Am I giving my toddler too much milk???

Question

I just weaned my 18 month old now I think that I might be giving her too much milk she drinks about a gallon of whole milk in a week. Anyone know how much is too much.

Answer 1

Toddlers should get between 16 and 24 oz of whole milk per day.  That would be 112 to 168 oz per week and a gallon is 168 oz.

Answer 2

Children age 1-3 need 500 mg of calcium per day, this translates to about 2- 8oz servings of milk a day. Since by now she should be getting calories from all the food groups she no longer needs milk to maintain her  proper caloric intake as before when she was on formula or breast milk. If she's eating cheeses or yogurts she doesn't need the milk for the calcium, just for the fats for brain development.

Answer 3

my little girl drank a lot of milk also she is 4 now but she loves milk she would drink a gallon also then she started to get constipated now her Colin  is stretched out don't let your child drink to much milk give juice and water my daughter now can drink 2    4 oz cups of milk a day and  not too much juice and she has to take polyethylene glycol and i have to keep an eye on the size of her p**p to see if its getting any smaller

you don't have to do it the same way I'm doing it but just less milk per day maby 3 or 4 cups switch them out juice then milk

Answer 4

that does sound like too much. And a problem with that is milk is very filling and drinking so much milk can keep her belly full and stop her from eating her meals. I had to limit my daughter to only two sippy cups of milk a day. Then she could have 1 juice and the rest water. She will drink the water if she gets thirsty enough. and try putting ice cubes in the water. It makes noise if you shake it and cold water is more thirst quenching that luke warm water.

Answer 5

That amounts to just barely over 2 cups each day.  That's about right.  She won't need the fat content by the time she is two so talk to her peciatrician about 2% milk on her two year visit.

Answer 6

Milk is very good for her I wouldnt worry aboit it if it takes a week befor the gallon is gone... Now if it was gone in like a couple of days then yes it would be to much