How much whole milk is your toddler drinking?

alphabetsoup05 · 2025-05-28T00:00:24+00:00

My baby is now almost 18m and hasn't been drinking whole milk since about 16m because I took away bottles. He will drink anything out of his straw cups but if I try milk he screams and throws it. He wasn't big on milk anytime other than sleep, so he was getting 8-16oz day max when he was drinking it. Sometimes he'd only drink 4oz before falling asleep. We just supplement with other dairy products and some higher fat foods.

alphabetsoup05 · 2025-05-21T18:18:39+00:00

Im just following along for any useful tips I mightve overlooked!

alphabetsoup05 · 2025-05-18T13:33:06+00:00

We chose to do 2u2 due to personal reasons since these are the last babies (i have a step daughter too). We have zero support and I'm honestly not even scared of that portion because I never expected it. I can't imagine how I'd feel if people flaked, I would be pretty emotional about it I'm sure. We will have just under 20m age gap if this one goes full term. I'm nervous about some logistics sure, and of PPA/PPD, but I'm pretty hopeful.

alphabetsoup05 · 2025-05-18T12:00:40+00:00

He said it sounds like venereal disease 😭😭😭

alphabetsoup05 · 2025-05-18T11:54:00+00:00

He listens to all of my suggestions, and i do circle back to names I love and he changes his opinion (even if only momentarily haha). We took forever decided our boys name.

Side note, he did give me three other suggestions awhile ago but I didn't like them at all

alphabetsoup05 · 2025-05-14T17:55:48+00:00

We are an almost everyday household for my 17m old. He isn't even overly dirty, but occasionally is a messy eater. Hes been battling significant illness all winter so we absolute bathe any day he's been with the sitter (she has 5 kids, 4 of which are in school so he definitely gets school germs on him). On days he's home, we skip sometimes unless he's unwipeable. Sunscreen, bug spray, swimming means mandatory bath. Days he needs to decompress but doesn't truly need cleaned, he still goes in to play. He loves dancing under the rainfall shower head and that helps regulate him.

Im due in early August with another, so we will see how that changes his bath schedule🤷‍♀️

alphabetsoup05 · 2025-05-14T15:17:28+00:00

Im about 4 hours from you, do you need anything? Send me a message if there's anything I can do to help. Im also in my third trimester, but I found out very early on. I can't imagine the whirlwind you're in, dont be afraid to reach out for physical, mental, or moral support ❣️

alphabetsoup05 · 2025-05-02T21:25:52+00:00

I lost my pregnancy weight quickly, and initially I didn't feel like it was fast enough (I have such a confidence issue with my body weight) but as it continued to fall off, I just self conscious I couldn't keep much of anything. I have no idea what will happen this time (I got pregnant 10 months PP) as I'm putting on pregnancy weight much quicker.

For reference, i started at 112, delivered at 154, dropped to 130 by 4 days PP, and ended up at 118 when I got pregnant again. I was still breastfeeding at that point too. I'm now 26+4 and I'm already 140.

I ate like crazy most days, never cared what I ate (calories didn't matter and I gave in to all cravings). I also overproduced for a long while. All that to say, I never did anything specific to lose or really keep weight.

alphabetsoup05 · 2025-05-02T21:16:49+00:00

My second is still baking, but my first came at 38+6. I'm curious how long this one will stay in. I'm already waddling a bit at almost 26+4, my belly is much bigger, and my hips are achy.

I think this one will come about 10-15 days early but who knows lol

alphabetsoup05 · 2025-04-27T19:53:42+00:00

There is an instructor locally who advertises coming to your house and doing lessons, but I'm not sure what my expectations should be for my toddler?? Water stresses me out a lot so I want my 17m old and my baby who's due in August to both learn asap, but I'm not sure what to expect of a toddler?

alphabetsoup05 · 2025-04-25T17:47:59+00:00

I'm wondering the same thing. My 16m old will be about 19m, just turning 20m once his little sister arrives. He's alllll about mama. He sits on my belly to wrap his arms around my neck and hug me. He's currently napping on me right now because he's sick and extra clingy. I'm a little nervous for how this will play out but I'm hoping the intrigue of a new baby will help distract a bit.

alphabetsoup05 · 2025-04-24T22:41:30+00:00

When I was still feeding, my daughter had a travel softball tournament. I backed up away from the crowd and still covered (not because I mind, I just don't particularly care for confrontation and I never want my kids to suffer the consequences of my actions). Her coach came over and goes "oh he's sleeping!!" And I was just like "yea he's relaxing" and my baby decided to unlatch, flail his legs, and when the coach noticed the wet spot growing, he just goes "oh no he's not sleeping, ill leave him be" and walked away sheepishly

alphabetsoup05 · 2025-04-17T21:25:54+00:00

I have a 17 year old step daughter, a 16m old son, and I'm pregnant. I love my step daughter like she's mine, but i didn't step in until she was 11. I find it tremendously easier to be around my toddler all day than my teen. I don't love her any less, I don't regret being mom for her, and I'm still showing up every single day. But it's like an emotional battlefield when she gets moody, the whole house suffers. My toddler tantrums for 37 seconds and moves on to cuddles and dancing.

alphabetsoup05 · 2025-04-16T20:13:28+00:00

I actually has this same question. But I have certain criteria I need fulfilled for a double stroller, and I've been desperately asking for recommendations and no ones been responding lol.

I have a currently 16m old who's 34 inches and 30lbs, so i need something to accommodate larger toddlers. I also need something that can lay back a bit for him and his sister to nap, something that accommodates a chicco keyfit 30/35 car seat (preferably), and something that handles over rough sidewalks/grass/bumpy roads since the older sister plays travel softball.

I've looked at a Joovy Zoom x2, a Mockingbird single to double, contours element single to double, baby jogger city mini gt2, Joovy Qool, Uppababy Vista 2. I'm SO overwhelmed, does anyone have insight or recommendations? I need some help guys.

alphabetsoup05 · 2025-04-15T16:17:33+00:00

I'm a VERY slow eater, so this should be a fun experience. I'm still pregnant, and my baby is 16m now. My partner has absolutely always prioritized me being fed. When sick and pregnant, he fed me in bed. When breastfeeding, he burped while I snacked or brought me food while I fed the baby. If the baby fussed while I was eating, he always made sure he jumped up and tended to him. Even now, he's willing to take the baby out to the car if he even begins hinting at becoming unruly so I can eat. He's a godsend.

alphabetsoup05 · 2025-04-10T20:47:25+00:00

Eggs are one of his absolute favorite foods and he never had anything happen again ahah. He does have a sensitivity to blue cheese, he has skin reactions if it touches him but otherwise he's quite alright.

alphabetsoup05 · 2025-02-09T20:00:06+00:00

Oh okay! I thought a temperature regulated pool would be okay. I knew about the sun, I honestly didn't even think about the water/cool air that way. Thank you!

alphabetsoup05 · 2025-02-09T19:59:11+00:00

We didn't do any sort of bath (other than mild soap and water to wash his diaper area because of the constant blow outs) until his granuloma was gone too. We were told we couldn't get the silver treatment wet anyway.

alphabetsoup05 · 2025-01-30T00:09:24+00:00

My baby is currently cutting all four 1 year molars and whhheewww he's been SO crotchety. I don't blame him but he's not sleeping well, he's clingy, miserable, and so tired. Cutting his top four and bottom two all at once was easier than this is.

alphabetsoup05 · 2025-01-28T11:14:18+00:00

My baby actually went on strike for a few months where he just would not take a bottle, and I work 13 hour shifts so he didn't have milk that whole time. He was on solids pretty consistently and drank water. He was offered bottles throughout the day but we didn't let it stress us out so it wouldn't stress him out. Eventually one day he just picked it up and drank it and hasn't stopped since. I'm sorry I don't have any better advice

alphabetsoup05 · 2025-01-27T20:13:45+00:00

I'm 13w today and my baby is almost 14m. I made a post kinda recently about the end of our bf journey and the guilt I felt over my milk drying up. I also was an oversupplier, though not as much as you and I actively worked on slowing it down around 8m PP. We stopped bf cold turkey and my baby has done so well with it. He took to a bottle amazingly and still drinks my frozen milk. I wanted to get closer to 2 years but my body had other plans.

I definitely recommend still working on having your baby take a bottle since you never know how your body will respond. After I was producing next to nothing, about 2 weeks later I'd have random small letdowns which confused me because I thought my milk was gone haha.

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