My sons dislike for milk what can I do?HELP!!!

CRYSTAL - posted on 02/15/2010

MY SON DRINKS MILK ..BUT HE PREFERS "ALMOND BREEZE" IT COMES IN 2 FLAVORS ORIG' AND VANILLA HE LOVES BOTH AND IT HAS ALL THE WONDERFUL BENEFITS MILK DOES VITAMIN D AND E, NO SATURATED FAT OR MSG

Jessica - posted on 02/13/2010

i would put him back on formula. maybe he's cueing you that it gives him a tummyache or makes him uncomfortable or gassy...

Sarah - posted on 02/13/2010

i was about to suggest milkshake but seems you tried that now thats great as i've found that milkshake syrup also works with my little boy.
theres something called crusha which comes in different flavours such as strawberry,banana,chocolate .. its a milkshake syrup thing and you can add it to milk to make shakes .. got the chocolate flavour one for my little boy and he loves it! oh and before he had about an ounce of cows milk without spitting it out - cold without the chocolate!! =D only an ounce but its a start.

Rebecca - posted on 02/12/2010

You can take a break from giving it to him, and at the same time give him other dairy & calcium rich foods/drinks. After a while, try giving him milk again. It sometimes takes many tries of letting a baby sample a food/drink until they like it!

Annie - posted on 02/12/2010

Thanks for your suggestions. We are still having issues, but we are able to get him now to drink milk if is with alot of strawberry syrup. Even then he doesn't drink a whole lot. We thought we could do that and do a little less of the syrup every couple of days, but he doesn't even care that much for the strawberry milk full strength, but we are also doing the yogurt and cheeses. Also if you are looking for a little extra calcium; that Simply Orange orange juice brand has 35% of you daily intake of calcium for an adult. My little one would drink that all day long if I let him. So that helps too. Thank you again for your encouragement and advice.

Sarah - posted on 02/11/2010

i'm having a similar problem at the moment.. my son won't drink cows milk .. unless its hot chocolate. which isn't exactly gonna be good for him all of the time!
so he's on toddler growing up formula .. he was fine at first used to wolf down a 7-8oz bottle. but now i struggle to get him drink a full bottle .. i'm lucky if he'll drink 4-5oz and very very very lucky if he'll finish the bottle. the proble is he only has one bottle a day so it is a bit worrying.
i'm trying make him about 4-5oz in the morning put 4oz in his porridge and the same at night (he has porridge for supper and he's started having a couple oz of milk every now and then in the evening.
though its very rare he'll finish both his bottle and porridge!!
i've never used to be worried as he's never been a major milk drinker but he'll wolf down his yogurts like theres no tomorrow .. so at least he's getting calcium that way .. but the problem is all he'll ever eat now (that i'm guarenteed (sp?) he'll finish the whole portion of) is pasta and yogurt!
so feed time is becoming a bit of struggle so i sympathise with you ladys.
maybe its just cuz they are toddlers now and toddlers are usually VERY fussy eaters! so lets not worry too much.

Rosalie - posted on 02/08/2010

same situation lisa me too this s my problem to my daughter.and also she dont like foods.

Tanya - posted on 02/07/2010

My friend's baby who is 14 months old doesn't like milk anymore either since he stopped breastfeeding. His mom tries to add milk to everything he eats. When she makes soup, she adds some milk for example.
Just a suggestion.

DAWN - posted on 02/07/2010

if he dont like milk dow b worried feed him yogurts and cheese and stuff with dairy in x

Nichole - posted on 02/07/2010

try goats milk