Help! My Child Won’t Drink Milk

Many moms out there suffer with the same issue, getting their children to eat and drink healthy food and drinks. Many times, one of the toughest beverages to get a child to drink regularly is milk. So, what’s a mom to do?

Luckily, in today’s society, there are tons of products on the market today that are a great alternative to milk, which also have some of the same health benefits that your child would receive from drinking milk alone.

The main benefits from drinking milk include the source of calcium and vitamin D, which is important to growing kids. However, the alternatives available today, such as yogurt, cheese, smoothies, and other milk related products could allow your child to receive the same nutrients.

Merely alternate those products in your child’s diet in order to allow them to obtain their needed daily dose of calcium and vitamin D. In addition, you can incorporate milk in other ways into your child’s diet. Try adding a little chocolate to the milk, or making a milkshake or hot chocolate.

Milk also goes in a variety of foods that many of use eat everyday and in this way the milk can be included in the child’s diet often times without them ever realizing it is there, for instance, in oatmeal and cereal.

Milk and its alternatives can be included into other meals, besides breakfast as well. Some recommendations include making your child a grilled cheese, macaroni and cheese, pizza, or lasagna is a few places to start.

Your child can even get their milk intake from dessert. A child’s favorite ice cream can even be a source, though most moms would not want to admit it. And of course, this should be done with limitation.

There are other desserts which include milk that can help incorporate it into your child’s diet, these include custards, rice pudding, cheesecake, just to name a few. Just these suggestions should help get you to thinking about how many ways there are out there to truly boost your child’s nutrient intake without having to struggle with them about drinking their milk.

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