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Cows milk makes my daughter constipated so she has mainly oat milk

Do you give her a certain amount of it a day or do you just give her as much as she wants?

As much as she wants. She's been bad with her teeth recently so has wanted more because she's not been eating as much

Just give her what she wants my lo goes over the amount thats advised

@Eve ah right, how many bottles/amount would you say you give a day? Do you give her any other fluids alongside it?

@Hol oh really! My LO probably has about 5-6bottles of milk a day at the moment which is a lot for her age but she’s a fussy eater and prefers milk and I’m worried because thats around 840ml a day

Mine has 3 x 8oz if he wanted more i would give him some, some days he doesn't drink it all but some days he just wants more either teething or not feeling well as an example, he also has water

@Hol so you give 24oz of cows milk a day? Yeah she doesn’t always finish her bottles either

Yes, he loves milk and still eats all his meals and snacks

My son is almost 3 and still drinks alot of milk especially if he has a cough or a cold , As he just wants comfort etc x

@Hol oh right, thanks for that

@Elle (i can't see waves) yeah they tend to drink more when sick but I’ve just heard that when they are 1 you can’t give them more than 400ml a day so I’m like what else do I give then

Ahhh I understand that, a HV mentioned that to me once lol I thought you try stopping my 1yr old when he's waking at 2am and just wants milk lol 😆 Also he won't even entertain milk from a cup only his bottle however he will drink water from a cup lol 🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ I think hv just want us to all be programmed the same when unfortunately we're not also our babies aren't, I always say go with your gut instinct you know your baby or babies 😉 xx

I used to give my toddler yoghurts and fruits to help fill up to replace some of the milk, also would do a mess play but an edible one so she can eat things like pasta and rice and yogurt mixed with rice crispies. Xx