Since the Bottle Fairy came and went, Claire is in her fourth week of a milk strike. She refuses milk completely in a cup, gets mad if it is offered, and in fact has stopped requesting it.
For the first couple of weeks she compensated by eating a good amount of yogurt — between 12-18 ounces. However, in the past week she refuses yogurt most of the time too, and at most I can get 9 ounces in her.
While she likes broccoli (a good source of calcium), she doesn’t want it every day. However, all she needs is 500 milligrams of calcium daily, so the doctor advised us to give her one Tums a day. She likes those very much, of course, because they are fruit flavored!
It seems the transition is complete. I do wish she would accept milk in a cup, since she loved to drink it. She refuses all cheese, including cottage cheese.
She’s a determined little person!
Calcium-enriched orange juice? Does she eat oatmeal? I cook my oatmeal in milk.
Little known fact: the funny thing about Tums as a calcium delivery device is that it kind of works against itself. Calcium is better absorbed with some acid (like in the OJ, or with tomatoes), and Tums reduces the acid in your stomach. Heh.
Refuses all cheese? I suppose that leaves more for me. :O
Does she like sweet potatoes or bananas?
Their both good sources of calcium.
Isn’t vitamin D necessary in order for proper absorption of calcium to occur?
Does she like chocolate milk?
They’re.
Sigh.
I’ve been committing spelling and grammatical errors like crazy lately and it’s driving me crazy.
THEY’RE both good sources of calcium.
I’m not a mom so I am not struggling with this issue, but I have been chatting with my sister-in-law who regales me with tales of her little three year-old’s food issues. This week she likes carrots and next week won’t touch one with a ten-foot pole. Last week all she would drink was milk and now it’s only apple juice. My sister-in-law is getting a little crazy from the whole thing, but my niece’s physician keeps assuring her that this is normal. Perhaps one day soon your stubborn little one will drink milk again.
As long as a child gets adequate calcium, there is really nothing particularly special about consuming milk, from a nutritional point of view.