Parenting Toddlers (1-3) Support Group
This community is focused on the joys, challenges and concerns faced by parents of toddlers (1 to 3 year olds). The major areas of child development include: physical development, perception and sensory development, communication and language development, cognitive development, emotional development and social development. Join to share your stories and get advice.
It is like pulling teeth still to get my daughter to eat. Every thing I have tried seems to fail. And recently she has learned the word bottle, so she says it all the time. She doesnt want her cup with milk in it, she screams for her bottle. She had 5 today about 4 to 5 oz each one. How much milk is a 13 month old supposed to drink a day anyway? Is she going to end up obese??? Help!!
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theatre and I are there already. I'm having a very berry tea with crackers, cheese and cherry tomatoes and she's having a joint with some beer and we're both on really comfy recliners on thick pile carpet. we need some help with the decor if anyone is around??
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I'm trying to exercise daily. I was doing fairly well until I sprained my ankle 2 weeks ago but now I'm getting back on the horse. Today I walked over a mile with my arm weights that are about 22lbs total. I was out of shape and it was hard on my arms. I also did my 30 situps. I'm also going to drink a lot of water and try to eat healthy. I do tend to have a sweet tooth but I'm cutting...
I have twin toddlers soon to be 2 and they still want there bottles and chuck a huge tanty...could it be that she needs the milk as she is going through a growth spurt at all?
if she isn't eating much i would be ok with the drink as much milk thingy as it must be giving her enough of what she needs...sorry i can't be much more of a help mmmm i may go poke Dr Jeremy for you!
A common thread among my poor early toddler eaters is that they are taking in too much milk. What I recommend is no more than 16oz of milk/day...I have less of a concern when the toddlers are good eaters if they are drinking a bit more...but for the poor eaters, lets limit it to 16oz/day of regular milk at 1 year of age.
As far as trying to get her to eat a bit more, and not sure if you are doing this, but try to give the food before any bottle/cup in the morning and meals in general.
Now the transition to a sippy cup can be very difficult (as you are currently experiencing) and when things are this tough, I will suggest to my parents it is ok to add a little flavoring to the regular milk in the sippy cup in order to get them used to the cup. With my oldest, I added a pinch of strawberry flavoring, which did the trick way back when and over time, slowly wean the strawberry out.
Hang in there,
Dr. Jeremy