Soy milk Free range egg yolks Cheerios Fortified orange juice Vitamin d gummies Cod liver oil Sunlight |
| Formula or toddler formula, try again later. |
You’re wrong about sunlight, PP. especially for darker complexions. And my soy milk doesn’t have vitamin d. Plus D is better absorbed with fat like milk rather than OJ. Never gummies for toddlers!! The drops aren’t that bad or get a liquid multi vitamin with D. |
Um, no I am not wrong about the sunlight thing. And you can just have the OJ with other fat, though I think a supplement would be superior. Really the best I think is cod liver oil. I’m not just making this stuff up, my daughter had terrible reactions to milk and I spoke with my pediatrician about vitamin D. It really wasn’t a big deal. https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/vitamin-d-and-your-health-breaking-old-rules-raising-new-hopes |
Oh and to solve the soy milk issue, you can just get soy milk that does have vitamin D. |
| The whole “you need milk for vitamin D” is kind of ridiculous because milk doesn’t naturally have much vitamin D in it, it’s added to it. So you can just add vitamin D to other stuff and it works just as well. |
Yeah but it absorbs better with fat. Milk is easy, cheap and readily available to kids. I’d keep working at it, OP. DCUM is way too fast to choose the “no milk” camp for a toddler after refusing milk for one day! |
+1, we did toddler formula for two years and eventually child drank milk and now drinks it constantly. |
| Toddlers that age are also all over the place on what they will and won't eat. She may down it and ask for more in a couple days. |
+1. Ha ha! It really is so DCUM! Parent posts: my toddler won’t eat broccoli DCUM: hundreds of responses on ways to prepare broccoli; how you have to offer it 100 times before you know they won’t eat it; someone calling someone else ridiculous or a fast food pusher, etc. But Parent: my toddler won’t drink milk from a cup and it happened twice. DCUM: your child doesn’t need milk! Forget about it and give him cod liver oil... |
| My 8yo doesn’t drink any cows milk, never has. It’s for baby cows. I’m not saying you need to go vegan but don’t sweat something not designed for humans in the first place. You can get vitamin D from the sun assuming you go outside a lot. If your kid eats cheese and yogurt, or smoothies, they will be fine. |
Cod liver oil is a waaaaaay better choice than milk. I mean, this is actually excellent advice. |
Yes! You know how toddlers love cod liver oil! |
? Yogurt, cheese, ice cream and butter are all for baby cows too. You son eats no dairy at all? |
| Try different straws too. My 18 month old drinks milk when I hold the straw for him. |