Milk

[Jtlt]

How much much should you provide to the kids before you start charging extra for milk?

I have one kid his parents say to give a bottle when he goes down for a nap, so I do what I am asked. I provide 8 ounce milk to him, and if he doesn't go down the want me to give him 8 to 12 more ounce of milk meaning 2 more bottles. That is more than half a bag of milk I just have given to the child.

[sunnydays]

I ask parents to fill bottles and send them if the child is still taking bottles. Otherwise they get one cup of milk daily after lunch.

[gcj]

That just sounds completely unnecessary. Forget about charging extra, I wouldn't do it. I'm not sure it's healthy either. How old is this kid?

[Jtlt]

That just sounds completely unnecessary. Forget about charging extra, I wouldn't do it. I'm not sure it's healthy either. How old is this kid?

I totally agree with you it is so unhealthy. I have a 3 year old son and he doesn't drink as much milk as that child does, also my son weighs approx 36lbs, and this boy is only 2 years old and weighs twice as much as my son.

I am starting to get fed up with it, I cannot provide so much milk to that child. He doesn't want to eat, is parents say give him milk he will be fine

[giraffe]

I agree 100% with the above posters. Myself i provide 6oz of milk (2%) at lunch. If a child needs more, or a different type of milk (homo, rice, soy) then it must be provided by the parent. I also feel that this child is to old to be going to bed with a bottle, I dont do bottlea after 14mth. But if you arnt interested in stopping his botles maybe since he is used to having a bottle at nap, have you thought of reducing the amount given? Maybe 4oz.??

[Crayola kiddies]

Parents must provide what goes in bottles ....as well if they want homo they must provide that too and I want kids on sippy cups by the time they are a year a I stop the bottle shortly after and I dont do bottles in bed at all but a bottle of milk in bed is so bad for their teeth cause milk is loaded in sugar and will rot their teeth. And I would never give a two year old child a bottle ever regardless of what the parents want to do at home

[fruitloop]

Parents must provide what goes in bottles ....as well if they want homo they must provide that too and I want kids on sippy cups by the time they are a year a I stop the bottle shortly after and I dont do bottles in bed at all but a bottle of milk in bed is so bad for their teeth cause milk is loaded in sugar and will rot their teeth. And I would never give a two year old child a bottle ever regardless of what the parents want to do at home

Exactly this! There is no way in hell I'd be giving any child a bottle in bed let alone a 2 year old. Uh uh...no way! Get that kid off of the bottle, there is no reason for it.

[jazmic]

Agree with all the posts above for sure! Figure out what you're willing to provide and have the parents provide anything more than that.

[playfelt]

Anything in a bottle must be provided by the parent and this is one of the reasons why. The other reason is I got tired of being asked to fill a bottle for the child to drink on the car ride home even though it was only a 10-15 minute ride at most. I provide 4-6 oz of milk for one snack and lunch, and 4 oz of juice at other snack. Anything else is water. And anything I provide is in a sippy cup.

[Momof4]

Parents with infants who still use bottles must send them full here too. Homo milk must be sent in by the parents because I only supply 2% and I serve a cup of juice with breakfast, milk with lunch and afternoon snack and water the rest of the day. That's my milk budget.