[Q&A] My child is a bit choosy with his food but eats pretty well at the end of the day.

Question: Hi doctors,
My son is 16 months old and still fully on breast milk apart from his solids. I’d say he’s a bit choosy with his food but eats pretty well at the end of the day. I’m slowly trying to introduce him to other milk (formula being my last resort), so I’ve started him on fresh milk and sometimes Milo. He seems to prefer Milo but I’m wondering, is it OK to go on giving him homemade Milo, to substitute one EBM feeding (my supply isn’t as lavish as before anymore) perhaps once every 2 days or so? FYI also, he loves fruits and yoghurt and have them almost daily. Hope you can help. Thanks in advance.

Answer: the best indicator is to look at his weight and height. These 2 parameters are important and reflects his intake in a way. Im sure he gets weighed and measured when he goes for his immunization and those readings are plotted on a chart.
Milo is not recommended for young children due to high sugar content. However, having said that, it does contain important vitamins and minerals. You could prepare milo without additional sugar or condensed milk and having it as you planned is fine. Do remember though, that fresh milk, milo or formula need to be limited by d time they r 2 years old or else it will risk them of missing out important nutrients from solids. Many of my patients r small from overconsumption of beverages . It satisfies d hunger but does not hv much calories to promote growth without good intake of solids.