The best milk for a 3 year old?

All that milk is probably why he won't eat solid foods. You must find foods that he will eat and get him eating other food s as well. My kids weren't allowed any drink until half their meal was done, and my grandkids arebeing raised thesame, They all eat almost everything, in fact, if you put a meal of shrimp, steak and broccoli on the table, they'd dig right in, and ask for seconds of broccili. Take away the milk, and let him go hungry for a few hours, he won't starve, but he will start eating. At three, he shouldn't have more than 24 ounces of milk a day.

I have a 7 year old daughter that eats very well and healthy too. I also have a 2 year old son that I can SOMETIMES get to eat something if his toy men are in front of his plate cheering him on. He's just awful! Very picky and eats very little for me. His dr told me to cut down on the milk (he has always been a BIG milk drinker - both my kids are... we go thru 3 gals of milk a week for just the two of them) - dr said cut down on that (and only 2% after the age of 2), and to water down 100% fruit juices with 50% water. He said not to allow snacking until he starts eating normal meals. He said if I was concerned about vitamins, to give a supplement in his juice. He's been eating better for me during meals, but is still very picky about what he'll eat. He can sure go to town on popcorn and potato chips, let me tell you! Anyway, my dr said the same thing another poster said, "he won't let himself starve". Still bothers me though, so I do make sure I make meals with stuff I know he'll eat. (A huge no-no according to my dr, but I just don't tell him!) Hope this info helps. Good luck and you're not alone! BTW... if you find a sure-fire cure, please let me know!

I seem to recall that was the age our ped. told us to switch to using a 2% milk since they don't need quite so much milkfat in the diet.I'd check with your pediatrician on that first though. The suggestion of not serving drinks with food is a good one. Kids have a bad habit of filling in on the drinks and not wanting food. We don't have a picky eater here but then again he's always been encouraged to try a taste of EVERY kind of food, even if it's only a tiny bit on his finger. Dad's a chef and studying to be an RD so he gets a lot of the "try everything" from there.hehe.Honestly our son will try (and sometimes like) stuff that I won't touch. He loves hot and spicy oriental food. Sometimes he'll do spicy TexMex, depending on his mood. I think we may actually have the opposite problem...it seems like he never stops. He's actually pretty slim, but it's rare he ever turns down an offer of food. You might try something that was done with me when I was little. My mom had a TV tray with plates of stuff I liked, stuff I said I hated and stuff I'd never tried.She sat me down and had me try a bite of everything while blindfolded (make sure you do this outside since it might be messy).It makes eating new foods fun and that's really the whole idea. Even if they decide they really don't like something after all at least they've tried it and might decide to try it again later.