Today's big question is, is milk even necessary for your toddler? How much milk should they have?

And what if you don't want to do cow's milk or you do and they refuse it?

I'm Casey Barnes, registered dietitian nutritionist with a master of clinical nutrition

and several years of experience working with young children.

And I'm a mom, so I completely understand how even the things that feel like they should be

simple can become a challenge, or a power struggle, or just confusing as anything.

This is Feeding Toddlers Made Easy, the Mama Nose Nutrition podcast where I answer your

questions on feeding kids.

Toddler is technically ages 1 through 3, but this podcast and my resources at momanosnutrition.com

will still be helpful for preschoolers and kindergartens too.

So definitely check it out.

Please go ahead and subscribe to the podcast so you can easily find me when you need me.

So you're not like, what was that girl's name again?

You know what happens.

I can't be the only one.

So you can also call with your questions at any time. The phone number is listed

at momnowsnutrition.com forward slash podcast. I love hearing from you. Today's question is from

dad, Josh, who had some questions about milk and non-dairy alternatives. Hi, my name is Josh. I have a one and a half year old daughter.

I am interested in reducing the dairy intake for our family for environmental reasons. I've been

told that we should be providing a certain amount of whole milk each day for her. And I'm just

curious what we should be considering if we're looking to reduce or eliminate

milk from our diet and if there are any other alternatives that we could use.

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