Mom's.....Help me pls! My daughter hates Milk....

Soy Milk? Almond Milk? Or are you stuck on the idea of cows milk?

I'm not a mom, but as a kid I always hated milk. I was made to drink it, so I did, but I never liked it. As an adult, I choose to stop drinking it, and this has had a very beneficial effect on my health. I'm not lactose intolerant, as far as I know, but I have just always hated milk. It didn't make me outright sick - just seemed to have a negative effect on energy levels and alertness and overall sense of wellness, which I didn't even realise until I stopped drinking it. And like your daughter, I'm fine with eating cheese and yogurt. So I also would question - does your daughter need to drink cow's milk? I don't think for myself it did me any good. There are lots of alternatives - almond milk, soy milk - and of course yogurt and cheese are full of calcium. I don't find milk to be a necessity in my diet - not even milk alternatives, although I choose to buy them occasionally.

As long as she is eating yogurts and cheeses, I would not freak out over the not drinking milk thing. It might be the taste or it could be the texture. Either way, just try every so often to give it another chance. Kids' tastes and preferences can change like the wind!

In the meantime, as already suggested, offer other types of milk. Soy, almond, rice, goat... or even try mixing one half/half with the cow milk. Your doctor is likely emphasizing whole COW milk because of certain fatty acids present there for brain development, although I would think they'd also be in goat's milk as well.

Both of my boys turned their noses up at milk at around 14 months, like your daughter they loved yogerts and cheese. I didn't stress it, I added milk to their cereal, mash potato, omlettes, yorkshire pudding, custard and their personal favourites pancakes and made sure they had these enough that there was no issue. They now, at 11 and 7 love a cold glass of milk and are both incredibly healthy fit kids (not even an antibiotic between them - Ever!)
Keep her on a varied healthy diet and sneak it in when you can, and don't ever try and force the issue - Stubborn is not the word at that age lol
Good Luck

I gave up milk at the age of 1 too. its not really a big deal as long as her diet doesnt become high in sugar as a replacement. as long as she is getting a good amount of her vitamins and minerals and dairy in some other form like yogurt i really wouldnt worry about it. of course i would definitely talk to her doctor to see if they have any recommendations but other then that kids go through phases. she might grow out of it.

Be careful with the Almond milk. Never know if your baby is allergic to that or all nuts.
I didn't know my son was allergic to nuts (not allowed to eat any) until he was 2 yrs old.

Mix in some whole milk with your breast milk (or formula) and slowly up the dilution until it's all whole milk.

The good news is that your daughter is not a baby cow. She doesn't need cow's milk! Almond milk is loaded with more calcium than dairy milk and tastes much better. Talk to a pediatric nutritionist for other dietary options.

My daughter didn´t like milk that much either as a toddler, but she does drink it now (almost 10). She says she likes partly skimmed milk better but Iwas told what your Dr. was saying - only whole milk until the age of 1year. I was also told to make sure she had a multi-vitamin every day which covered the basic vitamins/ minerals and let her eat cheese sticks or yoghurt as much as she wanted.
I would stay away from any sweetened milk (chocolate or sweetened soy milk).

I am lactose intolerent and have celiacs so was always wondering if my daughter was making choices unknowingly. I have 3 older boys and they all love milk. I have always given them the diets prescribed by the home nurse that came to visit when they were small. But of course one didn´t like potatoes and one didn´t like veggies. But they get used to things gradually. I have never forced them to eat things - just tried to reoffer them these things every once in a while. I remember being forced to eat liver as a child and still hate it to this day :ohwell:

I agree with you! My oldest daughter hates milk no matter if I mixed if with breast milk or not. When I was done nursing her at 1 she just drank water! Got calcium from yogurt and vitamins She is 11 and still to this day is not a fan. My youngest daughter loves milk and her ba-ba is very important to her! She will be 2 in November so the last couple months i have weaned her to 1 bottle a day and the day after her birthday NO MORE ba-ba's!

Have you tried homemade milkshakes?

My youngest has never had any milk other than breast milk, he completely refused to even try it. But he will happily have milk mixed up with a banana!

Soy Milk? Almond Milk? Or are you stuck on the idea of cows milk?

love soy milk for myself. I can't do cow milk. I feel like it curdles in my stomach.

Soy Milk? Almond Milk? Or are you stuck on the idea of cows milk?

The point of toddlers drinking milk is for the fat and calcium. There isn't enough fat in almond or soy milk, so I wouldn't bother with either of those. If she's eating enough other sources of fat and calcium, I probably wouldn't worry about it. But definitely check with her doctor just in case.

ETA: BTW: I would definitely NOT make soy of any form a regular part of my toddler's diet without checking with my doctor.

For me personally, straight cow's milk is gross (I can eat cheeses and yogurt). I have never liked it and I never will. Please don't try to force her to drink it. Try soy milk, almond milk, or rice milk. I raised 3 kids vegetarian without cow's milk for years and they are all healthy and strong. It truly is not necessary for a human being to drink cow's milk.

I didn't make my kids drink from cow. If they wanted it, fine, and if not that was fine too. It's a lie when we're told we need any products from cows, but even if someone has that ingrained in them and must partake of mama-cow daily then yogurt and cheese are dairy - so no worries.