It worked it worked.

LOL ok so last week I posted a new feeding scheduale for my 11.5 month old dd.
I was trying to up her liquid intake since she went from 10oz of whole milk a day and 40oz of formula a day, to only drinking like 6-8oz of whole milk a day. She will not touch formula anymore.

So I am now able to get in 2 1/2 cups to 3 cups of whole milk a day...yay, plus 1/2 cup of water and every second day 1/2 cup of juice. So she is now getting around 20oz of liquid a day, instead of 6-8oz. Thank god. lol

Then her she has 3 meals and 3 snacks.

This was yesterdays feedings.

7am breakfast. 1/2 cup of milk, 1 hard boiled eggs, toast with unsalted butter, handful of cheerios

9am snack, 1/2 cup of water, 3 strawberries, 1/4 c of plain yogurt

11:45 lunch, 1/2 c milk, 3 mini chicken meatballs (made with cilantro,carrots,onion,garlic seasonings) served on plain alphabet pasta, green bean steamed, with broccoli.

Nap time is 12-4pm

4pm snack, 1/2 cup juice, crackers and hummus, some gerber puffs

5:30 dinner, 1/2c of milk, pork stir fry, with spinach, white rice, carrots, cauliflower, yellow bean and sweet peppers, seasonings. Pineapple and mango for dessert.

7pm snack, a bowl of cheerios with 1/4 c of milk in it.

Bedtime is 8pm till 7am.

I am so happy that she took to her new feeding scheduale, I was getting worried that she would never drink more then 8oz a day anymore and just fill up on foods. lol I hope it sticks, it took a few days to convince her to drink more fluids. well almost 2 weeks, but at least I found something that works. lol

All i can say is you're much more organized that I am.  

Keep a cup of water available all day. Also if you give more foods with a higher water content they don't need as much.

Quoting Booger & Bubba's Mommy:" Keep a cup of water available all day. Also if you give more foods with a higher water content they don't need as much."

She has a cup all day with her, she has since 9 months when she started on some whole milk. She got sick and refused to drink, then gave up formula the next day then would hardly drink anything, she will only drink at meal time now for some reason.
So I put he on a toddler feeding scheduale 12+ months following Canadas food guide. lol

Thanks for this. I'd like to get DS to drink more milk, too and these ideas seem like they will work well for him.

Quoting A is Me:" Thanks for this. I'd like to get DS to drink more milk, too and these ideas seem like they will work well for him."

lol...np  
how old?

<blockquote><b>Quoting crazy coupon lady:</b>" lol...np   how old?"</blockquote>




21 months.

Quoting A is Me:" <blockquote><b>Quoting crazy coupon lady:</b>" lol...np   how old?"</blockquote> 21 months."

Its a pain when they wont drink. lol

<blockquote><b>Quoting crazy coupon lady:</b>" Its a pain when they wont drink. lol"</blockquote>




I know, right. He's just not interested in drinking most of the time.

Quoting A is Me:" <blockquote><b>Quoting crazy coupon lady:</b>" Its a pain when they wont drink. lol"</blockquote> I know, right. He's just not interested in drinking most of the time."

Thats what dd was like all of a sudden, which wouldnt be to bad, but she only turns 1 on feb 4th. lol We dont see the pedi till the 5th, thats the earliest app I could get (was supposed to be the 12th) so I had to play around with different cups and this schedual saved me from going insane. lol

With her being so young, I can understand your concern. I think his type of cup might be coming into play. I got him Thames because they don't leak, like at all, but I think they're harder for him to drink fromthanhis previous ones. I know he would live straw sippies but I haven't seen one that I'm afraid wont leak. I need to do some researchin'.