13 month old not interested in milk - should I worry?

[mckenzie]

My 13 month old DD isn't interested in milk to drink at all in the mornings but does eat it with her cereal (all though even much there at the moment as she wants to feed herself so I squeeze most of he milk out once the cereal has softened).
At bedtime I offer her milk (and I've even tried warming it up) but the most she's ever taken is about 4 ounces and usually it's about 2.

She does eat yoghurts, cheese, milk pudding etc.

Q1 - should I be concerned about her milk intake per se?

Q2 - she has her tea about 5/5.30pm and then usually goes to bed about 7pm but as she's not taking her milk, should I give her some other snack before she goes to bed?

TIA

[mckenzie]

bump

[starlover]

at that age it's still recommended that they have around a pint of milk a day I think.

but obviously that includes all dairy in her food, so if she is having plenty of other stuff I wouldn't worry too much.

You could try giving her her tea a little bit earlier to see if she'll take more of her evening milk. But if she doesn't want it I wouldn't bother offering an alternative unless she's waking during the night or sometihng?

[hermykne]

mc kenzie my ds hasnt drunk milk since his last breast feed at 13mths, he would occasionally have a yogurt otherwise cheese in a sandwich or in cooking. he's fine
i actually heard on womens hour, i think, a profeesor from some university , who said the most important time for children to have milk is around 11/12/13 when they leap in growth and calcium deposits laid then, build a foundation for later life. i am sure its on the website and u can listen again to it.

[mckenzie]

thanks both and i shall check out Radio4 now hermykne.

[wannaBe1974]

try not to worry, although I know that's easier said than done. my 3 year old now won't drink milk since I removed all his lidded cups, (which he insisted on drinking milk from even though he had normal cups for other drinks), and I was bombarded with criticism from my mother about how he should be drinking milk, how I was cruel etc etc. There is no way of forcing a child to drink milk, but you can introduce it in other ways if it concerns you.
Yogurt is a good source of milk, white sauce and cheese sauce are both good sources, cheese as a snack if he won't eat it in food, also fruit shakes are a good way to introduce it, try adding fruit of your choice (banana/strawberries) to some milk, add a bit of honey if not sweet enough, put into blender and ... voila, home made milkshake.

[Hazellnut]

I have a non milk drinker - she is now 14 months and has some first thing (maybe 5 ounces) and then about 2 ounces at bedtime and thats better than it used to be. She gave up drinking milk in the day really early. I make sure she has yoghurts, cheese and milk in things to make sue she gets enough calcium. Other than that, I think as long as they have a good and varied diet its not a problem.

Wannabe's idea about shakes is good - dd is a banana fiend so sometimes I give her a banana shake which tends to go down well.