how much milk for a 3 yr old?

Hello mothers:)

How much milk (full cream) is more than enough for a 3 yr old in a day? I feel like my boy drinks more milk and so is fussy when it comes to eating (almost 600ml and that doesn't include horlicks... 200 ml). Y'day i gave only 150 ml in the morning (with horlicks mixed) after breakfast and then once at bedtime and realised his lunch and dinner went very well. Any idea? Latha

Hello Latha,
I have seen this happening with my daughter too. She is happy having milk. Always wants milk. says no to food.
I think you can give about 500ml for the whole day. 150ml in the morning. 200ml in the evening and 150ml before bed. This is what I do and felt this was better.
Earlier I was giving milk with Manna health mix (this has wheat, ragi, dry fruits, etc and milk becomes thick when boiled with this). She was very poor at having lunch. Then I stopped this and gave her plain milk, her lunch intake improved. Sometimes I add Horlicks, sometimes Lion dates syrup and soemtimes its just plain without sugar.
Regards
Teju

I'm yet to try kanji mix for my boy. Should ask my mom to bring it. because there are days when he's too tired to have dinner and then keeps on waking up. Latha

Latha..i would say about 500 ml for the whole day including Horlicks and things like that. You're right in thinkng that too much spoils the appetite for solids.

Vanathi.

Yeah, cant afford to keep them on empty stomach. They will keep crying and waking up.
I still have some kanji stocked up for emergencies. Days she decides not to eat anything at all I give her this kanji mix. Sometimes when she is sick or has puked and I feel there is nothing in her stomach, I give her this mix.

Hi,
As a grandma, I think that if the dinner is at 6.30---6.45, and the milk at bed time..mostly won't wake up.On unusual days milk with kanji powder is ideal..

Hi ladies,

I dont have any answer for your question...instead I have a question.
My little one (27 months) drinks very little milk...I'm concerned and feel that I should give her more...but time is not suiting. She has only 1 glass of milk with horlicks in the morning by 9 AM. She likes milk, its just that the timings doesn't match, either she would be sleeping or it wud be lunch/snack time...so no milk!
This is her daily charter - 9AM horlicks, 9-45 am breakfast, 12 fruit, 2 or 3 pm lunch, 5 pm snack, 8-30 or 9 pm dinner. I try to fit in milk after dinner...but she sleeps off. Hardly once or twice in a week does she take milk after dinner. We add ghee to all her feeds and curd rice is also there, but I sometimes feel that her calcium intake is less!
Any suggestions??

thanks,
Hema

Hi Hemchi,
Here is how you can alter the schedule a bit.
After 12 noon fruits, give her lunch from 12.30-1.30, then for evening snacks, reduce the amount of snacks and instead give her 3/4 glass of milk at 4 pm. Then start with her dinner at 7.30-8.00 pm. by 9.00 pm you can give her another glass of milk.
Hope this helps.
Teju

Hi Hemchi,

Teju is right. This is my son's milk/horlicks timing. 7 am (he's early riser) with breakfast, 3-4 pm with snack (rusk, fruit, muffin, cake or something like that) and 8.30 (bedtime). until 6 months back he used to have milk at around 10.30 too (mid-morning snack) but i stopped it because that interfered with his lunch.
Latha

hi all

let me tell you my son is 2 1/2 year old and until last 3 months he was drinking milk with bottle and suddenly he stopped taking bottle as well as milk..please can anyone tell me how to make him drink milk from glass....