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Posted: 20 September 2006 at 1:18pm | IP Logged

I have tried and tried and tried - but no matter how I do it - Lewis will not drink milk - any kind of milk!  I have come to the conclusion that he just doesn't like it.  He drinks sugar-free juice out of his beaker all day long, but if I replace the juice with milk then he won't have anything to do with it and pulls the most funniest of faces when he gets a mouthful of it.

I was also wondering, as he is missing valuable calcium and other vitamins, what else I can give him.  He has yoghurts and fromage frais, cheese and has plenty of fruit and veg.  I also have to be careful on what I give him, I have to keep his weight down as he has a 50% chance of inheriting Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome - which I have, so he needs to keep a healthy weight to keep the pressure off his joints.

Any suggestions and comments will be received gratefully.

Take care everyone!!

Nikki and Lewis xxxx 

Posted: 20 September 2006 at 1:33pm | IP Logged

My friends little girl hates milk but the Gp advised her to buy flavoured milks and just make sure she has a varied dairy diet ie yoghurt, cheese etc

She has a beaker or chocolate or strawberry flavoured milk in the morning and has a yoghurt or some cheese once a day. Hth

Posted: 20 September 2006 at 1:39pm | IP Logged

Will he eat milk cooked in sauces? Like cheese sauce, white sauce and custard? (obviously not all together..)

Ella went through a phase of not drinking any milk at all and the HV told me that as an absolute minimum, I should try and get her to have 12oz a day - just over half a pint. BUT!! For the calcium intake, Yogurt counts as double its weight and cheese, is 4 times its own weight! i.e. 1 oz cheese = 4 oz worth of milk.

Might be worth a try. 

Posted: 20 September 2006 at 3:23pm | IP Logged

is it the cup he doesn't like?  My friend's LO is over 2 and he won't touch milk out of a cup, he'll only drink it out of a bottle and it has to eb a certain temp or he sends it back!  I think the milkshake idea is a good one - maybe you could puree some strawberries and make a homemade milkshake?

Have you tried anything like Rice milk - I think there is a brand called "Ricedream" and it tastes a bit sweeter than cows milk....

Posted: 20 September 2006 at 5:15pm | IP Logged

A few months ago I was in a awful state because my lo wouldn't drink her milk at all.  She was only 8 months so I was very worried. Also she is lactose intolerant so I couldn't give her cheese and yoghurts.

I rang one of the nurses at the clinic which deals with her lactose intolerance and she advised me to give her a bottle first thing in the morning because she would be hungry and would be almost guaranteed to get a good 8 ozs into her.

It worked....I am not sure if you have taken him off the bottles yet but its worth a try ????