 500mcg per day and a little pot of yogurt is around 100. Ideas for non- dairy calcium are listed here
I try to give her fresh orange juice with added calcium ( available in supervalu)
and also give her wellbaby supplement for vitamin d and iron ( available from boots). Oats has calcium too so a bit of porridge made with OJ with ground almonds would be a good calcium rich meal. If she will take it! Kids eh!

charlie04

she will eat butter on toast and bread. Not sure if I want to hide cheese into other foods in case it is causing problems I just feel she knows what she wants and what she dosen't want and there been a reason behind it and its not been fussy because she eats everything even greens like brocilli peas all veg and fish I mean anything you give her. I do give her ready brek in the mornings with milk and she eats it but for pass three mornings she has two to three big dirty nappies straight after I cant help feeling it could all be related maybe its nothing but I am going to bring her into doctors

cruizer101

I know very little about babies so may be well off the mark, but my first thought when I read your first post was maybe she is lactose intolerant and knows it so is avoiding foods with lactose. Obviously she is thinking it in a more simple way like adrieanne said, but I would think it is worth getting checked out.